Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] but [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mass market properties are generally tied to the practical lobby , with heavy-traffic flooring and impersonal but efficient reception counters equipped with computers . |
| 3 | His humorous and anecdotal but scholarly teaching style did not go unnoticed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The pancreas appeared somewhat swollen and enlarged but peritoneal fluid was minimal . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 … |
| 9 | And cynical but obedient man servant Brassett ( Nick Bayly ) . |
| 10 | It is the reader of moving and extraordinary but cryptic poetry who needs to know this , not the perhaps nosey biographer . |
| 11 | 6 ( 6 ) STRICTLY BALLROOM : Stunning high-energy Australian film about a young and talented but unorthodox dancer . |
| 12 | Spacing should be about 23cm ( 9in ) , and it needs plenty of sun and well-drained but fertile soil . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |