Example sentences of "[adj] but [art] other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 MacQuillan 's was brown but the other man 's …
2 One piece remains undamaged but the other breaks .
3 It sounds quite absurd but the other day I walked up the footpath from the road just to see if it was .
4 The aim of making the NHS more cost-effective was laudable but the other reforms ‘ may undermine the NHS as we know it ’ .
5 For individual A , her own income is a good but the other person 's income is a bad , reflecting the presence of malice towards B. ( Envy is increasing marginal disutility of the other person 's income . )
6 Perhaps it was not I but the other riders who were hell-bent on the wrong route .
7 They do all the attacking but the other team do all the scoring .
8 Part of the half-span has split off and is collapsing but the other half is sound .
9 The first ladies ' semi final produced no shock with At Albans A beating their own B team 3–1 but the other semi between Mutineers and Woodmill proved much closer .
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