Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were excused few , if any , tasks , Hannah may appear to be a frail pensioner but a lifetime 's exposure to the hard labour of rural life enables her to endure the most extreme elements far better than urban-reared people half her age . |
| 2 | The law does make provision for a person on a child-abuse register to know and to challenge that decision but the information does not have to come through the school record . |
| 3 | SPAR 79p for six ( 13p each ) : The right look but the pastry is very hard . |
| 4 | There has been progress in the integration of community languages into the mainstream curriculum but the progress is pitifully slow , with a number of factors compounding a lack of confidence amongst those campaigning for greater sensitivity towards and encouragement of the forms of language brought by pupils into British Schools . |
| 5 | The situation there is that the , there 're , if you have double rooms as doubles then there would be , we do have a relatively low occupancy but the committee had decided to move towards double rooms being used as single occupancy only and on the , I 've got the latest figures for the first of January in front of me just by ch really just by chance |
| 6 | He looked in that direction but the blindfold prevented him from seeing who had spoken . |
| 7 | The 38th parallel was already being envisaged as a possible division but no decision was taken in July to propose it formally . |
| 8 | Another example would be a fever with a dry mouth but no thirst . |
| 9 | It 's not only a working instrument but the kind of guitar that you feel like picking up and playing at any time ; when it 's not wowing the punters it will probably spend its time lying on the sofa permanently on call . |
| 10 | For example it is possible to have a highly absorbent fabric but the fabric would have the strength of blotting paper . |
| 11 | Dean and Mrs Dean , and Gorevan , all from Rhyl , North Wales , were originally charged with attempted murder but the charge was reduced yesterday . |
| 12 | Dean and Mrs Dean , and Gorevan , all from Rhyl , North Wales , were originally charged with attempted murder but the charge was reduced yesterday . |
| 13 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen my name 's Rod I normally masquerade as the Chief Racing Coach for the Royal Yachting Association but I 'm not here in that capacity this afternoon but the coordinator rather a grand title for the Year of Youth Sailing and I 've been asked to give you a short ten minutes or so briefing on where we 're up to with th this project this year erm I know there are many familiar faces around so I apologize to those of you that may know some of this information already . |
| 14 | The presence of aggression rooms where workers can relieve their frustration on plastic effigies of managers might indicate that loyalty is ‘ perishable and the tremendous fuss about loyalty results not from its spontaneous presence but the need to nurture it ’ ( Woronoff 1983 p.68 ) . |
| 15 | There are modern history books which ostensibly focus on periods of great social change but the reader could be forgiven for reaching the conclusion that there have been no social changes which have involved/ affected women . |
| 16 | An Indian poet once wrote that the tiger stalks the jungle like the lowering clouds of an approaching storm but the leopard moves as silently as mist drifting on a dawn wind . |
| 17 | ‘ You Angel ? ’ said one , the older one , who wore a black pointy beard but no moustache . |
| 18 | The board itself saw the advantage of this course but the chairman , Humphrey Browne , was worried that privatization would lead to a crippling strike . |
| 19 | In most cases it is not the jury who takes this decision but the prosecution , who , with the judge 's agreement , accepts the defendant 's plea of guilty to manslaughter under section 2 . |
| 20 | Two solicitors challenged this decision but the House of Lords held that since , in administering the scheme , the Society was acting in a public capacity in the interests of all solicitors and members of the public who employed them , the legality of its decision was to be judged according to principles of public law , not private law ; and so judged , what the Society had done was a proper use of its statutory powers . |
| 21 | Here the tall and lanky Simon Lay , kitted out in high heels and hip hugging skirt , as Chrissie , the shy lass out for her first contest , evokes some sympathy but the character is merely a vehicle to introduce a stream of smutty dialogue into the proceedings . |
| 22 | It is inevitable that much will be omitted in this study but the bibliography lists several larger and more detailed works on specific aspects of Charles and his effect upon European history and culture . |
| 23 | I am a British citizen but the Home Office do n't want me to stay on here in spite of that . |
| 24 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act 1919 , designed to facilitate the admission of women to the House of Commons but worded in such a way as to be apt to give them access also to the House of Lords was seized upon by Viscountess Rhondda as having this effect but the Committee of Privileges refused to endorse her claim and the House rejected it . |
| 25 | The summary table above makes use , in several places , of a more finely detailed task classification than elsewhere in this chapter but the range of success rates is still very wide . |
| 26 | Between the seed and the flower is time which is not a linear action but an elaboration . |
| 27 | The square piano , mentioned above , signed ‘ Gottfried Silbermann , fevr. 1749 ’ was probably made by Johann Gottfried , so Stein would have been in Strasbourg when this instrument with the German action but no escapement was finished . |
| 28 | Drachenfels enjoyed watching his magically created puppets humiliate and denigrate his ‘ guests ’ , an immature pleasure but a pleasure nonetheless , and the puppets are very eager to put on another performance after so long inactive . |
| 29 | The conspicuous waste of the Spanish aristocracy was not the patronage of art or civilized living but the maintenance of hordes of retainers and domestic hangers-on . |
| 30 | Inevitably the officials in the department exercise some influence but the extent of this varies and is difficult to assess . |