Example sentences of "[adj] but it [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The performances individually are ok but it seems the tactics are wrong . |
| 2 | Chantelle Goddard the coach says it 's nearly like snow … a bit hard but it gives the youngsters an ideal opportunity to train … |
| 3 | This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink . |
| 4 | Details are scarce but it uses a dopler meter and flow dividers and will work with vacuum tankers . |
| 5 | For instance , what the Harlequins are doing with Troy Coker at the moment may be legal but it bears no relation to what the law should be or to what it should be seen to be . |
| 6 | The definition of connected person is somewhat complex but it includes a director , the director 's relatives and companies within a group . |
| 7 | It 's only five minutes long but it saves the day . |
| 8 | It is reasonably hardwearing but it lacks the springiness and suppleness of wool ; consequently , silk rugs tend to retain any creases or scuffing in the pile , and far greater care is needed to protect them from damage . |
| 9 | The Acousticube might be small but it sports a heck of a lot of knobs and sockets . |
| 10 | Also the arms , and in particular the front one , should be straight since not only is this less tiring but it keeps the rig upright and provides more power . |
| 11 | Were actually are making a profit we said at the beginning we do get a payment from petticoats so I do n't see that arrangement actually changing but it suits the trust were not very good at running restaurant 's . . |
| 12 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
| 13 | This was plainly not part of the agreement and not only was the French government furious but it used the sentence as an excuse to generate public support for Mafart and Prieur on the grounds that they were being unfairly treated by the New Zealand government . |
| 14 | Such a figure may seem insignificant but it represented a strength of purpose and feeling which made the small groups men and women of courage . |
| 15 | The stage was wide but it had no depth . |
| 16 | If you are not eligible to be put in if you do n't have a motor car then you 're discounting an enormous number of people who may have motorcycles or motor caravans or , you know , something which is perfectly valid but it invalidates the information that you think you are getting out of the file because you only put in certain perfectly reasonable , groups of er of things and i in , in , in Boots there 's a , there 's a er there 's a a wonderful expression or actually is , is the one I 'm particularly thinking about , you know we , we sell shall we say a million bottles of aspirin a year , it is in fact considerably more than that , and that is perfectly reasonable and valid and mm but in the definition of that we obviously only included what Boots the Chemists sold because that 's all the people who |
| 17 | ‘ The scale of the initiative is huge but it offers the opportunity of becoming involved in one of Europe 's major urban regeneration projects , ’ said Mr Bethel . |