Example sentences of "[adj] but [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father of a friend of mine who went to visit relatives in Paris told us that he did not know a word of French but spoke the Parmigiano dialect all the time and got on very well . |
| 2 | The argument from analogy concedes the first half of this but denies the second , claiming that we have at least some evidence to the contrary . |
| 3 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 4 | They did not have to isolate zinc metal to do this but used the cementation process described on page 76 . |
| 5 | Bouch can not vouch for this but suggests the number of visitors might have exceeded the available accommodation which in turn put prices up . |
| 6 | The headmaster , former Danish Politician Tom Hoyem , says he 's passionately opposed to smoking but feels the issue is not being confronted by banning it . |
| 7 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |
| 8 | This satisfied few but left the way open for the Bolsheviks who soon controlled the army and all communications and transport in Petrograd . |
| 9 | Cullybackey horsewoman Jessica Chesney nearly clinched the Homepride Sauces International stakes on Thursday when she had the fastest clear round in the jump-off but tipped the gate to get an unlucky four faults . |
| 10 | Through their work jewellery ceased to be something merely ornamental but attained a level of artistic and symbolic importance it has rarely equalled since . |
| 11 | In an apparent attempt to placate the anti-reform groups in the Congress of People 's Deputies before it opened , Yegor Gaidar , responsible for the main thrust of the economic reforms , was dismissed by Yeltsin as Finance Minister on April 2 but retained the post of Deputy Premier . |
| 12 | As has been pointed out " the purpose of many opposition amendments is not to make the Bill more generally acceptable but to make the Government less generally acceptable . " |
| 13 | During the early centuries of Aethis 's rule news of the founding of a new human empire reached Ulthuan but seemed no cause for concern . |
| 14 | She would be around forty but had the appearance of a heroine in a Victorian novel — tall , willowy , ethereal . |
| 15 | The knowledge is adaptive when it can be fitted into an already existing framework within the individual but allows an extension of his capabilities . |
| 16 | Sometimes it is enough to put on cotton gloves ; if not , the best plan is to make a splint of corrugated cardboard [ illustrated in original ] ; this allows free movement of the arm from the shoulder joint but prevents the hand from getting to the mouth . |
| 17 | The model described in this section is simple but captures the fact that , although there are strong competitive elements within the economy , virtually every firm in the corporate sector has some degree of monopoly power . |
| 18 | In this way , the respondent 's self-esteem is not severely diminished … the technique appears simple but requires an examination of the values and attitudes which shape our responses to others . |
| 19 | The disabled stickers were clearly visible but made no difference . |
| 20 | Suppose Betty had come with her not to gambol on the blades of grass , not to ask her collaboration in salad-making but to keep an eye on her . |
| 21 | Of course every work of art is unique but enter the technique of ‘ hedonic regression ’ |
| 22 | The bulk of his writing appeared in the 1870s but enjoyed a revival in the 1890s , mainly because of its open display of virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Polish attitudes . |
| 23 | The jetty was large but needed a lick of paint and its wooden supports were green with sea slime ; it also lacked ( to my inexperienced eye ) any sense of efficiency . |
| 24 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 25 | Last year Nigel Soppitt , of the same firm , confirmed the delay was exceptional but said the matter was extremely complex . |
| 26 | Chamberlain appeared to have collected Ritchie 's high cross from the left but lost the ball under the Sharp 's challenge . |
| 27 | I had been repelling all visitors with even the slightest suggestion of a cold but had no power over the internal workings of his cancer . |
| 28 | His son , Jean-Claude , inherited the office in 1971 but fled the country in February 1986 after a period of prolonged popular unrest . |
| 29 | His powerful , concentrated , gently oaky Boteleur at £6.99 is a classic but needs a bit more time and his Green label Chardonnay also at £6.99 is a real winner , multi-layered , rich and toasty . |
| 30 | If tha if it 's a short answer , concise but answers the question , you 'll get a better mark than a much more wordier answer that does n't address the question . |