Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] but [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As usual , he was at his desk before she arrived at the office , and , as always , she felt that brief but undeniable shock of pleasure at seeing him . |
| 2 | Detached pigment and small but generalised lowering of colours are two problems which the restoration team headed by Maria Grazia Bernardini and Sara Staccioli have identified in the ‘ Sacred and Profane Love ’ , which was probably last relined at the beginning of the eighteenth century . |
| 3 | The proof will be in whether solid but undramatic encouragement on the supply side can take effect before the delayed but severe clawback on the demand side strikes . |
| 4 | Eurotunnel dismisses these fears as unwarranted but international expert on terrorism , Professor Paul Wilkinson , has claimed that the Tunnel could attract tourists ‘ like wasps to a jampot ’ . |
| 5 | He attached his team 's findings to his own reports , as quiet but conclusive proof of the steady advance of scientific progress and its ultimate conquest over infectious disease . |