Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the fungi is n't growing in the soil proper but just under the ground on the decaying foot or stump of a tree , so a little investigation is necessary in these cases . |
| 2 | This is true not only for ageing but also for the onset of disabilities ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Discuss , with reference to at least two plays , how tragedy can be enacted not only upon the individual but also upon a family ’ |
| 4 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 5 | DBG Acquired by RBG in 1979 but still without a guidebook . |
| 6 | These braces are costly but well worth the outlay if the alternative is to stop skiing altogether . |
| 7 | Devlin Parnham was in his seventies but apart from the sparsity of his frame and a slight tendency to stoop you would never have known it . |
| 8 | In summer the gardens would have looked colourful and pretty but somehow in the depths of the Provençal winter they appeared melancholy . |
| 9 | It must be regarded as extremely probable that Oswiu was able to seek help in the confrontation with Penda not only from the Scots but also from the Picts , possibly even from the Irish ( see also below , p. 99 ) . |
| 10 | The move up to verse can be made for the exit of a person from a lower but also for the entrance of one from a higher rank . |
| 11 | Crime they say does n't pay , well you may have your own views on that but certainly across the breadth of variety of criminal activity we might agree that crime almost always hurt someone , more or less , we have a system designed to cope with the effects of crime and to deter future criminals , but it does n't seem to be making crime a thing of the past , so how good are we at dealing with crime , tonight 's hundred women have a broad range of experience as victims , law women , perpetrators , police and others , we 'll be hearing their views on the system and how it might be changed and asking why are we all so fascinated by fictional crime from Cell Block H to Agatha Christie . |
| 12 | She seemed to be eased by talking of her daughter , and by the time she stopped , apologetically , and drank some tea poured for her by Catherine , she looked exhausted but less like a wraith . |
| 13 | For much of 1981 we were running not only behind Labour but also behind the alliance formed by the Liberals and the newly created Social Democratic Party of David Owen , Bill Rodgers , Shirley Williams and Roy Jenkins . |
| 14 | Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? " |
| 15 | DUP Assemblyman Jim Wells was also present but apart from the DUP politicians , the only other leader who was present was George Seawright ( of whom more later ) . |
| 16 | The elfin-faced Irish singer , just 18 but already on the threshold of success , had finally resolved on a reconciliation . |
| 17 | Mr Jenkins kept the school Clean and neat and tidy But deep inside the boiler room He kept … |
| 18 | A repertoire of ornament of a vernacular baroque character is applied with varying degrees of restraint , while the interiors , usually arranged with the hall and saloon across the centre and the staircase to one side , are enriched with fine joinery and plaster-work but little in the way of spatial incident . |
| 19 | She remembered helping in the hotel kitchen when she was ten but nowhere near the Bar . |
| 20 | Deflecting the blow aimed at James Lambert 's head with his left arm , he drove his right fist short but hard into the man 's mouth , loosening teeth and skinning his knuckles . |
| 21 | The offence is committed not just by a trader who supplies consumer goods that are not reasonably safe but also by a trader who agrees or offers to supply them or exposes or possesses them for supply . |
| 22 | Lord Goff , dismissing the Crown 's appeal , said the case was of importance not only to the parties concerned but also for the future of the law of restitution . |
| 23 | More persuasively , it has to be borne in mind that these are passages which need to be read in the context not only of the cases in which they were concerned but also of the judgments as a whole . |
| 24 | But in terms of the preparation for that , in bidding for grant aid , and it was very much tied into a successful bid for grant aid , that was forthcoming but only on the grounds that the scheme was committed by the end of December . |
| 25 | A range of studies have demonstrated the vitality of the parent-child tie , sustained not only by visiting but also by a flow of assistance of various kinds in both directions . |
| 26 | the Chi the Chinese empire is , is actually growing but possibly in the sense that within Chinese territory marginal land that has n't previously been used for agriculture is being brought into use . |
| 27 | But the old Gamoroi , the ‘ land-holders ’ , at Syracuse kept up their Dorian loyalties , occasionally sending numerically small but often in the event significant contributions to Sparta in her struggles at home in the fifth and fourth centuries ( see too p. 187 for the way the favour was returned ) . |
| 28 | As the light went , leaving its afterglow on his blind eyes , he was vaguely distracted by a ringing sound , far off at first but closer with every repetition . |
| 29 | These words , which reflect what was said by Sir George Jessel M.R. in 1879 , seem to be wholly consistent not just with the wording of section 236 but also with the purposes of the administration as set out in section 8(3) of the Act of 1986 and in particular : |
| 30 | Its a bit naff but close to the ground and good for parking . |