Example sentences of "but in [adj] respect [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Orc and Goblin units are called Mobs , but in other respects they are exactly like the regiments of Men and Elves .
2 But in other respects they were tribal hunters and food-gatherers .
3 The political influence of the countryside remains disproportionately strong , but in other respects it is now the urban centres which dominate the economic , social and cultural life of Japan .
4 It was a bit of a disaster in some respects , but in other respects it was a lively vibrant conference .
5 Merceron was not reappointed as a justice of the peace , but in other respects he was as much in control ( either directly or through his brother-in-law , who became vestry clerk ) as he had been before 1809 .
6 But in many respects they are very different , and they come from different times : they are separated from one another by three-quarters of a century .
7 These pressures I have described , both internal and external , invited change in almost every aspect of the curriculum , but in many respects they were also conflicting .
8 Hampden Babylon is a book about the sordid and seedy underbelly of Scottish football , but in many respects it is also a book about Scotland itself .
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