Example sentences of "[adj] but in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now a Glasgow inner city area migh may seem light years away from all this but in many ways the need is just as acute . |
| 2 | Certainly , the means of expression are limited and their values rather general , so that there is not the same flexibility of tense as in an explicit finite clause ( but this is a common contrast found , not only in English but in many languages , between finite main verb phrases and other syntactic groups ( see Ferris and Jah , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | In some cases — particularly bricks and blocks — stocks are very high but in other areas profits should react pretty quickly . |
| 4 | Okun feels that the price set by Rawls on equality is too high but in this context he would be prepared to accept a 60 per cent leak Okun ( 1975 , p. 94 ) . |
| 5 | Symons specialized in the authors of the 1890s but in this field his only separate bibliographical publication was a checklist of W. B. Yeats [ q.v. ] ( 1924 ) . |
| 6 | But surely this smacks of charity ; well-meaning but in many cases misguided . |
| 7 | The distal oral papillae are large and scale-like but in some specimens may be missing altogether . |
| 8 | 2 But in other counties desire to shake off the burden of the hated Forest law had fostered the growth of traditions which sought to justify its abolition . |
| 9 | Different but in perfect harmony was the grotto scene , dark and the darkness more and more revealed when a glow of the outer night entered . |
| 10 | The two tasks are interrelated but in this book we separate them and look in this chapter at the first and most difficult task . |
| 11 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 12 | In March 1941 the drill was very simple but in later years all manner of complexities were necessary . |
| 13 | The oral shield is basically rhombic but in some specimens the distal lobe is produced and the plate becomes arrow shaped . |
| 14 | This is a result of their field of interest not being in language as such but in cultural forms ( myths , literature , etc . ) . |
| 15 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 16 | Usually only the tips of the radial shields are visible but in some specimens a large distal portion of the shield may be visible . |
| 17 | We found him confused but in better health . |
| 18 | Sometimes the album format can be tiresome but in this case the paperback book has been ideally balanced with previously unpublished or rarely seen pictures and an excellent array of maps and other illustrations . |
| 19 | At times it seemed a bit strange to have a university degree and be working so physically hard but in many ways those three years were a very good period . |
| 20 | The general social and political advantages of the newly enlarged audiences were obvious but in cultural terms what was really significant as far as the subsequent history of the movies was concerned was that the showmen who made and presented the movies were no longer thinking in terms of a homogeneous or class audience . |
| 21 | His riding gear was rich but in dark colours , the horse under him was more ornamented in his harness than the rider in his dress , and a very handsome dark roan . |
| 22 | It is hard to keep anything private but in this case privacy was n't desired . |
| 23 | The old theology was still largely intact but in one respect — in the doctrine of Purgatory — an attack was made on the theory and on the theological basis of the chantries which inevitably affected their co-foundations , the schools . |
| 24 | A spokesman said : ‘ They were tired but in good spirits . ’ |
| 25 | The Jet project is formally er continuing until the end of 1992 but in recent months we 've had some very great successes in Jet , the work we 've done is of very high quality and , and certainly world leading , and we can see the way ahead to building an experimental reactor after Jet but there are some very important experiments that need to be done before then . |
| 26 | that it was extremely good but in actual fact it went on until twenty to nine at night |
| 27 | The decline may sometimes be very gradual but in other cases a heart attack or stroke makes an immediate change in lifestyle necessary . |
| 28 | It 's said the engine is the same as any injected 1.6 but in this car it feels torquier , much smoother , more eager and quieter , though this could be as a result of top-down wind roar . |
| 29 | Only a few years after claiming that there were no known substitutes , the companies are discovering a wide range of alternatives — including soap and water — which are not only cheaper but in some cases better than CFCs . |
| 30 | The tax treatment of discounted debentures is very complex but in many cases the " discount " may be treated as a deduction when computing the profits of a company which reduces the cost of the discount to a company . |