Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 : |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A RADIATION leak from the Sellafield nuclear plant was serious but well within safety limits , David Maclean , an environment minister , said yesterday . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She said : ‘ It was shattering but well worth while , we managed to get the message across and people were very generous . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Hopefully , you are all erm familiar with these but just in case you are not right , let's just er run through them . |
| 10 | Exhausted but high on adrenalin , he would roam about the house unable to sleep . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The legal merits are complex but still of importance . |
| 13 | The dehydrating effects of alcohol make her thirsty but instead of water , Liz drinks a tumbler of red wine . |
| 14 | As we have seen , this is no longer done in terms of remedies available but mainly by reference to the idea of ‘ public functions ’ . |
| 15 | Then we had erm , the other people next door , the woman erm , who was supposed to be a man-eater , we 'd actually looked round her house and it was ident identical to ours and we looked , we looked all the way round her house and like , she said , oh yeah , all the building 's the same but just in reverse and like , we met all the neighbours , plus the woman opposite had n't seen the flat , |
| 16 | Bentham 's success was greater but far from total . |
| 17 | Cranmer had no desire to make the Anglican Church national in doctrine and ritual but only in jurisdiction . |
| 18 | The stars shone overhead , remote but always with promise of something better than the brief rush of biological existence . |
| 19 | Our worship is predominantly Christian but both in Assembly and class we encompass the needs of children of different faiths wherever possible . |
| 20 | Hence our debt to Giulio Argan , who in his writings always favoured movements and artists who were not only independently creative but also in step with historical change . |
| 21 | People aged up to 20 but still at school or in further education , who have no independent income of their own . |
| 22 | The parameter b , which characterizes the advantage of defectors against cooperators , is thus the only parameter in our model ; none of our findings are qualitatively altered if we instead set P= , with positive but significantly below unity ( so that is strictly satisfied ) . |
| 23 | Ferguson stressed that the American actions need not be interpreted as aggressive but rather as part of defence against a possible Soviet offensive . |