Example sentences of "but [art] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The higher the level of dividends , the more frequently new external funds have to be raised and the higher the flotation costs , but the lower the agency costs . |
| 2 | Not only is the snow cover likely to remain comfortable in the high resorts right into the start of May , but the lower the temperature , the safer the snow . |
| 3 | Odd , of course , a bit zany , but the odder the book the better it tends to do nowadays . |
| 4 | But the greater the prestige and reputation of an institution , the more it will recruit from the upper echelons of society . |
| 5 | But the greater the demand placed upon this system , especially in the competitive environment , the greater the risk of cover-loading . |
| 6 | Size is a trade-off between cleanness and accuracy : the lower the limits , the lower the risk of fall-out , but the greater the uncertainty that the test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do . |
| 7 | But the bigger the risk , the bigger the payout . |
| 8 | To all but the sick the place was unapproachable and fatal . ’ |
| 9 | But the faster the upswing , the more bunched replacements will be and the sooner a new crisis will loom on the horizon . |
| 10 | But the smaller the jump the less likely death is , and the more likely is it that the jump will result in improvement . |
| 11 | But the briefer a sound is , the more difficult it is to make it energetic enough to produce a decent echo . |
| 12 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 13 | It is possible to be informal and adopt a conversational style with a small audience , but the larger the audience the more formal your talk needs to be |
| 14 | But the larger the body , the rarer it becomes . |
| 15 | He said Mr Connelly was not in immediate danger , but the longer the operation was left , the greater the chance of a rupture that could prove fatal . |
| 16 | But the longer the war goes on , the greater is the likelihood of more such tragedies . |
| 17 | Town 's attack never really got going … but the longer the game went without a goal the more the Swindon fans must have fancied their chances … |
| 18 | Aberdeen 's Eoin Jess , in the starting line-up for the first time , was the most consistent player throughout but the longer the game went on , the more Malta demonstrated why they have proved so difficult to beat . |
| 19 | Eoin Jess was the most consistent player throughout but the longer the game went on , the more Malta demonstrated why they have proved so difficult to beat . |