Example sentences of "[art] [adj] but [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no indication how they decided what had to be paid for by the Stent but the total liability was divided amongst 132 quarter lands . |
| 2 | There is no indication how they decided what had to be paid for by the Stent but the total liability was divided amongst 132 quarter lands . |
| 3 | The summer timetable saw very little change at the Western end of the Cambrian but a notable addition was an 07:00 Newtown to Birmingham service each weekday using stock and crews brought out a a passenger service from Salop . |
| 4 | In 1988 the old effective exchange rate had absolute values in the 70s but the new index is in the 90s . |
| 5 | What we have in both the approaches is an ‘ essentialist ’ view of sexuality ; sex conceptualised as an overpowering force in the individual that shapes not only the personal but the social life as well . |
| 6 | They looked lovely on the mantelpiece in the flat but a new bouquet would not go astray at this stage . |
| 7 | There 's a conscious rejection of the sonic values of the '80s but a bright-eyed optimism about the 1990s . |
| 8 | They do all the attacking but the other team do all the scoring . |
| 9 | No two BOT schemes are likely to be the same but a special purpose company is usually formed to enter into the principal contracts and loan agreements . |
| 10 | Does the seniority structure of the professions tend to make professional courses conservative and traditional , not only in the overt but the hidden curriculum ? |
| 11 | This summer 's skate sessions were amongst the best but the endless rain was a drag . |
| 12 | This ‘ embarrassment ’ already identified by Christopher Ricks in connection with Keats ' poetic references to women , was not an evasion of the sensual but a deliberate avoidance of direct reference , a coyness that actually intensified erotic readings and one which may be said to dominate British sculpture during the period 1880–1910 , particularly in its representations of women . |
| 13 | Touchmaster are bringing out a range of software designed specifically for use with their tablet ; games and educational programs in the main but the real proof of success will come if independent software houses decide to support it . |
| 14 | There is good reason why we should not speak ill of the dead but no good reason why we should not think it , if it seems to be necessary . |
| 15 | The dead would have to bury the dead but the unhappy living might still be helped by goodwill . |
| 16 | So what I 'm saying to you is , do n't go in over the top , you know , five , just a normal but a firm handshake because a man would expect it because a weak ha ha handshake can be irritating and the same thing if she is a woman |
| 17 | Nevertheless , if we say not ‘ dog ’ but ‘ My — dog-Rover-with — the — white — spots- and — the-stumpy-tail ’ , there can be no doubt that we intend not only a specific but a unique reference . |
| 18 | They were trying to back it into a stable but the magnificent beast was all set to charge . |
| 19 | On the present analysis , moving to the viewpoints of other persons is not in itself a moral act , any more than is temporal viewpoint-shifting , so that a reduced capacity for either is not a moral but a cognitive defect . |
| 20 | To ‘ put myself in your place ’ , to ‘ see your point of view ’ and ‘ understand how you feel ’ , is not a moral but a cognitive act , but of what sort ? |
| 21 | Sustaining not just a home-owning but a capital-owning democracy is crucial to our vision for the 1990s . |
| 22 | The letter may well be a fake but the worrying fact is that it proves there is a dirty tricks campaign designed to blacken the name of the Princess . |
| 23 | Using a round-ended knife , stir in the milk to make a soft but no sticky dough . |
| 24 | Sir William Petty , writing at the end of the seventeenth century , argued that excessive morbidity and mortality rates were not only a human but an economic tragedy . |
| 25 | For individual A , her own income is a good but the other person 's income is a bad , reflecting the presence of malice towards B. ( Envy is increasing marginal disutility of the other person 's income . ) |
| 26 | Higher expectations and effective post-school education for those who have received special education in school is not a luxury but an economic necessity . |
| 27 | ‘ As you know , Sally , he 's no great shakes as a shot-maker but a wonderful putter — he has a great feel . |
| 28 | Erm the being nineteen fifty er preserving , this is a quote , preserving a rich peasant economy is of course not a temporary but a long term policy . |
| 29 | This , then , is not a static but a dynamic view of early English prosodies ; its theoretical breadth and scope is wide , and its empirical procedures sound ; it is innovative and challenging ; and it also forms a vital teaching text . |
| 30 | Formal observation techniques and equipment are designed to reduce this discrepancy to a minimum but the nursing process depends on much more than can be obtained by this means ; therefore it is important for the teacher to have some understanding of the factors that affect the formation of percepts so that she can help the nurse to make accurate judgements where these are possible and to be sufficiently receptive and mentally flexible to consider more than one possible judgement as basis for action . |