Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Churchill himself was interested not only in this but also in the wider implications of nuclear developments in the 1950s . |
| 2 | This was low in 1801 and 1802 but high over the next five years ; it was on the low side in 1812 and 1813 , recovered in 1814 , but was falling again as the wars ended . |
| 3 | Without this first step there is no beginning , and every subsequent step in the search takes one further but always in the same direction . |
| 4 | Sometimes the fungi is n't growing in the soil proper but just under the ground on the decaying foot or stump of a tree , so a little investigation is necessary in these cases . |
| 5 | She 'd seen enough from the taxi to tell that every house , cottage , shop and inn was simply full of character , each different but still in the traditional Cotswold style she was beginning to recognise . |
| 6 | This is true not only for ageing but also for the onset of disabilities ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 7 | In 1987 he returned to the UK not only with fluency in Japanese but also with a Japanese wife , Nako . |
| 8 | ‘ Discuss , with reference to at least two plays , how tragedy can be enacted not only upon the individual but also upon a family ’ |
| 9 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 10 | The oral shield is rounded , rhombic but sometimes with a slight distal projection ; the proximal edge is often complete rounded and not angular . |
| 11 | The oral shield is rhombic but often with an obtuse proximal angle and a convex distal edge . |
| 12 | DBG Acquired by RBG in 1979 but still without a guidebook . |
| 13 | These braces are costly but well worth the outlay if the alternative is to stop skiing altogether . |
| 14 | Devlin Parnham was in his seventies but apart from the sparsity of his frame and a slight tendency to stoop you would never have known it . |
| 15 | In summer the gardens would have looked colourful and pretty but somehow in the depths of the Provençal winter they appeared melancholy . |
| 16 | The second , the Green movement , is a very widely based and variegated collection of individuals and groups that includes those on the fringes of the global capitalist system as well as some who are fundamentally opposed to it , mainly from the libertarian left but also from the authoritarian right . |
| 17 | It must be regarded as extremely probable that Oswiu was able to seek help in the confrontation with Penda not only from the Scots but also from the Picts , possibly even from the Irish ( see also below , p. 99 ) . |
| 18 | In addition , it is the young old — those in their sixties and seventies — who play a major part , disproportionate to their numbers , in the maintenance of voluntary organizations which contribute not only to the welfare of the disadvantaged but also to the cultural activities of the country at large . |
| 19 | The move up to verse can be made for the exit of a person from a lower but also for the entrance of one from a higher rank . |
| 20 | That because I 've used those before not for golfing or anything like that but just as a general map of reference or |
| 21 | Crime they say does n't pay , well you may have your own views on that but certainly across the breadth of variety of criminal activity we might agree that crime almost always hurt someone , more or less , we have a system designed to cope with the effects of crime and to deter future criminals , but it does n't seem to be making crime a thing of the past , so how good are we at dealing with crime , tonight 's hundred women have a broad range of experience as victims , law women , perpetrators , police and others , we 'll be hearing their views on the system and how it might be changed and asking why are we all so fascinated by fictional crime from Cell Block H to Agatha Christie . |
| 22 | And would they still get the income support after that but still at a reduced rate or not ? |
| 23 | The staff are working as normal but only on a week-to-week basis . |
| 24 | She seemed to be eased by talking of her daughter , and by the time she stopped , apologetically , and drank some tea poured for her by Catherine , she looked exhausted but less like a wraith . |
| 25 | For much of 1981 we were running not only behind Labour but also behind the alliance formed by the Liberals and the newly created Social Democratic Party of David Owen , Bill Rodgers , Shirley Williams and Roy Jenkins . |
| 26 | So you , you 'd manage on fifteen thousand but then after the twelve months you 'd most probably want to go up to say seventy five percent of your earnings ? |
| 27 | Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? " |
| 28 | DUP Assemblyman Jim Wells was also present but apart from the DUP politicians , the only other leader who was present was George Seawright ( of whom more later ) . |
| 29 | The elfin-faced Irish singer , just 18 but already on the threshold of success , had finally resolved on a reconciliation . |
| 30 | Mr Jenkins kept the school Clean and neat and tidy But deep inside the boiler room He kept … |