Example sentences of "has [verb] a [adj] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , Mr Kaifu has won a small but notable victory . |
| 2 | So far , such encouragement has seen a small but significant increase in the numbers of acrylic courts being laid . |
| 3 | Lloyds has made a clandestine but vigorous pass at Midland and still thinks it is in with a chance and can outbid Hongkong if it can make savings through ruthless high street rationalisation — in effect , putting two banks ' business through one 's network . |
| 4 | But to end our book on jet-lag and shift-work would be too negative , and so we will end by describing an area in which the knowledge of daily rhythms has enabled a small but important contribution to medicine to be made — the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease . |
| 5 | Merchiston Publishing has become a small but not insignificant niche publisher . |
| 6 | The dress has been packed away , the wedding album has finally found a resting place and the honeymoon has become a fond but distant memory . |
| 7 | Leapor has provided a playful but nonetheless idealized history of the house , against which the behaviour of the current owners may be judged . |