Example sentences of "but [adv] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was taking off her chocolate sweater and was all twisted up , a rather thin but nicely made young girl with a delicate , withdrawn face , against a wall of dark red roses . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This price would cover costs , but not make any profit . |
| 4 | It is thus possible to analyse factors in the situation , but not to make general statements about many aspects of the movement in population at this time . |
| 5 | The approach used during the study did not follow strictly any prescribed format , but nonetheless made effective use of the soft systems ideas to produce results that were well received by the Principals of the participating Colleges . |
| 6 | In August the Squadron moved to Invergordon leaving a detachment at Falmouth , but later made rapid deployments between Sullom Voe , Invergordon , Sullom Voe and finally Pembroke Dock , where the Londons were replaced by Supermarine Stranraers during June 1940 . |
| 7 | The sonic pulse systems emitted by toothed whales are directional and most species seem to use them not only to detect food but also to make fine distinctions on the basis of the echoes . |
| 8 | Sukarno made a radio broadcast of sublime meaninglessness : Such rhetoric had gone down well in the past , but now made little impact . |
| 9 | As tool users , we must not only sharpen and reshape our tools , but sometimes make special ones for particular projects . |
| 10 | Jim appeared at left-back throughout Palace 's magnificent run to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1975–76 , but then made full appearances at centre-half , alongside Ian Evans , in our 3rd Division promotion side the following season . |
| 11 | In seeking to solve this second problem of semantic exactitude , he not only fails to solve the problem of making meanings plain to the public but actually makes that problem a good deal more complex . |
| 12 | The buyers took delivery of the foil but never made full payment . |
| 13 | A divergent process can also be regarded as having the most undefined behaviour possible , since it forever performs internal actions in an effort to decide what its behaviour will be , but never makes any progress . |