Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adv] [adj] but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There then followed a winter of rather confused but relatively quiet negotiation manoeuvre , and attempt at compromise on the tariff issue . |
| 2 | In contrast , there was only one police court in Kurunagala district , which had a population of over 200,000 but very few Europeans . |
| 3 | The appearance of stylistically close but formally unique motifs ( signatures ) is a possibility , and identical elements might be present in different mosaics . |
| 4 | Cook the pears in the apple juice until just tender but still firm . |
| 5 | Pace — timing — balancing output with input — recreating — presenting our classic in sometimes novel but always recognisable style . |
| 6 | Indeed , the net result may well be to consume resources without producing any improvement in more important but less readily quantifiable criteria of outcome . |
| 7 | These essential contacts with other departments meant insufficient time for equally important but less clearly defined contacts with the research and development group . |
| 8 | The currently fashionable and oft repeated litany is that although the world air transport industry is presently going through a fundamental and painful period of change , this will ultimately lead to a new and improved deployment of resources , through the creation of far fewer but infinitely larger air carriers . |
| 9 | Unlike most catalogues today , the vegetables usually came at the front with similarly enticing but just as unbelievable pictures as we find in today 's catalogues . |