Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1937 sound as transferred is clear and welldetailed but rather lacks tonal depth . |
| 2 | The Germans and the French consider it impossible to have a central bank in the EC without binding rules , sanctions and other instruments for imposing economic policy , since ‘ even an independent central bank can not ensure price stability alone , as monetary policy does not operate in a vacuum , but rather has close links with other fields ’ . |
| 3 | Anxiety is not a single entity but rather comprises three facets : first , the way we feel , meaning our physical sensations , including both acute and chronic symptoms ; second , the way we think , including catastrophic , irrational and negative thoughts ; third , the way we behave , including patterns of avoidance and stressful lifestyles . |
| 4 | The writing on other categories of contemporary rugs may be of interest , but rarely has any bearing on their quality or value . |
| 5 | Power relationships affect outcomes , but so does rational analysis . |
| 6 | Sparc wannabe , California start-up Integrix Inc , has a graphics accelerator board , the SGX 120 , which it says is identical in resolution to Sun Microsystems Inc 's 1280 x 1024 resolution GX+ board , but only requires one Sbus slot : it 's priced at $2,750 with availability later this month . |
| 7 | ‘ Sinead does a lot of very nice things but only gets negative publicity . |
| 8 | Adam is intelligent , pious , loving and polite but only shows heroic qualities in sharing Eve 's fate and human ones in his uxoriousness . |
| 9 | Nasmyth does fine for clients , but already needs new software — he loses time travelling between borrowed studio suites . |
| 10 | The piece tests the actor 's awareness and imagination to the full , but nevertheless makes precise demands on him : he must follow exactly what the author says . |
| 11 | Much of this evidence is drawn from outside the educational world but nevertheless has profound implications in that context . |
| 12 | Mrs Grainger , 60 , has been retired from the bureau for 18 months but still does voluntary work for the Victim Support Scheme and the Reddish Care Scheme in Stockport . |
| 13 | This will stop your eyes wandering about the page but still allows peripheral vision so that you are able to anticipate what is coming next . |
| 14 | Incorporated into the camera is a built in 38–115mm power zoom lens , made possible by adopting ‘ binocular ’ styling which makes it easy to hold but still allows easy access to the various functions . |
| 15 | Almost the reverse of Ventura , it allows the user total control over the production of each page but still allows limited automation of the process with tags and templates . |
| 16 | The South African , injured in a fall two weeks ago , has made a successful return to action , but still feels considerable pain in the lower part of his back where he has pulled a muscle . |
| 17 | In other companies a family owns a minority of shares , but still retains effective control because the smaller shareholders are too fragmented to defeat the voting power of the family concerned . |
| 18 | Timbuctu may have lost some of its mystique but still attracts more legionnaires than lager-louts and was always going to appeal to the adventure-seekers who answered the call of the organising triumvirate of Jerome Viellard , Oliver du Plessis and Ann-Pascale Suppot-Reveilhac . |
| 19 | Wheat , originally a plant of the hot , arid , Near East , has been somewhat improved and adapted to temperate climates , but still needs strong land and a long , hot , dry growing season to develop and ripen . |
| 20 | The firm works to relatively short product life-cycles , but still expects some learning to occur . |
| 21 | Jehovah Witness ( Ex ) but still has certain beliefs and practices . ’ |
| 22 | Thus Vico restricts himself to " gentile " history ( which includes that of the Greeks and Romans and North American Indians ) but carefully avoids any challenge to the Old Testament . |
| 23 | Thus , CR-1409 not only abrogates the tropic effect of CCK on pancreatic growth but also inhibits functional stimulation of the exocrine cell . |
| 24 | Commonly , too , human activity creates habitats that are in a constant state of flux , which may open the way for pioneer species ( such as ragwort and dock — the kind commonly regarded as ‘ weeds ’ ) but also produces rapid successions of species . |
| 25 | The Gyle project not only has a permanent site safety supervisor , Stewart Adam , but also receives regular visits from a regional health and safety advisor . |
| 26 | He seldom moves away from the viewpoint of a professor in a well-established university , whose vocation is not only its own reward but also deserves public support for its ultimate benefits to humanity . |
| 27 | This is not confined to those that have a direct moral influence , like the monarchy and the church , but also touches other structures , like the Stock Exchange and the City , which previously drew their strength from adhering to a strict code of honour and trust . |
| 28 | However , this fails to acknowledge a fundamental axiom of social work practice ; namely that language not only reflects but also shapes social reality . |
| 29 | Socially useful design not merely exposes , criticises and challenges this process , but also presents constructive alternatives . |
| 30 | The photocopier , for example , not only reduces pressure and demand upon publishing houses , but also allows newly-composed music to be tried out in manuscript before seeking the permanency which publishing provides . |