Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] but [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of civil proceedings , international judicial assistance is primarily concerned with the service of documents , ‘ process ’ of one sort or another but also extrajudicial documents of significance , and the taking of evidence ; post-trial assistance , in the form of the enforcement of judgments and orders , is traditionally treated as a ( major ) topic in its own right . |
| 2 | As a result the system can be used in large rooms , or long but relatively narrow rooms , but conversely is ill-suited for use across the narrow dimension of most rooms , which can work well with many other transducers . |
| 3 | ‘ Others , including myself , believe that non-punitive but truly compensatory damages awarded by the courts of the United Kingdom are preferable to the exorbitance of emotionally-driven jury awards , ’ he said . |
| 4 | And interesting but only interesting novels could be taken to the post office for distribution to the armed forces . |
| 5 | Following several years of development work and unsuccessful but nevertheless promising trials in late 1905 and early 1906 , he won the support of John ( later first Earl ) Jellicoe , ( Sir ) Percy Scott , and Sir John ( later first Baron ) Fisher [ qq.v. ] , which resulted in the establishment of an agreement to perfect the civilian inventor 's ideas for a mechanical system of using observed ranges and bearings to calculate firing solutions for naval artillery that would take account of the relative motion of the firing ship and target . |
| 6 | In Egypt native and Persian kings attracted not only Greek and Carian but also Jewish mercenaries . |
| 7 | For example , most elderly people who are married have always lived only with their spouse , and small but fairly constant proportions have always lived in residential institutions of one kind or another ( Wall , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | There are heavy frames , light dainty frames , expensive frames and inexpensive but still attractive ones , as well as older styles or very modern designs . |
| 9 | On human rights , many consider the torture , disappearances , murders and bombings of innocent civilians as unpleasant but absolutely necessary elements of the war . |
| 10 | We had the equivalent of paperbacks at 50p as well as beautiful but more expensive delights . |