Example sentences of "but [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One example might be where a newborn child developed an infection requiring special care , but recovered in a few days . |
| 2 | A passer-by noticed the suspicious object strapped underneath the vehicle as it drove out of a car park last night , but failed in a desperate attempt to alert the driver . |
| 3 | But he could glimpse that the man was no longer standing but walking in a small circle , keeping level with the horse 's shoulder as he galloped . |
| 4 | It is additional information that should not be neglected but used in a valid manner in the process of reducing overall risk . |
| 5 | It is additional information that should not be neglected but used in a valid manner in the process of reducing overall risk . |
| 6 | The ambiguities in their identity were not resolved , but seen in a different perspective . |
| 7 | As Rose observes , " Working-class voters in safe Labour seats are much more likely to vote Labour than those in the same class , but living in a marginal or Conservative constituency . |
| 8 | The culture of the student experience is one of a self-questioning voyage , not in any self-indulgent form , but rooted in a rigorous self-critical examination of what is being taught , learned and achieved . |
| 9 | The two would take low stances in the cages and stare out together on the world , separated by bars but joined in a common sympathy . |
| 10 | His statement is also that of Psalm 68 ( verse 24 ) where the presence of my God and my King in the sanctuary is not plain but celebrated in a rich display of singers , musicians , and ‘ damsels playing with timbrels ’ . |
| 11 | In order that this may swell easily to accommodate its rapidly accumulating tissues , this simple body is not burdened with a heavy sclerotised skeleton but enclosed in a thin and to some degree stretchable cuticle . |
| 12 | This may not seem much in terms of Hong Kong 's caseload of more tha 40,000 Vietnamese , but set in a historical context it is an achievement . |
| 13 | Suddenly it was as though they were n't enemies at all , but locked in a passionate , warm embrace . |
| 14 | Spritsail had started odds-on for a race at Ascot a week ago , but trailed in a well-beaten last of four behind Tralos . |
| 15 | Suppose is individual A's average income but obtains in a good period and in a bad period . |
| 16 | Psychological work like Gilligan 's , which is liberal , but anchored in a coherent disciplinary tradition , is often fastened on with enthusiasm . |
| 17 | The fish are Platy-shaped , the body silvery grey in colour but covered in a blue translucence . |
| 18 | A log fire burned in the hearth , there was a huge Persian rug on mellow oak-block flooring , three high-backed sofas , traditional two-seaters but covered in a soft paprika-coloured corduroy instead of the usual chintz . |
| 19 | Zhorik has also developed an interesting new style : huge sheets with paintings that recall Roy Lichenstein 's pictures but executed in a naïve , ethnic style that could be either Russian or New Guinean . |
| 20 | From the upstairs window of the grey-stone , substantial house at the top of the road there was billowing into the night slow , steady streams of smoke — not thick , or threatening in themselves , but culminating in a heavy , acrid cloud haloing the house , and sending a hideous smell of ruin down the gentle hill to the centre of the town . |
| 21 | She was not clad in the garb of her order but attired in a pale blue dress trimmed with the copper hue of squirrel fur . |
| 22 | I 've heard also of courses of injections which remove it in the short term but result in a worse incidence of cellulite after the treatment has worn off . |
| 23 | These are based on existing sources of information but presented in a different way . |
| 24 | Thus ideology and the ‘ superstructure ’ are not merely reflections of the material economic ‘ base ’ , but exist in a dialectical interactive relationship with it . |
| 25 | In the Monadhliath project , fieldwork has been completed on the Glen Roy and Fortrose sheets , but continued in a further four sheet areas within the project . |
| 26 | Originating summonses and equivalent documents will be served by an officer of the court , who may be the clerk to the court ( as in Switzerland ) , or an officer with specific functions including the service of process ( such as the ufficiale giudiziario in Italy ) , or in some countries such as France a huissier de justice , a process-server appointed by the State authorities but engaged in a professional capacity by the plaintiff . |
| 27 | What Ostrom found , incidentally , was that the second toe of the hind foot did not reach the ground but ended in a large and vicious claw . |
| 28 | This was planned but abandoned in a fifth patient when a suitable heart became available . |
| 29 | 3 ) There is no theory of the universe ; events can not be predicted beyond a certain extent but occur in a random and arbitrary manner . |
| 30 | He says we have watches that are meant to be divers ' watches but immersed in a small amount of water they fill up . |