Example sentences of "[adj] but in [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | But surely this smacks of charity ; well-meaning but in many cases misguided . |
| 5 | The distal oral papillae are large and scale-like but in some specimens may be missing altogether . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In March 1941 the drill was very simple but in later years all manner of complexities were necessary . |
| 8 | The oral shield is basically rhombic but in some specimens the distal lobe is produced and the plate becomes arrow shaped . |
| 9 | This is a result of their field of interest not being in language as such but in cultural forms ( myths , literature , etc . ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Usually only the tips of the radial shields are visible but in some specimens a large distal portion of the shield may be visible . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A spokesman said : ‘ They were tired but in good spirits . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The decline may sometimes be very gradual but in other cases a heart attack or stroke makes an immediate change in lifestyle necessary . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive |
| 21 | In the county courts discovery in personal injury cases remains mutual but in running-down cases or cases where liability is admitted , discovery is limited to documents relating to the amount of damages , and so in practice the defendant , unless the employer , is unlikely to have any documents to disclose . |
| 22 | Just 102 years after Cesare Beccaria 's Dei Delitti e delle Pene saw the light of day there came the publication of another work by an Italian called Cesare , equally seminal and revolutionary but in most respects diametrically opposed to Beccaria 's way of thinking . |
| 23 | The farmers ' protests , over falling prices and the prospect of even lower prices under the common agricultural policy of the European Communities ( EC ) [ see p. 38352-53 ] , had initially been peaceful but in some cases deteriorated into violence [ see p. 38446 ] . |
| 24 | There are relevant stair er Chairman which you can look out of place at the present moment of time but they will need to be addressed at some point in time in the future and therefore one could be forgiven for wanting to prioritise various but in general terms , the strategy that has been er looked at is the progress of St Albans in general , there may be small elements of it and some of these have already touched upon but in general that is no sound strategy er which over a period of time and in the process of that it will be essential to monitor erm the effect of some of the changes as you go forward to see in fact whether the other elements of strategy that were erm put in to that er work were in fact still necessary and whether they should be have some . |
| 25 | Some patients may have only one episode of headache while others have several but in some cases these are separated by up to 10 years . |
| 26 | Integrity is vital but in all types of organisations including schools there are examples of thinly disguised contempt for customers and consumers . |
| 27 | They 're faster and stronger but in other ways we 're as good as them |
| 28 | " The greens as yet are slow but in two years ' time they will be difficult but a very good test of touch and eye . |
| 29 | A second , less publicised but in many ways more interesting and far-reaching , experiment in new forms of work organisation is that which has been conducted in the other Swedish car company , SAAB , at Trollhatten . |
| 30 | The radial shields are sometimes inconspicuous but in some specimens their distal ends may be distinguishable . |