Example sentences of "but [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well what about those people who are morally worthy , I take it when he says low class , he does n't mean low moral class , but mean low social class as well he probably means both things actually . |
| 2 | Some changes , however , both physical and psychological , are to be expected , but given general good health , there is no reason why we should not enjoy making love well into old age . |
| 3 | The Spanish student who discovered them is now thought to have painted the cave with natural pigments but using modern rubber sponges , fragments of which were found on the walls . |
| 4 | This order is consistent with the established relationships between subjects at the time that the scheme was first published ( 1876 ) , but produces some strange collocations for today 's literature . |
| 5 | Careful induction is not difficult to plan but produces some clear benefits . |
| 6 | The process is complicated , but produces some beautiful effects . |
| 7 | The design of the dress robbed me of breasts but revealed white angular shoulders which added an extra foot to my thin white arms . |
| 8 | The child is not choosing from modes but accepting this visual mixture . |
| 9 | The government overruled the Lords ' amendment , but made one small concession : if less than 50 per cent of the eligible voters recorded their vote then the election was to be declared null and void . |
| 10 | But mastering any chemical theory first without practical experience can leave the student in a state where he or she knows so much about the sodium atom that he can no longer appreciate the silvery metal that behaves so spectacularly on the bench . |
| 11 | The People 's Daily , the Communist party organ , published news of his death nearly two weeks late but avoided any harsh commentary . |
| 12 | Second , the major impetus for colonisation schemes in Colombia , Ecuador and Peru was not to solve the problems of the pressing needs of the hill areas at all , but to increase aggregate agricultural production and reduce rural-urban migration without causing political upheaval as a result of land reform . |
| 13 | Police ca n't prove what the men were doing but say this just highlights the danger . |
| 14 | Police ca n't prove what the men were doing but say this just highlights the danger . |
| 15 | The new economic freedom in Russia and today 's new private capital needs not only to grow , but to find some moral refinement and justification in the eyes of society . |
| 16 | Disused mineral workings are not just the adventure playground of the young and old but provide many recreational needs . |
| 17 | Right : The economically designed Hoover slimline measures just 45 cm wide but holds eight full place settings . |
| 18 | Rather silent , but has various weak whistles . |
| 19 | It can fire room heaters ( using butane ) , or a full central heating system ( using propane ) , but has two main disadvantages when compared with mains gas . |
| 20 | It 's a large operating system that needs a hard drive to hold the extensive files that come with it , but has many redeeming features . |
| 21 | Usually silent , but has twangy trumpeting note and will hiss or snort when annoyed . |
| 22 | However the true vehicle of the ‘ theory of laughter ’ is the hobbits ; their behaviour is calqued on the traditional English humour in adversity , but has deeper semantic roots . |
| 23 | EQUIPMENT : The Grand Theogonist carries no weapons or armour , but has three magic items . |
| 24 | It began to appear only in 1949 , but has some retrospective material . |
| 25 | Both have a common theme in that they occur within human experience but involve some fantastic happening that is not quite of this world . |
| 26 | The sale of 4P packaging and the BOCM Silcock animal feed business slowed sales growth , but helped cut net debt from £1.5 billion to £1.2 billion , and interest costs almost halved to £148 million . |
| 27 | The collection is small , but contains some delightful exhibits . |
| 28 | It is a very long piece ( probably too long ) but contains some attractive ideas . |
| 29 | A common compromise is to make available to the vendor the bulk of the information but to exclude any sensitive material . |
| 30 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |