Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glancing with irritation at the cocky girl who was n't even properly French but a bourgeoise English snob with no clue about what was what . |
| 2 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 3 | Annie was a cheerful , tireless and obliging young lady who had a young man , a dowry in an old sock , and a helpful welcome for customers who were not only hard-up but a bit embarrassed . |
| 4 | His count , apparently , was sufficiently high but the motility in this , and subsequent samples , was disappointingly low . |
| 5 | However , work progressed very slowly with many pauses for second and third thoughts , and the project outlasted not only Richini but the seventeenth-century . |
| 6 | He was appalled that I wanted to study English and history , both of which he thought not only pointless but a danger to my identity . |
| 7 | A woman with many daughters and no sons is considered not only unfortunate but a carrier of misfortune . |
| 8 | Had they been discussing any other evening he would not have been nearly so competent but the murder pinpointed the day . |
| 9 | This is not only practical but the effect of the curve is also very pleasing , particularly after all the flat façades that have been passed to reach the palazzo . |
| 10 | At a total cost to local Charge payers of around twenty thousand , some people may think such civic junketing has been terribly excessive but the truth is , Lord Mayor , that this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 11 | She/he was ever so nice but a lot of the staff and nursing staff were right bastards to him . |
| 12 | HTV West spokesman Jon Day said : ‘ We are extremely sympathetic but the murder was horrific . |
| 13 | In fact this was literally true but the clause on the receipt went further . |
| 14 | His treatise was an attempt to argue that , despite what his critics said , this kind of religious experience was not only valid but a sign of God 's special favour . |
| 15 | However , the test of what is ‘ reasonably practicable ’ as opposed to ‘ practicable ’ , is not just whether the measures taken are financially or physically possible but the degree of risk must be balanced against the sacrifice involved . |
| 16 | It was already dark but the square glowed with marquee brilliance , and none more brilliant than the Empire 's . |
| 17 | The courtyard was no longer floodlit but the moon was brilliant , filling the room with light , and Maggie slid from her bed and went quickly to the long window that led to the veranda . |
| 18 | Peter might have supposed that they were lovers from Tom 's ardour and her acquiescence , might have thought it not just tactful but a requirement to leave them alone together . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a need for a service to be ethnically sensitive but the Act is only as good as those who use it . ’ |
| 20 | Bill : I know that it is n't always possible but the idea is not only not to feel guilty if you do , but to feel quite happy about it and about your lover/lovers doing it too . |
| 21 | Its popularity is still high but the quality of the mass-produced , growth-promoted product of today is far below the standard of the succulent farmhouse bacon of the past . |
| 22 | ( In a subsequent experiment Axelrod , Haryadi and Leiber ( 1977 ) used letter strings which were always pronounceable but the approximation of the letter clusters to real English varied such that some letter combinations occurred very commonly in English ( called high frequency approximations ) while others occurred much less frequently ( low frequency approximations ) . |
| 23 | It can bring life to a whole planet and creak a world but his fellow soldier 's body has been carefully constructed and is in one piece , and still warm but the sun can not give it life as his body is now stiff . |
| 24 | No more snow had fallen , the sky was still overcast but the air was crisp and a little warmer . |
| 25 | As the crack gets longer , the tip radius remaining the same , the stress concentrations get more severe but the pattern and proportions remain similar . |
| 26 | Fifteen-a-sides , rightly in my view , will always be more important but the fact that sevens could be used to improve handling skills — which , pity on us , lie dormant for most of the domestic league programme — is unequivocal on the evidence of here and Canberra last week . |
| 27 | Higher value-added products will doubtless become more important but the business will also move closer to the consumer . |
| 28 | I believe the reason is not just that the statement is more dramatic but the nature of the drama . |
| 29 | The three-dimensional case is slightly more complicated but the peak occurs around 7° . |
| 30 | Each format has its own cassette design ( anticlockwise from top ) : VHS is the largest in size and has the longest runtime of up to four hours ( PAL ) ; VHS-C cassettes are more compact but the runtime is reduced to a maximum of 1 ½ hours ( Long Play ) ; Video 8 has the smallest cassettes but runs for up to four hours ( LP ) . |