Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a primitive but thoroughly respectable bit of computing . |
| 2 | Working with a chap called Allier , French but very sound . |
| 3 | He said last night : ‘ I was surprised when I heard about this but very pleased . |
| 4 | Similar to this but very thin . |
| 5 | Less gregarious but more vocal , chief call being ‘ he lee , he lee ’ . |
| 6 | The last pitch is easier but quite intimidating as it pulls through a roof at the top of the crag . |
| 7 | The first is clearly easier but less likely to be representative . |
| 8 | He had successfully led the School from the dark days of war , through a time of austerity thereafter , and on to the easier but still challenging years of the 1950s . |
| 9 | Into North Gully via Junipall Gully — an awkward , steep descent , or to the south-east face via South-East Gully — easier but still steep . |
| 10 | If you are shifting your base as opposed to just your body , these might seem demanding routes , and there is instead a far easier but still pleasing route over the Col d'Osquich . |
| 11 | She did not feel in the least sensible but rather resentful on her own account . |
| 12 | His artlessness was boyish and so were his acuteness and his transparent but somewhat belated good sense . |
| 13 | The case was heard by an exceptionally unconventional judge , but one of sound common sense , Mr Justice Caulfield , who more recently found fame in his unorthodox but equally commonsensical summing-up in the Jeffrey Archer action , where his description of Mrs Archer as ‘ fragrant ’ , no doubt causing great embarrassment to the lady , will go down in the history of judicial extravagance . |
| 14 | A less exciting but equally innovative characteristic of princely officials was that they now existed in sufficient numbers to be used to check up on one another . |
| 15 | She said she was driving an ambulance in the air raids and that it was very exciting but dreadfully tiring ; sometimes she went to bed after breakfast and slept until evening . |
| 16 | They prefer ‘ junk food ’ laden with additives , cholesterol and calories , but with very low nutrition value , to the less exciting but more nutritious food offered by the institution . |
| 17 | For a given corpus size , if one uses coarser classification then more reliable but less precise predictions are obtained . |
| 18 | Since Kate , Peter and Walter moved into the house , which incorporates the 12th-century priory walls , a ghostly but very palpable waft of snuffed candles and burning incense has thrice been known to signify benediction on St Peter 's day . |
| 19 | A favourite but much over-worked vehicle for public relations is the information service or bureau for a manufacturer . |
| 20 | FIRST Millwall won the war — then they got round to winning this brutal but utterly compelling match at The Den . |
| 21 | He hardly paused in his stride as he led the way up two flights of stairs and , outwardly calm but instinctively wary , Merrill followed . |
| 22 | She felt calm but deeply guilty . |
| 23 | Though eugenicists found some ammunition in the Report , of which they sought to take advantage , the medical profession were equally responsive but more influential . |
| 24 | I told Richard it was not only wrong but immensely stupid to lie about this sort of thing . |
| 25 | It was a clear but rather chilly night . |
| 26 | The other class of player seeks nourishment for the soul , and loves playing that is not only clear but also soft and melting . |
| 27 | It was always clear but perishingly cold at that early hour ; later the mists came down and in the afternoon there were often storms of rain and sometimes hail . |
| 28 | Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously . |
| 29 | Xorandor is capable of wordplay , he even puns on Shakespeare : ‘ softwarily we are observed ’ ( 179 ) , and he gives a reply to one of the twins ' questions that they later discover to have been ‘ syntactically clear but contextually ambiguous ’ ( 183–4 ) . |
| 30 | The night is clear but very black . |