Example sentences of "the [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 .
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