Example sentences of "[adj] but [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An acidified lake looks very still and clear but is an animal and plant graveyard . |
| 2 | HCFC22 is not perfect but is a lot better than CFC 11 and 12 . |
| 3 | Though Xorandor resigns himself to his fate , he tells the children a secret : he has not in fact come from Mars at all but is a member of a race that has been living on Earth for millions of years , communicating over vast distances through radio pulses in binary code . |
| 4 | This dichotomy is useful but is an oversimplification ; degree of development as measured for example by income per head or technology utilisation is best described by a continuous scale . |
| 5 | In 1988 women 's average gross hourly earnings represented 74.9 per cent of men 's earnings , which is slightly down on the peak of 75.5 per cent in 1977 but is an improvement on the 1985 figure of 73.9 per cent . |
| 6 | Spring brings hope as new growth appears ; summer is the full flowering of that hope ; autumn expresses the fall of leaves and preparations for the hardships of winter ; winter seems cold and dead but is a time of hidden growth |