Example sentences of "but [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The honorary secretary of the Royal Statistical Society denies in a letter published on this page today that there are plans to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics , but such a development would be desirable . |
| 2 | It is customary to divide the Council into a ‘ conservative ’ minority and a ‘ progressive ’ majority , but such a description can be profoundly misleading . |
| 3 | Sometimes an intentionally condensed presentation ( e.g. Section 17.5 ) may ‘ make the reader think ’ , but such a tactic can be dangerously optimistic . |
| 4 | Only about 40 per cent of the electorate vote in local elections ( the turnout in the 1985 English shire county elections , for example , was 41 per cent ) but such a figure can be highly misleading . |
| 5 | But such a statement can be easily misunderstood if taken out of context . |
| 6 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 7 | But such a model must be applied with caution . |
| 8 | It is possible that we have here an attempt to combine hunting and aquatic scenes ( see note 3 ) , but such a suggestion must be tentative . |