Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was of some length and contained a number of obiter dicta about the obvious gravity of the crisis through which the nation had passed , the less obvious but equally searching crisis which it still faced , the dangers of living in fools ' paradises and believing that there could be play without work , the crushing burden of debt , and the responsibilities of the wealthy classes . |
| 2 | The severe but not unalluring woman to Wakeman 's left now entered the exchange , stabbing her cigarette in the ashtray as she spoke . |
| 3 | Skiing : Park City creates a fantasy on the carpet John Samuel reports from Utah on an artificial but nonetheless entrancing start to the World Cup season . |
| 4 | The common denominator of this type of use is not therefore non-entailment but rather viewing knowledge of the referent denoted by the direct object of know as a condition for attributing what the infinitive denotes to this referent . |
| 5 | It shows a more mundane but still corrupting insensitivity to liberty , a failure to grasp its force and place in modern democratic ideals … . |
| 6 | The GM plan is to buy a significant but not controlling stake in the British car maker . |