Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] but the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems could be surmounted but the American delegation would have to show a far more positive attitude than hitherto revealed . |
| 2 | When the equality is exactly satisfied , either inequality can be used but the optimal solution will not change . |
| 3 | Other bores can also be used but the obvious point must be that a small charge in the right place is a lot better than a heavier charge badly directed . |
| 4 | This charge could not be proved but the military tribunal condemned him to 10 years absence from public life . |
| 5 | The mistakes made in the manufacture of the mirror , which is as smooth as could be desired but the wrong shape , have stopped it from seeing many of the faint objects it should be looking at . |
| 6 | The Martian encampment they find may be deserted but the lichen-like vegetation , triggered into accelerated growth by a light drizzle of rain , proves more than just a minor hazard for the astronauts as they race against time to repair the ship . |
| 7 | Quick satisfaction may be achieved but the resulting clarity fails to raise any interest in the process itself so that there is no desire to repeat the experience , analyse it or find out what others have been saying . |
| 8 | That intention may indeed be achieved but the proposed relaxation of rent control could result in a further considerable increase in house prices , affecting all traditional users of this type of property — the young , the single and the less-financially secure . |