Example sentences of "[adv] but [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly but surely the mass of bodies was yielding … soon it would be forced out into the drawing-room like the cork out of a bottle of champagne . |
| 2 | If he is to be totally unbiased when making his observations , then he will be obliged to record not only the readings on various meters , the presence or absence of sparks at various critical locations in the electrical circuits , the dimensions of the circuit etc. but also the colour of the meters , the dimensions of the laboratory , the state of the weather , the size of his shoes and a whole host of ‘ clearly irrelevant ’ details , irrelevant , that is , to the kind of theory in which Hertz was interested and which he was testing . |
| 3 | Right but definitely the death in service . |
| 4 | Sunny at first tomorrow but then the forecast for the rest of Tuesday , More showers expected . |
| 5 | Sunny spells for tomorrow but still a chance with showers . |