Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] but [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was instantly recognizable in the small but influential circle he kept . |
| 2 | Eight of us took our places in the small but crowded cinema . |
| 3 | If necessary you would then follow-up with physiotherapy treatment ( if referred by a GP this can be claimed back from health insurance ) and remedial exercises in the small but well-equipped gym . |
| 4 | When he came back Breeze was sitting curled up by the fire in the quaint but attractive parlour , her eyes fixed thoughtfully on the dancing flames . |
| 5 | With the agreement of my closest colleagues and the director of the MRC 's Clinical Research Centre , Dr C. C. Booth , I provided Dr Ted Steele with an environment in which he could complete his experiments in the friendly but critical atmosphere provided by immunologists who were trying to repeat his results themselves . |
| 6 | Tactics which had been honed in the petty but ruthless world of student-union politics were now deployed in party meetings with devastating results . |
| 7 | She was not , however , clad in the unsuitable but respectable garb of Agnes Wickfield or even that of Betsy Trotwood . |
| 8 | There is no mistaking the physical menace in the soft but grinding discord which announces Balstrode 's " Look , the storm cone " , or the thrill of fear in his fugue theme " Now the flood tide " [ 7 ] , with its opening minor second , which is picked up by the entire chorus and worked into one of those overwhelming Verdian ensembles which climax the first scene of each act . |
| 9 | The sergeant deliberated for a moment and then spoke in the soft but unmistakable burr of deepest Mummersett . |
| 10 | The sun was fully eclipsed by Arcadia now , and although the main source of illumination was now only the light refracted through the halo of the planet 's atmosphere , it was easier to see in the dim but diffuse light than in the glare and dark shadows that had been made by the unshielded sun . |
| 11 | The market was in full swing as they made their way slowly round the piazza , the Brigadier leaning on the horn to make a path through the jumble of cars and people milling about in the bright but fitful sunshine . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister said that it remained for him to wish his colleagues all good fortune in the difficult but hopeful situation which they had to face . |
| 13 | The matter is now governed by section 6 of the Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 which provides that if the improver acted in the mistaken but honest belief that he had a good title , an allowance is to be made for the extent to which the value of the goods at the time at which it falls to be assessed , is attributable to the improvement . |
| 14 | The tribunal said it appeared that Ms Oruene had brought the complaint in the mistaken but genuine belief that graduates of English or Scottish universities who did not have passes in the compulsory subjects set by the faculty would still have been granted exemptions from the exams . |
| 15 | Evidence of this is in the play he makes with the Virgilian aether and patet ( Aeneid 6 , 127 , 130 ) in the puzzling but impressive Canto 16 . |
| 16 | Their four children grew up in the strict but loving atmosphere of the Medau College founded by Hinrich in Berlin in 1929 . |
| 17 | It is most important , particularly with younger pupils , that Home Economics should be an enjoyable subject , in which learning is combined with a sense of achievement in a pleasant but industrious atmosphere . |
| 18 | In a reticent but factual way , Flavia did . |
| 19 | Late that afternoon we made a perfect three-point landing at the RCAF airstrip in Whitehorse , capital of the Yukon Territory , where I found shelter for the night in a bare but adequate room at the Whitehorse Hotel . |
| 20 | She 's pictured above , relaxing in a simple but effective room with beams and bare brickwork . |
| 21 | Enya , as ever , is dressed in a simple but elegant style , straight and sturdy as young reed and sharp as a blade of grass . |
| 22 | Sniffing greatness by association , in flocked the A & R men but with little luck as the bemused James turned their backs on record companies , turned down a chance to feature on the cover of NME ( this was rectified later ) and refused to supply photos in a strange but subtle disregard for the traditional career ladder . |
| 23 | In a separate but related case , Senator Michel Cogger was charged on Sept. 12 with accepting bribes . |
| 24 | decisions/proposals presented in a neutral but thoughtful way |
| 25 | Though outnumbered the Nez Perce fought valiantly in a gallant but vain attempt to reach Canada and to find sanctuary . |
| 26 | Fifty year old Manuela Sanchez from Cholsey near Wallingford is in a critical but stable position at the Harefield Hospital , while doctors scour the continent for a suitable donor organ . |
| 27 | A GIRL aged two was in a critical but stable condition last night after undergoing a 10-hour liver transplant operation at Addenbrooke 's Hospital , Cambridge . |
| 28 | Her boy , who needed a blood transfusion , was last night in a critical but stable condition in intensive care at Milton Keynes hospital . |
| 29 | John was said to be in a critical but stable condition last night in St James ' Hospital , Leeds . |
| 30 | Tonight the baby is in a critical but stable condition in hospital . |