Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These qualities are perceptible but the nature of their interactions is never talked of as if they could be quantified . |
| 2 | Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations are popular but the lapinha retains its importance in the home and is also to be found in churches , hotels and restaurants . |
| 3 | So the parts are free but the labour 's a hundred |
| 4 | The phrases used are different but the message is the same , ‘ I approve of myself , ‘ I am a child of the Universe ’ , ‘ I relax and trust in life ’ . |
| 5 | Only the tips of the radial shields are visible but the extent of the plate beneath the disk can be distinguished . |
| 6 | It 's not only the wages that are Victorian but the working conditions too . |
| 7 | We have used them to great effect from boats or for getting baits in under trees or undercut banks where casting has been impossible but the wind has helped to carry the bait into inaccessible areas often inhabited by pike . |
| 8 | The trigger points are innumerable but the nurse should have the maturity to deal with the resultant feelings in a constructive way that avoids reflecting any annoyance on to the patient . |
| 9 | Her forehead shines whitely above the dark glasses ; she has not been well but the resting home has allowed her to visit us for the afternoon . |
| 10 | Again the two models of suburbanization by addition and redevelopment are useful but the pattern of their application was rather different from the inter-war years . |
| 11 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 12 | In other words , these areas are visual but the degree of stimulus specificity demanded by the theory is generally absent . |
| 13 | Some of it 's quite funny , Keifer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips are good but the film as a whole seems to wander round making a rather large amount of noise and not doing anything all that interesting . |
| 14 | Some of it 's quite funny , Keifer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips are good but the film as a whole seems to wander round making a rather large amount of noise and not doing anything all that interesting . |
| 15 | ‘ He said ‘ I am not saying that they are happy but the treatment has been unfair and exaggerated in the papers ’ . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah I 'm sorry but the computer 's gone mad . |
| 17 | But I 'm sorry but the CONDAM regulations lay the health and safety plans and risk assessment out in exactly that format . |
| 18 | I 'm sorry but the tape while you 're otherwise I 'll |
| 19 | Well Peter I 'm sorry but the notice only said once , Winston is meant to lead us into that I 'm sorry . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I 'm sorry but the sergeant 's out there and I 'll have to report you . ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes the relationship may be direct but the reference deleted . |
| 22 | Hence the bigram model is sufficiently non-sparse for full matrix storage to be sensible but the trigram matrix requires some means of sparse storage . |
| 23 | Each situation will be different but the negotiating skills needed will always be the same . |
| 24 | For all the victims of baby swops the details my be different but the anguish is just the same . |
| 25 | ‘ It gives me a lot of pleasure to be top but the fact that everybody is surprised is disappointing . ’ |
| 26 | Each treatment might be acceptable but the treatment would be inconsistent and would render the analysis of the series of doubtful validity . |
| 27 | It may not be entertaining but the target is a Premier League place . |
| 28 | The question may not be perfect but the shift in opinion is unmistakable . |
| 29 | The principle may be similar but the financing demands are not . |
| 30 | It might be heartbreaking but the summary plus the recommended actions may prove to be all that is ever needed or read . |