Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The information transmission will inevitably be two-way but the main purpose may be transmission from interviewer to interviewee as in an appraisal interview , from interviewee to interviewer as in an opinion survey , or it may change direction during the course of the interview as in a patient-doctor interview . |
| 2 | Chronic sulphasalazine treatment does not seem to be nephrotoxic but the systemic absorption of 5-ASA from sulphasalazine is relatively low . |
| 3 | This would be fine but the natural type of memory for a modern machine , a 286 or 386 , is extended memory and this means that often a machine will have 4 or 8 MBytes of memory that a simple spreadsheet just can not make use of . |
| 4 | If he receives decent ball , Stuart Barnes can be brilliant but a big question mark hangs over his performance when he 's confronted with poor quality possession . |
| 5 | ‘ Cereal can be healthy but the nutritional value depends on the one you pick , ’ said Magazine editor David Dickinson . |
| 6 | This covers all types of mental handicap , including mild cases where social and environmental factors are known to be important but the exact nature of the problem is less well known . |
| 7 | ( Examination plans tend to be briefer but the mental training in ordinary essays is important . ) |
| 8 | Progress will inevitably be slow but the dual-task technique offers the possibility of determining something of the nature of the dynamic interaction between the two hemispheres . |
| 9 | Roger Bootle , MGM 's chief UK economist , said UK progress would be slow but the gradual recovery would be soundly based . |
| 10 | Many businessmen and politicians in Scotland expect the effects of the Tunnel to be adverse but a recent analysis by economists from the Royal Bank of Scotland suggests that Scotland 's high tech inward investment is unlikely to be threatened . |
| 11 | He wants not a huge monument which would hardly be fitting but a small plaque somewhere in the village the plane narrowly avoided . |