Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results tend to agree with Mandler and Johnson ( 1977 ) for English but not for BSL . |
| 2 | The effect of the inhibitor both on resting pressure and on cholecystokinin induced changes was reversed by L-arginine but not by D-arginine . |
| 3 | He 'd bought a red striped shirt to go with his charcoal double-breasted but back at Stuart Street he 'd remembered that that was the only shirt he had for tomorrow . |
| 4 | Manucci , who was employed in Dara Shukoh 's artillery , portrays his patron as a flawed hero , brave and generous but constantly in danger of being outwitted by his wily opponents : |
| 5 | Again in Figure 2 , M 1 says it will sell to R 2 but not to R 3 , a neighbour of R 2 . |
| 6 | 12 weeks after STart of period 2 but not after week 80 |
| 7 | From the start , his two definitions of culture , that of a class and that of the whole people , ‘ have to be kept distinct but always in relation ’ . |
| 8 | In evaluating the Copernican system , for example , mathematical criteria should take precedence over interpretations of Scripture , which may have become normative but only through ignorance . |
| 9 | Liverpool , Glasgow and Manchester dominate the list of fastest declining LLMAs for 1971–81 , not just in absolute but also in percentage terms , despite their large size , with London not far behind . |
| 10 | A RADIATION leak from the Sellafield nuclear plant was serious but well within safety limits , David Maclean , an environment minister , said yesterday . |
| 11 | Science and technology thus ceases to be seen as autonomous but rather as part of an interesting system in which the internalised ideological assumptions help to determine the actual experimental designs and theories of the scientists and technologists themselves . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ It was shattering but well worth while , we managed to get the message across and people were very generous . |
| 13 | Lewis had got to know him because he was a frequent visitor to Oxford , anxious to get a job in the Oxford English Faculty , and a friend not only of Tolkien but also of Nevill Coghill . |
| 14 | Fighting in October was widespread but particularly in evidence in the provinces of Battambang , Kompong Thom , Pursat , Siem Reap and Oddar Meanchey , and around Phnom Penh . |
| 15 | He was looking neither to the right nor the left but out to sea , where a round ship was coming in from the south-east , her sails shuddering , her course designed to intersect with the Genoese just outside the harbour . |
| 16 | Hopefully , you are all erm familiar with these but just in case you are not right , let's just er run through them . |
| 17 | None are as good as conventional culture , and though their specificity is good the sensitivity is relatively poor ( up to 60% in total but up to 90% in heavy carriage ) . |
| 18 | Red shirts clashed with blue , sometimes one of each but occasionally in bunches . |
| 19 | For example , patients who have induction of EADs and replication of their ventricular tachyarrhythmias during infusion of phenylephrine but not of isoproterenol might be better treated with alpha-blockers than with beta-blockers . |
| 20 | No , they did it in Shetland and that but not in Stronsay if ever I can remember . |
| 21 | Now , I 'm not saying Wilko should drop these players ( actually I am about to say that but only for Hodge ! ) only that they did n't *sound* to play well ! ! |
| 22 | Exhausted but high on adrenalin , he would roam about the house unable to sleep . |
| 23 | China produced 210,000 tons of pesticides in 1990 , 96 per cent of which it claims to be highly effective but low on toxicity and residue . |
| 24 | Even of cases which do come to court , a very great many are not concerned with crimes at all but rather with people 's rights as employees , consumers , householders and members of local communities . |
| 25 | The legal merits are complex but still of importance . |
| 26 | The time was taken to be half way through the interval incorporating the change — for example , for a child in whom fluid was reported at year 3 but not at years 4 and 5 the fluid survival time was estimated to be 3.5 years . |
| 27 | The barbet species spread as far east as Bali but not into Lombok separated by only 15 miles ( 24 km ) of water . |
| 28 | You 'll need to spend longer with children who find role-play itself difficult , or who will work alone but not with others . |
| 29 | Beautiful but hard as nails , she 'd thought then . |
| 30 | The dehydrating effects of alcohol make her thirsty but instead of water , Liz drinks a tumbler of red wine . |