Example sentences of "[adj] but it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it was n't very witty but it certainly galvanised my Dad . |
| 2 | Not only is colostrum known to be extremely nutritious but it too has special protective properties against illness . |
| 3 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 4 | Investment business — grasping the nettle Investment business holds pitfalls for the unwary but it also offers a significant business opportunity |
| 5 | The story may be apocryphal but it neatly illustrates the role of the catalyst . |
| 6 | The result looks unstable and inelegant but it greatly increases the chance of the arrangement satisfying one of the two top priorities : that the tip of the peg should make contact with the socket . |
| 7 | This vaccination is extremely effective but it only guards against one type of meningitis Mothers should be aware of the symptoms because early diagnosis could mean the difference between life and death . |
| 8 | The car sounded horrific but it still worked . ’ |
| 9 | Not only does it ignore the sense in which suffering can be unwitting but it also begs the question in favour of saying , when specific symptoms like struggling or urination occur in animals , that these are properly to be seen as , emotional responses ' ( which covertly elicits our sympathy for the conscious distress of the stricken human parent rather than the symptoms of it observed in the struggling , yet unaware , athlete ) . |
| 10 | Nick Thompson , a 28-year-old mechanic of Morpeth , said : ‘ The idea was quite good but it just did n't come off . ’ |
| 11 | At first that change was gradual but it soon accelerated . |
| 12 | That may , in some respects , be healthy but it also has to be said that those reticences marked a division between private and public spheres which may have made compromise possible . |
| 13 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 14 | For instance , you can look round this place and be very impressed but it probably costs less to stay here than a two star hotel in England . |
| 15 | Trying to keep our old boss happy and trying to keep the receivers happy but it just does n't work like that , you ca n't keep everybody happy . |
| 16 | Le Touquet 's identity today is a little ambiguous but it still has a nice feel about it . |
| 17 | He 's initially armed with an Armalite AR-15 rifle ; this is the least powerful of the weapons available but it still cases loadsa damage . |
| 18 | Compared to the influence of personal partisan prejudice the influence of the media on economic perceptions was small but it also increased towards the end of the campaign , especially amongst Labour readers of right-wing papers . |
| 19 | ‘ It is n't impossible for love not to hurt but it usually does at some point , ’ she said with a sigh . |
| 20 | Dietary fibre means that a food requires more chewing but it also requires more swallowing . |
| 21 | ‘ They are all wonderful but it only takes someone else to sit in their chair and they 're off in a mood . |
| 22 | You begin by admiring but it soon grows boring . |
| 23 | This last choice is desirable but it only delays things so far as getting home is concerned , since the forest road stops on the frontier some three miles away , and there you can but turn round . |