Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Her accent is very French but she speaks English fluently . ) |
| 2 | So I got it wrong But I put Bern down originally Ann 's question Where is the Orange Free State ? |
| 3 | ( Strictly speaking these orbits are heteroclinic but it makes sense , because of the symmetry , to identify C " + with C and to think of this situation as a symmetric version of a homoclinic orbit to a single stationary point . ) |
| 4 | It was as though he had taken a drug , not one to make him hallucinate but one to end hallucination . |
| 5 | It may have been painful but she got things moving . |
| 6 | It 's not dangerous but she loses power . |
| 7 | Mark Tompkins could have found the right opening for his consistent but one paced Rosgill in the Eastleigh Handicap Hurdle at Newbury tomorrow . |
| 8 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 9 | The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 . |
| 10 | No , the place was okay but we had lizards outside our door , loads of them . |
| 11 | It not only will make the learning more effective but it makes classes more interesting and fun . |
| 12 | It is useful but it invites scepticism . |
| 13 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 14 | I had some really good erm this too , listen to this , the woods are lovely dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep . |
| 15 | The woods are lovely dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep by Robert Frost , Robert Frost . |
| 16 | Mr Browning was no less solicitous but she read exasperation in his advice to turn from the Gospels to the Psalms , ‘ which may have a calming influence ’ . |
| 17 | I mean perhaps it could take the form of Adult Attendance Centres , but erm we need something which is seen to be punitive but which falls sort of full deprivation of erm liberty . |
| 18 | The remedial action that had to be taken was painful in the extreme but it saved ICI Fibres and put it in a position of strength for the future . |
| 19 | She 's vegetarian but she eats chicken . |
| 20 | The participative approaches to information systems development discussed in this section are pragmatic but they require consensus on the part of the technologists and users . |
| 21 | his his delivery I found very solid , I mean I did n't find it particularly humorous but I mean people were n't laughing that much were they ? |
| 22 | They are provided by raising money from the public for a state-run charity , contributions to which are voluntary but which publishes guidelines for self-assessment for those who wish to use them . |
| 23 | Ordinary cable-connected tie-clips are quite inexpensive but they limit freedom of movement . |
| 24 | I know it sounds silly but I think Miss Hatherby is too interested in Constance . |