Example sentences of "but [verb] in a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The culture of the student experience is one of a self-questioning voyage , not in any self-indulgent form , but rooted in a rigorous self-critical examination of what is being taught , learned and achieved . |
| 2 | Psychological work like Gilligan 's , which is liberal , but anchored in a coherent disciplinary tradition , is often fastened on with enthusiasm . |
| 3 | A log fire burned in the hearth , there was a huge Persian rug on mellow oak-block flooring , three high-backed sofas , traditional two-seaters but covered in a soft paprika-coloured corduroy instead of the usual chintz . |
| 4 | She was not clad in the garb of her order but attired in a pale blue dress trimmed with the copper hue of squirrel fur . |
| 5 | Thus ideology and the ‘ superstructure ’ are not merely reflections of the material economic ‘ base ’ , but exist in a dialectical interactive relationship with it . |