Example sentences of "but [adj] [coord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lincoln and McBride ( 1987 : 304 ) suggest on the basis of their extensive survey of the research literature , a ‘ particularly perplexing but strong and consistent finding from numerous work attitude surveys is the low level of job satisfaction reported by the Japanese ’ . |
| 2 | But economic and commercial policy are also bedrock attributes of the nation state , and the members of the Community have long transferred commercial policy to the Community , while most of them clearly intend to transfer monetary policy to the Community as well . |
| 3 | The synthesis of penicillin on a commercial scale proved intractable , but enzymic and chemical modification of penicillins led to semi-synthetic substances , based particularly on economic ways of generating the nucleus , 6-aminopenicillanic acid , by fermentation . |
| 4 | That is to say a little evidence against it will cause him agonies of doubt and self-mistrust , moderate amounts will cause some real concern and a pursing of his lips — but total and irrefutable proof of his law 's inaccuracy , its illogic , its basic and undeniable untenability , will cause him to cling to it in all its unmodified entirety with the tenacity and single-mindedness of a barnacle . |
| 5 | The spectacle of the small , but agile and resilient widow from Brooklyn holding her own against the vast , imperious bulk of Mr Morley , hilariously cast as an oriental potentate , was touching and often very funny . |
| 6 | Chilean national laws do protect dolphins , but weak and ineffective enforcement means that no effort is made to regulate the dolphin kills associated with the crab industry . |
| 7 | This does not necessarily mean spending a great deal of money on it , but careful and considerate planning of the whole day . |
| 8 | The ‘ tuner ’ output is fine — mono , of course , but post-EQ and pre-master output , as it should be ; in other words , changing the master volume on the amp does not affect the level of the signal to the desk . |
| 9 | They soon became close friends and decided to buy a house together at 19 Alderney Street , between Victoria Station and the River Thames : a mixed but lively and convenient neighbourhood . |
| 10 | This three-sided relief , and a second , the ‘ Boston Throne ’ , of the same form and character but different and inferior style , present unsolved problems of use , interpretation and indeed date which can not be discussed here . |
| 11 | Not only that perhaps — I must be careful not to make everything seem too connected — but social and literary life was metamorphosing . |
| 12 | But sexual and intellectual promiscuity — the frequent substitution of one partner , idea or belief for another — involves a constant deferral of meaning that leads inevitably to a distrust of language and an uneasiness with regard to self-definition . |
| 13 | The Government is ostensibly looking to Parliament to confer not just statutory enactment of what it negotiated at Maastricht , but moral and political assent . |
| 14 | To master the details of bankruptcy law was a task requiring not only skill but assiduous and prolonged attention . |
| 15 | The rising prestige of Ivan 's royal office went to the head of that gifted but vicious and unbalanced character . |
| 16 | But quantitative and qualitative research methods will be used to gather data . |
| 17 | More radically in the case of chantries , lights and other alms , not only alienation , but simple and protracted failure to meet the conditions rendered the gift liable to recovery by the donor . |
| 18 | What age discrimination provides is a workable , but unethical and wasteful measure . |
| 19 | But it was in that beautifully designed and equipped , but comfortable and homely kitchen at Martyr 's Cottage that she had found her healing . |
| 20 | FEW CUSTOMERS BUT LARGE OR HIGH VALUE ORDERS . |
| 21 | Rather than rip-snorting acceleration we got a gentle but smooth and steady push in the back . |
| 22 | While the authentic squire style is still done best by British manufacturers , our continental neighbours have perfected a gentler , more up-to-date version in rough-looking but soft and lightweight tweed , cashmere and cotton . |
| 23 | But black and ethnic minority subjects still have low priority in psychology . |
| 24 | But encouraging and rewarding reliance are not always of decisive importance ; it is sometimes better to leave some matter unregulated by convention in order to allow the play of independent judgment both by judges and by the public in anticipation of what judges might do . |
| 25 | With almost every resource in short supply , the management of the war economy required not only government control but complex and intricate planning of requirements and allocation . |
| 26 | Progress in getting buildings important to the history of aviation ‘ listed ’ was slow but sure and English Heritage were taking the matter most seriously when the Department of the Environment referred to them . |
| 27 | Senior Public Health Officer There has been no cover-up , no conspiracy with the industry , and no complacency … but regular and prompt action based on a wide range of scientific advice . |
| 28 | Certainly my own personal experience tends to confirm Herzberg 's theory that monetary reward is not of itself an incentive , but poor or unfair reward is a major disincentive . |
| 29 | The Church , both as an organisation and in its buildings , was of supreme importance to all European communities , not only for the spiritual but physical and intellectual succour which it provided . |
| 30 | The aim of planning for cycling is not a product — eg a cycle track — but safe and efficient travel by bicycle . |