Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 2 | At just over eight stone , she did not feel overweight but an addiction to crisps was putting cellulite on her thighs . |
| 3 | Squid also inhabit deep water where the problem is not reflected light but the absence of light . |
| 4 | You may not realize this but the name ‘ Grand Canyon ’ was actually one developed by DisneyWorld who own and run the place . |
| 5 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm still ring rusty but a couple of weeks ’ hard work before the European Cup should see me all right . ’ |
| 7 | Before then , despite a number of chances , this game had nil all written all over it ; United did have their chances , they hit the post , Steve Foster and Martin Foyle both went close but the ball never appeared to be going into the back of the net . |
| 8 | The new law , proposed in early July [ see p. 38361 ] , which imposed a ban on parties based on " apostasy , sectarianism , racism , regionalism or anti-Arabism " , also barred all but the Ba'ath Party from operating in the armed forces and security services . |
| 9 | One or two cars driving too fast got stuck but the road was passable with care . |
| 10 | Not simply a resurrection in people 's minds — I might well grant that but a resurrection as an objective fact of history , so that it could be said that the causal nexus of history and that of nature were broken ( for there are not resurrections ) . |
| 11 | Changes do n't happen overnight but the feedback I get is there 's now greater visibility of managers and supervisors . |
| 12 | God — I should n't say this but the music press generally has been pretty decent to me . |