Example sentences of "but [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If workers were spending their time in this way , they were not only exercising a leisure preference but were consuming a non-essential . |
| 2 | The two agents were arrested in May 1990 , but were released a few days later on grounds of insufficient evidence . |
| 3 | The new members had to accept previous EC agreements , but were allowed a five-year transition period to adjust to them . |
| 4 | Chartres Cathedral is of the same pattern as the others but is given a different appearance by the spires on the western towers ( 433 ) . |
| 5 | She had not slept with Ivan , nor ever would , but was deriving a secret satisfaction from the knowledge that present at her party that night would be all the men with whom she had ever slept : or all save one , and he had been from another country , and she had not known his name . |
| 6 | Upon the dissolution of the choir and college of St Stephen 's in March 1549 , Ludford lost his employment , but was granted a substantial annual pension for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | The fifty four year old retired five years ago after being named Champion Jockey twelve times , but was granted a new licence last week . |
| 8 | France , as he put it , was not fighting for selfish interests but was defending a vital area against communist infiltration and control and , to underline the point , Schuman emphasized that , since the Second World War , France had definitely abandoned colonialism ; although what the new policy of the French Union amounted to remained to be seen — and understood . |
| 9 | For many years it lay ignored in store , but was restored a few years ago ; its lack of finish is particularly significant . |