Example sentences of "but have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is well illustrated and includes problems and a glossary but has a scanty index .
2 He makes his fencing debut in the Halloween Novice Chase but has a useful opponent in Young Snugfit ( 2.00 ) , who may make experience tell , having jumped well and quickened impressively to beat Brave Defender by ten lengths at Kempton last month .
3 This is especially relevant when a partner leaves on bad terms , but has a general application as well .
4 For instance , Maria Gough as Cassandra brings great energy and commitment but has a modern prettiness where the implacability of the classical mask might have made her more awesome and compelling .
5 Each air eye shares a lens with a water eye but has a separate pupil and retina .
6 She ca n't remember how she spent that day but has a vague memory of being like a wild animal howling through the house , tears pouring down her face , drinking brandy , tearing at her clothes , pulling his clothes out of the wardrobe and holding them close to her , burying her face in them , trying to recover the smell of him .
7 The Belgian Red Pied is also a dual-purpose type but has a great deal more red in the coat than the White-and-Red .
8 Rather silent , but has a low bark or grunt .
9 Chelsea Harbour , situated further upstream , towards the west end of the city , is much smaller , with only 60 alongside berths , but has a higher profile by being an on-the-water platform for boats during the London Boat Show .
10 The second influence , , is a random variable , the value of which can be positive or negative in any period but has a mean value of zero .
11 Sagitta is a very small constellation , but has a distinctive shape and is therefore easy to find ; it lies directly between Altair and Beta Cygni .
12 Split peas are either yellow or green ; the green variety is more difficult to find but has a fuller flavour than the yellow and is therefore worth looking out for .
13 Pachatata 's square is larger than the circle , but has a similar arena ; , in the centre of it too the tell-tale black scar of a fire .
14 It is slightly softer but has a similar flavour .
15 It was an essential part of the peace settlement package but has a wider significance than just between the parties .
16 He 's left the priesthood now , but has a national profile which has lifted Labour 's campaign locally and made him instantly recognisable to many as he attempts to persuade them that he 's the new broom they need .
17 Rabina Ali , who 's twenty one , was born in Pakistan but has a British passport .
18 Company 1 does have lower costs but has a flatter experience curve than the declining price schedule .
19 Richard Ryder is friendly , tactful and warm but has a ruthless streak which has been exposed in recent days .
20 The sufferer from anorexia may be told by others that he or she is thin but has a distorted body image and believes himself or herself to be " fat " or " normal " regardless of body weight .
21 Experience tends to improve performance but has a lessening effect as the age of acquisition increases .
22 The intro is only okay but has a little twist : the longer you look at the scroller at the bottom of your screen , the weirder it gets .
23 He is wild but has a lovely temperament . ’
24 He is wild but has a lovely temperament .
25 He paused during a hectic sightseeing tour of London to add : ‘ We 're shattered but having a great time . ’
26 ‘ We believe in competition , ’ Branson told Ridley , ‘ but having a bleeding competition with a blood bank is n't fair competition . ’
27 The information function is performed through the magazine Which ? available to subscribers but having a general impact because of its availability in libraries and the extent to which it is referred to and talked about .
28 I had agreed with the necessity of BAC and Hawker Siddeley being put together in one company , but having a nationalised company that involved a lot of civil servants and politicians was a ghastly inefficient way of doing things .
29 Not apprehensive he was going astray , the took towards the river ; but having a high bank to mount , and being nearly exhausted with wandering and the effect of the liquor , he was most fortunately prevented from rising the mound , or he certainly must have precipitated himself ( as it was near high water ) into the Medway .
30 But to have a multiple personality , in which one self may suddenly be overthrown by another and one mind may be torn in several different directions is sometimes so intolerable , I long for extinction .
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