Example sentences of "was [art] [adj] but [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With adjustment , the essential feature was the fixed but adjustable exchange rate structure in which the dollar held a central position . |
| 2 | The essence of the allegation was the unsubstantiated but persistent claim that the 1980 presidential election campaign team of Ronald Reagan and Bush conspired with representatives of the government of Iran in order to reap electoral advantage by delaying the release of the 52 US hostages being held in the US embassy in Tehran , in return for which the Reagan team promised , when he gained office , to supply arms to Iran . |
| 3 | Most notable was the small but marked increase in delivery time between 13.15 and 14.00 which can probably be accounted for by the gradual build-up of demand at a time when lunchtime rosters have effectively halved the number of bookfetching staff on duty , while a similar increase in delivery times for books requested between 16.45 and 17.00 ( when demand is falling ) is probably attributable to the change in shift and reduction in bookfetching staff which occurs at 17.00 . |
| 4 | The Reverend George M. Musgrave was a digressive but observant fellow . |
| 5 | Whereas , in Fulk le Réchin 's account which preserved the comital family 's own early tradition , Geoffrey was a solid but unremarkable figure , in the Gesta he has undergone transmogrification . |
| 6 | It was very far from that — it was a brilliant but compensatory effort . |
| 7 | Shopping was a skilled but painful exercise , as one woman observed : |
| 8 | By 1953 there was a general but vague commitment to comprehensive schools — sometimes , in some places , and provided the grammar schools could be kept as well ! |
| 9 | It was a clever but risky move . |
| 10 | To Gabriel 's eye , there was a slight but perceptible air of neglect , due probably to a slack manager . |
| 11 | It was a vague but important time in the cultural and social history of the western world , a good time for those who were in it and enjoying themselves , a bad time for those who were dismayed at ‘ young people today ’ . |
| 12 | One instinct whispered that spying , like some police work , was a necessary but grubby business and so should be secret . |
| 13 | It was also clear that the creation of a network of village centres for the provision of classes and courses was a necessary but insufficient basis for a well-founded adult education movement . |
| 14 | It was a warm but simple ceremony and , as at the previous wedding , the Burford minister officiated , with Christian assisting him . |
| 15 | It was a warm but cloudy day in June with high shifting cloud leaving only the occasional gap of blue to send fleeting shafts of sunlight across the fells . |
| 16 | It was a simple but effective idea and we followed suit . |
| 17 | It was a simple but effective system of welfare financed partly by taxes and partly by other devices . |
| 18 | ‘ Amy 's drawing caught my attention because it was a simple but dramatic interpretation of the brief . |
| 19 | The Newcastle Journal 's final epithet was a simple but sentimental headline . |
| 20 | It was a sad but inevitable outcome of not maintaining a proper balance between productivity and personality . |
| 21 | He was a poor but amusing correspondent . |
| 22 | It was a ludicrous but terrifying sight . |
| 23 | We were not in aggressive mood : at 50–60mph we wafted through the countryside , while the technique on the Paris ring road was a firm but polite standing of one 's ground . |
| 24 | In this it was a great but short-lived success and provoked Germany into refusing to buy Polish coal , which in turn provoked Poland into putting an embargo on all German trade . |
| 25 | Yelton was a small but scattered village near the bleakest part of the Moor . |
| 26 | Sampson was a small but stout man , standing 5ft 4in tall and weighing 12 stone 7lbs . |
| 27 | The pressure elastic modulus increased in an almost sigmoid way until a distension pressure of 35 cm H 2 O. There was a small but insignificant decrease in wall stiffness between the distension pressures of 35 cm H 2 O and 40 cm H 2 O ( Fig 8 ) . |
| 28 | The Adult Placement Scheme was a small but valuable part of the provision of accommodation . |
| 29 | If there was one thing not ugly and absurd about that marriage , it was a small but irreversible change in her own situation . |
| 30 | Taking the lead against the coalition was a small but implacable group of diehards ; they were never more than a few dozen in the Commons and , although they attracted shifting support on particular issues , they never threatened the coalition majority . |