Example sentences of "is [adj] but the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The section to the next town of Shanklin is built-up but the route improves dramatically on the way to and out of Ventnor . |
| 2 | The reinvestment return is 55.74 but the reinvestment risk is that on 15 February the 1-month rate will have fallen from the 9.25 per cent expected to , say , 8.75 per cent . |
| 3 | Obviously such methods are far from sufficient ( an apocryphal example of the problems that arose involves the translation of the sentence ‘ The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ’ into Russian and then back-translated to English as ‘ The vodka is strong but the meat is rotten ’ ) . |
| 4 | Thus when , the minimum critical wage is lower but the minimum critical density is higher than the case where µ = 0 . |
| 5 | From a purely art-historical viewpoint it presents a puzzle : the shape is Valencian but the style of decoration is Malagan . |
| 6 | His tone is friendly but the questions are direct : where I 've been , who I 've talked to , what I 'm doing that day . |
| 7 | It is possible but the improvement would not justify the cost . |
| 8 | It is possible but the odds are not good . |
| 9 | The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak … |
| 10 | ‘ The spirit is willing but the flesh is very , very weak . ’ |
| 11 | The 1950s machine translation programme which turned a visiting general 's test sentence ‘ The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ’ into Russian and then back into ‘ The steak is wonderful but the whisky is lousy ’ is probably apocryphal , but nevertheless all too plausible . |
| 12 | Obviously such methods are far from sufficient ( an apocryphal example of the problems that arose involves the translation of the sentence ‘ The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ’ into Russian and then back-translated to English as ‘ The vodka is strong but the meat is rotten ’ ) . |
| 13 | Many governors are uncertain about the level of responsibility being urged upon them and everywhere the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak when it comes to course funding . |
| 14 | The old adage ‘ The mind is willing but the flesh is weak , ’ could be said to apply to the M.C.R. and its attitude towards sport . |
| 15 | The south side of Princes Street with its gardens and the Old Town skyline is changeless but the shopping side of the street is rapidly being transformed . |
| 16 | The mechanism by which the context-CS association has its effect is different but the principle is just that adopted by Wagner ( 1976 , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | Beyond the four walls of the office , the networking technology is different but the objective is often similar . |
| 18 | Obviously , the Cup is different but the guys know having a home tie against Gloucester is a great opportunity to put themselves and the club back on the map . ’ |
| 19 | But she thinks the college is disorganised but the facil , facilities are okay . |
| 20 | Much of this is sound but the atmosphere is that of a genteel and idealistic world , a world less harsh than our own . |
| 21 | The image on a colour screen and the output from a colour printer such as the Mitsubishi thermal engine used in both the Tektronix and QMS devices is acceptable but the system really comes into its own when used in conjunction with a high resolution typesetter such as the Linotronic 300 . |
| 22 | Dobry 's view that ‘ it is not so much the system which is wrong but the way in which it is used ’ was endorsed , and his Final Report was commended to students of our planning system as an invaluable compendium of information about the working of the existing development control process , and to local authorities and developers as a source of advice on the best way to operate within it . |
| 23 | The art work is primitive but the silly little joke is what comics used to be about . |
| 24 | When it first flows from a wound it is runny but the more liquid part of it , turpentine , quickly evaporates leaving a sticky lump which seals the wound very effectively . |
| 25 | The interior of S. Sophia is monumental ; the architectural design is simple but the effect dynamic in its quality of light and open space . |
| 26 | The situation with knee replacements is similar but the margins , if anything , are even greater , with knee replacements costing around £300 to manufacture selling for between £700 and £1500 . |
| 27 | At Arles nearby the screen wall is not in such good condition ; the design is similar but the Corinthian Order is used instead of Doric ( PLATE 26 ) . |
| 28 | He is a writer of indefinite richness and it , it is amazing but the case . |
| 29 | No system is perfect but the glaring defects of the British system of misrepresentation are all too well demonstrated by the looming constitutional crisis in Scotland . |
| 30 | It is not only the Children Act which is under-funded but the entire spectrum of Local Government and the National Health Services . |