Example sentences of "[adj] but in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , the means of expression are limited and their values rather general , so that there is not the same flexibility of tense as in an explicit finite clause ( but this is a common contrast found , not only in English but in many languages , between finite main verb phrases and other syntactic groups ( see Ferris and Jah , 1989 ) . |
| 2 | In some cases — particularly bricks and blocks — stocks are very high but in other areas profits should react pretty quickly . |
| 3 | Okun feels that the price set by Rawls on equality is too high but in this context he would be prepared to accept a 60 per cent leak Okun ( 1975 , p. 94 ) . |
| 4 | But surely this smacks of charity ; well-meaning but in many cases misguided . |
| 5 | The distal oral papillae are large and scale-like but in some specimens may be missing altogether . |
| 6 | Different but in perfect harmony was the grotto scene , dark and the darkness more and more revealed when a glow of the outer night entered . |
| 7 | The two tasks are interrelated but in this book we separate them and look in this chapter at the first and most difficult task . |
| 8 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 9 | In March 1941 the drill was very simple but in later years all manner of complexities were necessary . |
| 10 | The oral shield is basically rhombic but in some specimens the distal lobe is produced and the plate becomes arrow shaped . |
| 11 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 12 | Usually only the tips of the radial shields are visible but in some specimens a large distal portion of the shield may be visible . |
| 13 | We found him confused but in better health . |
| 14 | Sometimes the album format can be tiresome but in this case the paperback book has been ideally balanced with previously unpublished or rarely seen pictures and an excellent array of maps and other illustrations . |
| 15 | At times it seemed a bit strange to have a university degree and be working so physically hard but in many ways those three years were a very good period . |
| 16 | The general social and political advantages of the newly enlarged audiences were obvious but in cultural terms what was really significant as far as the subsequent history of the movies was concerned was that the showmen who made and presented the movies were no longer thinking in terms of a homogeneous or class audience . |
| 17 | His riding gear was rich but in dark colours , the horse under him was more ornamented in his harness than the rider in his dress , and a very handsome dark roan . |
| 18 | It is hard to keep anything private but in this case privacy was n't desired . |
| 19 | The old theology was still largely intact but in one respect — in the doctrine of Purgatory — an attack was made on the theory and on the theological basis of the chantries which inevitably affected their co-foundations , the schools . |
| 20 | A spokesman said : ‘ They were tired but in good spirits . ’ |
| 21 | that it was extremely good but in actual fact it went on until twenty to nine at night |
| 22 | The decline may sometimes be very gradual but in other cases a heart attack or stroke makes an immediate change in lifestyle necessary . |
| 23 | The tax treatment of discounted debentures is very complex but in many cases the " discount " may be treated as a deduction when computing the profits of a company which reduces the cost of the discount to a company . |
| 24 | John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive |
| 25 | The range of variables is enormous but in each case the staff will have to make the right decision and correctly judge each trainee 's competence . |
| 26 | In the county courts discovery in personal injury cases remains mutual but in running-down cases or cases where liability is admitted , discovery is limited to documents relating to the amount of damages , and so in practice the defendant , unless the employer , is unlikely to have any documents to disclose . |
| 27 | Just 102 years after Cesare Beccaria 's Dei Delitti e delle Pene saw the light of day there came the publication of another work by an Italian called Cesare , equally seminal and revolutionary but in most respects diametrically opposed to Beccaria 's way of thinking . |
| 28 | The farmers ' protests , over falling prices and the prospect of even lower prices under the common agricultural policy of the European Communities ( EC ) [ see p. 38352-53 ] , had initially been peaceful but in some cases deteriorated into violence [ see p. 38446 ] . |
| 29 | There are relevant stair er Chairman which you can look out of place at the present moment of time but they will need to be addressed at some point in time in the future and therefore one could be forgiven for wanting to prioritise various but in general terms , the strategy that has been er looked at is the progress of St Albans in general , there may be small elements of it and some of these have already touched upon but in general that is no sound strategy er which over a period of time and in the process of that it will be essential to monitor erm the effect of some of the changes as you go forward to see in fact whether the other elements of strategy that were erm put in to that er work were in fact still necessary and whether they should be have some . |
| 30 | Another patient may have a similar fever and be hot and flushed but in this case , although the pulse is bounding , the pupils are not dilated . |