Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half of Renison Goldfields Consolidated of Australia which produces not only gold but also tin , copper and the raw material for making titanium oxide . |
| 2 | According to the Aasociation of North Western House Builders , recent interest rate reductions were welcome but further action was needed to prevent additional house repossessions to encourage house moves and create employment in the construction industry . |
| 3 | Landmark stability is a prerequisite for spatial but not discrimination learning |
| 4 | The Ferguson-developed 4wd system , which directs power between the front and rear wheels in a fixed 34/66 per cent ratio , is effective and durable but hardly state of the art . |
| 5 | Dual-purpose but mainly beef . |
| 6 | Let me give a few examples : I can will knowledge but not wisdom ; going to bed but not sleeping ; eating but not hunger … self-assertion but not courage … reading but not understanding … |
| 7 | She says my first reaction is one of horror , then sympathy for the individual concerned but not surprise . |
| 8 | Previous theatre work had been tiring but now cine-variety was exhausting . |
| 9 | In terms of reaction time , the right hemisphere emerged as sensitive to manipulations in age-of-acquisition but not imagery . |
| 10 | We argued that the critical requirements in an INSET programme are that the very diverse needs of different teachers be recognized and addressed , that teachers themselves be central to the process of defining their needs , and that diverse needs be met by diverse provision , in respect of not just content and level but also style and venue . |
| 11 | The fact that women have decided to participate in the difficult but just struggle of El Salvador has meant that they have developed politically and ideologically and that there have been many changes in men 's attitudes , After the triumph , I believe these changes will become more apparent . |
| 12 | USAAF red-tape would be insurmountable but then providence provided the solution when Tommie had the opportunity of liberating one by ‘ midnight requisition ’ from a damaged P-38 . |
| 13 | To take away false self-reliance is constructive but even self-deception may be better than having nothing to put in its place . |
| 14 | After the war a series of anti-colonial , anti-settler , Kikuyu language newspapers existed that went mainly unchecked because the British colonial administrators knew Swahili but not Kikuyu . |
| 15 | JustText 's typographic control is excellent but currently type can only be set in increments of a single point and leading control is similarly limited . |