Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] but a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that but a collective bargain is a method of suppressing individual differences between workers . |
| 2 | The owner 's home brew is much cheaper but an acquired taste ; the more you acquire , the less you taste it . |
| 3 | Within sets of pictures and patterns to match , it is often possible to develop games where the matching is not merely one-to-one but a complete set of a kind is collected instead , e.g. Happy Families . |
| 4 | This duality of matter and spirit implied a hypocrisy which unsympathetic observers considered to be not merely all-pervasive but a fundamental characteristic of the bourgeois world . |
| 5 | The Chief Met Officer , Wing Commander Thomas , or ‘ Tommy ’ as he was always called by us behind his back , was immensely popular but a strict disciplinarian . |
| 6 | The main beach is sandy and normally sheltered but an easterly storm will bring up masses of seaweed which occasionally has to be carted away . |
| 7 | Farming journalists and politicians who visit New Zealand come back convinced life without subsidies is not just attractive but a realistic option — an argument they generally base on claims that British farmers by conventional standards are amongst the most efficient in Europe . |
| 8 | Some such as financial resources are easily specifiable , others such as not contravening the mores of the organisation are more elusive but a key aspect of these skills is sensitivity to limitations and obstacles as well as positive assets ( Singleton , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | The second characteristic , the contemporaneity of historical time , that is , the category of the historical present , is more complex but an essential element in the whole Hegelian model of history , indeed is its condition of possibility . |
| 10 | 5.13.2 If called upon to do so to furnish to the Landlord the Surveyor or any person acting as the third party determining the rent in default of agreement between the parties under any provisions for rent review contained in this Lease such information as may [ reasonably ] be requested in writing in relation to any pending or intended step under the 1954 Act or the implementation of any provisions for rent review This seems quite innocuous but an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance and apart from ensuring that " reasonably " is included , the tenant should also begin each subclause as follows : If called upon to do so ( but not more frequently than may be reasonable ) |
| 11 | It was small , or perhaps it was very big but a long way off . |