Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise . |
2 | Yet , at the same time , there has not , in most cases , been a sharp break between one way of life and another but rather a process involving subtle shifts in emphasis , whereby one set of relationships — kin , friends and neighbours — take on new significances in place of or in addition to older or earlier established relationships . |
3 | Denys Zacharopoulos , one of its three curators , says : ‘ The museum is like a voodoo fetish , the artist a sorcerer but also a prisoner ’ |
4 | Alright then , maybe not that much but quite a lot . |
5 | The following four German folktales relating to this theme , as collected by the Grimm brothers in the nineteenth century , are typical but only a fraction of the many variants known . |
6 | In no manner does the birth of this child put the other out of my mind nor can I accept he is a substitute but rather a reminder as if God wished to show me what I have lost and reprimand me for my carelessness . |
7 | Alternatively there may be no marks as such but simply a set of grades to which the quality of pupils ' work may be assigned directly . |
8 | Sometimes the plug is easily visible but normally a probe is used to detect its presence in the vagina . |
9 | ‘ The manager must be flexible but consistent , culturally diverse but recognisably an individual with his own identity . |
10 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
11 | This , for example , is why he believed Hobbes ( and himself ) to be an authoritarian but not an absolutist . |
12 | Indeed , we suspect that a rule which was never broken would not be a rule in our sense at all but rather an inevitability with the logical status of a law . |
13 | All the other players you hear about from time to time , Charlton , Giles , Hunter et all but never a word about Harvey . |
14 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
15 | The law relating to covenants is quite complex but basically a covenant is a legally-binding document by which you transfer some of your income to a charity for a stated period . |
16 | Annabel Croft , once the British No 1 but now a star of stage and the small screen , cringed at the quality of her performance in the opening round of the Volkswagen National Championships at Telford yesterday . |
17 | The engine capacity was reduced even further , to 1½ litres in 1926 but then a Formula Libre , with no engine size legislation , came into force in 1928 . |
18 | The establishment is open but once a week at present and is then usually manned by a civilian worker . |
19 | ‘ I was thinking more of Pretty In Pink , but I really like the idea of music in films , where the song 's less incidental but more a part of the film . |
20 | I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ? |
21 | it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs … |
22 | This ‘ newness ’ , which is not really new but more an expansion of the rigid barriers of the individual self so that we see something as if we were not ourselves , is , I believe , one of the attributes of authentic , pleasurable art . |
23 | As Maggie turns , I catch a flash of eye , fairy blue but just a bit milky . |
24 | He was eighteen but still a lad , awkward , like his arms and legs were longer than he could cope with . |
25 | She was a Christian but not a Church one . |