Example sentences of "but [art] [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not the most that could be done to protect the consumer , but the least that the Government thought that they could get away with . |
| 2 | But the rejoicing and the laughter which followed the tears were of equal importance , because they powered the erotic joy that was as important as the water falling from the sky . |
| 3 | I know the perfection of it all , but the ideal and the reality rarely match . |
| 4 | An odd proposal , but no odder than the belief sustained for 40 years that the Kuomintang would return to Beijing to rule all of China . |
| 5 | In short , public spending was to rise in real terms but no faster than the GDP . |