Example sentences of "and [adj] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As artists , we have seen shifts int he boundaries of public and private , high and low , inaccessible and accessible and , indeed , even personal and political but the influences of past feminist art practices on these moves is very rarely acknowledged . |
| 2 | The barracks known as Allenby — though not to the locals — ; were pre-1939 Wehrmacht buildings , very solid and spacious but a little worn by now . |
| 3 | It 's thick and durable but the carpet-layers swore never to work with it again . |
| 4 | Their draughts of memory were clear and generous but the daughters — in truth Richard 's nieces but brought up as his sisters — thought there were points with which they did not wish to embarrass their mother and after our talks Rhianon wrote : |
| 5 | We had just come out of a 12.30 matinee and the street was burning in the sun and those who had come out of the theatre was cool and real but the others in the street were moving in a white light that had them like shadows . |
| 6 | Will he emphasise again and again that the victims of terrorism are not just those who are maimed , injured and killed but the many people who are put on the dole because terrorism deters investment from elsewhere in Europe ? |
| 7 | Schools in urban areas were predictably more numerous and efficacious but the gap between urban and rural areas narrowed . |
| 8 | Relations continued to be close and cooperative but the district now identified more with its " champion of the people " role , less with the protection of its own units . |
| 9 | Like Nicotiana langsdorfii , the flowers are pretty and intriguing but the plant as a whole is not showy in our climate , making too much stem and leaf . |
| 10 | The land was hard and compacted but the plough shares carved through the earth cleanly and Ted knew his labours would n't be wasted . |
| 11 | Previous floor paintings , done in Europe , were in black and white but the one for New York is in colour . |
| 12 | Most of the games he owned were very old and substandard but the one saving grace in his collection was a game called Rambo . |
| 13 | Boxing Day morning was grey and overcast but the rain promised to hold off at least until the evening . |
| 14 | You were thinking thin and healthy but the outside did n't match ? |
| 15 | There seem to be our two groups er , in one of our provinces and they say that the rich and poor but the rich er er are not so rich and others . |
| 16 | The mighty old walls are wide and deep but the city has barely enough warriors to protect them . |
| 17 | A 32 year old manager may be full of vigour , enthusiasm and malleable but a 52 year old manager has been through a couple of recessions , knows the ropes and cap pull a few more rabbits out of the hat . |
| 18 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 19 | The exterior , built of brick , is simple and plain but the interior is magnificent in its mosaic and marble decoration and its unique capitals . |
| 20 | This has the obvious advantage of reducing the sheer volume of data to be gathered and processed but the disadvantage of being inflexible and possibly missing significant happenings because the category system did n't allow for them . |
| 21 | In 1651 Parliament appointed commissioners to sell Exmoor Forest , which was reported to be ‘ mountainous and cold ground , much beclouded with thick fogges and mists and … overgrown with heath and yielding but a poor kind of turf of little value there . ’ |
| 22 | It was light and teasing but the message was clear . |
| 23 | The undercut cave is dark and mysterious but the lightness of the sandy bottom becomes apparent as I look across the bend , the water becoming shallower as I scan across to the inside of the bend . |
| 24 | These national breeding programmes are highly efficient and successful but the diversity has been lost . |
| 25 | There is nothing wrong with the periphery which may still be vigorous and successful but the centre has given way . |
| 26 | The swamp water was black and sour but the water of the brook ran sparklingly pure . |
| 27 | The swamp water was black and sour but the water of the brook ran sparklingly pure . |
| 28 | Their underside is soft and hairy but the whole of their upper surface is covered in strong , thick spines . |
| 29 | David says : ‘ It is time-consuming and expensive but the research has been so fascinating and enjoyable that it would n't matter if we were proved wrong or if the truth never came out . ’ |
| 30 | The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log . |