Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] but [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God grant that here in this great home of eager thought and enlightened action and generous friendship the bitter cry of outcast London may never be intrusive or uninteresting but that year by year her choicest sons may be arrested by it . |
| 2 | We do not know whether peaks ( and troughs ) in phenylalanine control are more ( or less ) harmful than persistent but moderate hyperphenylalaninaemia . |
| 3 | Large , short-necked , broad-winged , rather short-tailed birds , much smaller than same-shaped but longer-necked Aquila eagles ( pp. 79–81 ) and overlapping with the smaller eagles and the mostly smaller long-winged long tailed harriers ( p 87 ) . |
| 4 | As usual , he was at his desk before she arrived at the office , and , as always , she felt that brief but undeniable shock of pleasure at seeing him . |
| 5 | All too often though , the critical enthusiasm is immense , while the actual critical judgement disappoints , and we are left with the feeling that good but minor work is being overpraised for polemical reasons . |
| 6 | I could have mentioned cogito ergo sum , only I detest that shallow but influential maxim , now I 'm glad to say discarded . ’ |
| 7 | On any view of causes , a great deal in the life of each of us is completely out of our power , and our freedom must consist in the way we handle that small but crucial area which does actually come before us for choice . |
| 8 | Repairs to Darlington Dolphin Centre would cost less than expected but some improvement work would be left undone , council officials said this week . |
| 9 | Often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child 's intended meaning or elaborated so that new but related information is added . |
| 10 | Summing up the Japanese impact on Korea , it may be said that efficient but harsh administration was provided ; economic progress was promoted yet in a distorted way , designed to benefit the colonial master . |
| 11 | A year earlier he witnessed the Sex Pistols debacle at the Lesser Free Trade Hall , Manchester , a legendary bombastic event bludgeoned into rock history books by the Pistols ' typical blind arrogance and contrived but destructive chaos . |
| 12 | Mass market properties are generally tied to the practical lobby , with heavy-traffic flooring and impersonal but efficient reception counters equipped with computers . |
| 13 | His humorous and anecdotal but scholarly teaching style did not go unnoticed . |
| 14 | A good parent does not let his or her child do anything ; there have to be proper guidelines , firm but loving admonition at times and clear but gentle encouragement . |
| 15 | The pancreas appeared somewhat swollen and enlarged but peritoneal fluid was minimal . |
| 16 | That apart , from its shiny red spinner through the smooth tapering plywood-covered wings and fuselage to the tailplane-elevator assembly and simple but shapely fin and rudder , this aeroplane displays considerable thought in design and skill in execution . |
| 17 | Even so , it felt good , like real nature and how real apples should feel like , not bright green and synthetic but dirty green and coarse . |
| 18 | A great family such as the Milettis is like a sleeping bear : it may look massively apathetic and unimpressionable but each hair of its pelt is wired straight into the creature 's brain , and if you twitch it the wrong way the thing will flex its tendons and turn on you , unzipping its claws . |
| 19 | ‘ At St Mary 's he will long be remembered for his quiet , firm , and kindly but unassuming manner , apart from his service as a sidesman and his reputation in the country … |
| 20 | And cynical but obedient man servant Brassett ( Nick Bayly ) . |
| 21 | It is the reader of moving and extraordinary but cryptic poetry who needs to know this , not the perhaps nosey biographer . |
| 22 | They had regularly appeared before the rich and famous but this audience included a dazzling array of royalty : the King and Queen , the Grand Duchess George of Russia , Princess Victoria , the Princesses Christiana and Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , Prince Arthur of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of Teck , Prince Alexander of Teck , and Princess Henry of Battenberg . |
| 23 | 6 ( 6 ) STRICTLY BALLROOM : Stunning high-energy Australian film about a young and talented but unorthodox dancer . |
| 24 | Spacing should be about 23cm ( 9in ) , and it needs plenty of sun and well-drained but fertile soil . |
| 25 | The policy of developing a diverse range of domestic uses by a moderate price policy and vigorous but selective appliance sales promotion might in these conditions have been a reasonable one . |
| 26 | Backing all this up is a studio system that churns out ‘ stars ’ for Televisa 's bland pop-music programmes and melodramatic but successful soap operas ( which are watched as far away as China and Russia ) . |
| 27 | The main Viking field is earmarked for abandonment between 1997 and 2000 but major investment is necessary if the transportation system is to be maintained beyond that time frame , said Butler . |
| 28 | Detached pigment and small but generalised lowering of colours are two problems which the restoration team headed by Maria Grazia Bernardini and Sara Staccioli have identified in the ‘ Sacred and Profane Love ’ , which was probably last relined at the beginning of the eighteenth century . |
| 29 | And finally , and the most likely , that a mixture and muddle of all these considerations — political opportunism or opportunity , naive expectation , and well-meant but ill-judged intention — entered in central government 's motive . |
| 30 | The proof will be in whether solid but undramatic encouragement on the supply side can take effect before the delayed but severe clawback on the demand side strikes . |