Example sentences of "[adj] but [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you see , a primitive but excellent way of making a richly flavoured stew with a slightly thickened sauce but without the addition of stock , wine , or even water . |
| 2 | No doubt lawyers would be happy with this but conventional breeding programmes could well suffer . |
| 3 | this diagram does n't actually incorporate this but full thing is going to be the initial costs , the costs of moving , okay , so there , there may be actual physical costs involved this diagram . |
| 4 | Before it the system quails and adopts an easier but illogical alternative . |
| 5 | No reason has to be given either to her present doctor or to the one to whom she wishes to change , but undoubtedly it can facilitate the change-over and make the new doctor more likely to be willing to accept her if she has some sensible but low-key reason ready should there be any query . |
| 6 | But they come to realise that they are imprisoned by a transparent but impenetrable wall , which can never be crossed . |
| 7 | Memorable because it posits the unorthodox but believable idea that for one lower middle class pubescent Brit kid the period between 1939 –'45; was above all an EXCITING time . |
| 8 | Exquisite performance by Eileen Atkins in otherwise miscast production of this poetic but drawn-out play . |
| 9 | However , thanks to sponsorship from Natal Building Society and public fund-raising both parents flew to Sydney to see the exciting but frustrating semi-final against England . |
| 10 | He said it was an exciting but logical acquisition . |
| 11 | For Mr Wolski it had been an exciting but strange time . |
| 12 | A beautifully clean , steep layback leads to an exciting but easy traverse and a nasty pull into a frustratingly smooth scoop . |
| 13 | In Tanganyika there were few settlers in the country , no evident injuries had been done , and the Masai , with their conspicuous but unbelligerent attachment to their traditional way of life , were perceived from the start simply as a rather interesting problem in administration . |
| 14 | A report in this peculiar state of loggerheads in the high powered but ill-fated Hit magazine hardly eased The Smiths ' credibility problem . |
| 15 | Will commercial vehicle operators buy long-lasting , reliable but expensive quality tyres , or cheap , short-life imports and re-moulds ? |
| 16 | With regard to the War Department , I quite agree with Panmure , that the best course will be to lodge that Department in an unpretending but suitable manner in Pall Mall , and to carry that arrangement into effect at the same time that a Foreign and Colonial Office are building in Downing and Fludyer Street . |
| 17 | Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri , who is our source for this story , goes on : ‘ Pope John paused for a moment , as though surprised at this question and then said , with a calm but decisive voice : ‘ The Pope presides over the Council ( Presidente del concilio è il papa ) ’ ' ( Riccardi , 1987 , p. 153 ) . |
| 18 | So , like people in power everywhere he delegates the task of collecting the necessary bits to a servant — the faithful but dim hunchback , Egor . |
| 19 | The modern world 's dismissal of adventure as an entertaining but minor experience is unprecedented . |
| 20 | The bald election result was bad enough , but then there were the personal touches : that brave but shattered look on Glenys ' face as Neil announced his resignation , the dreadful picture on the back of the Independent of a group of City dickheads celebrating their unexpected winnings , and the downright irritating news that my fellow chatterer on Stop the Week , Milton Shulman , had made a packet at Ladbroke 's predicting the correct result . |
| 21 | I am not sure that we would think the dancing , except by some of the principals , quite so wonderful by today 's standards , but we saw it with different eyes then , and John would have for comparison his memories of the Cape Town Ballet Club 's brave but handicapped attempt at the last act of the ballet , Aurora 's Wedding . |
| 22 | She was deathly pale , the mid-brown hair flattened to her head , the lined skin without make-up except for a brave but mistaken line of smudged lipstick . |
| 23 | After both his first two visits Frere came unhappily from the bedroom , managing a brave but unconvincing smile and admitting only his boundless gratitude to Louisa for her pains . |
| 24 | A clear but curious instance is discussed by both Marcian and Ulpian . |
| 25 | Watson and Thacker shot down — informed that all was clear but continued weaving — just as well as I then saw a red spinner in my mirror . |
| 26 | A good parent does not let his or her child do anything ; there have to be proper guidelines , firm but loving admonition at times and clear but gentle encouragement . |
| 27 | This , of course , is the area in which the is/ought argument scores its clear but uninteresting success . |
| 28 | A professional TV director and professional actors working with a clear but natural script ensure that the Business Assignments Video is good television as well as good training material . |
| 29 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of May 28 he also added " a clear but indirect insinuation " that Gen. Chaovalit was a leading CPT member . |
| 30 | ‘ We seem to be moving into a period of high pressure with clear but cold weather . |