Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 the advances made have been very exciting but not every knitter wants to go too ‘ high tec ’ .
2 Yet , at the same time , there has not , in most cases , been a sharp break between one way of life and another but rather a process involving subtle shifts in emphasis , whereby one set of relationships — kin , friends and neighbours — take on new significances in place of or in addition to older or earlier established relationships .
3 Begbroke seemed ideal but then the vicar started laying down the law .
4 He seemed to have kicked his heroin addiction and given up his unorthodox lifestyle three years ago when he married Becky Few-Brown but soon the marriage broke down .
5 The trade could do more but essentially the sport needs money put in to the get the necessary kit , accommodation and instruction .
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