Example sentences of "but [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grom was to prove the exception , a Goblin who was not only as dangerous and ambitious as the best Orc , but vastly bigger as well ! |
| 2 | At first it was also quite disorientating but incredibly fascinating as we swam through the clear water amongst a tremendous variety of brightly coloured fish , anemones , coral and sponges . |
| 3 | This view appears disarmingly general but widely acceptable when it is stated as the idea that any economy has to be seen as only one part of a structured world system . |
| 4 | ( The timber roofing is not merely picturesque but intensely practical as it prevents heavy winter snowfalls from rendering passage over the bridge either impossible or very hazardous . ) |
| 5 | I found the roundtable on fidelity fascinating reading , but intensely depressing as well . |
| 6 | An assessment of commissions in international bond markets in the early 1980s shown in Davis ( 1988 ) suggests that in general , commissions in the eurobond market ( 2% ) were higher than in the US domestic market ( 1% ) , but rather lower than in the various European domestic markets ( 2.5% ) . |
| 7 | Bank current account loan or ordinary loan Cash loan usually for specific purpose ( like buying expensive durables or cars ) for people with bank accounts , usually without security ( unless it 's a large sum or borrowed for a long time ) ; usually fixed , regular payments over two or three ( occasionally up to seven ) years ; interest on what is owed fluctuates in line with but rather higher than bank base rate . |
| 8 | He was pleased to see us , but rather angry because another of his shoes had disappeared . |
| 9 | Where grandparents were never directly known their occupations may be remembered , but rarely more than that . |
| 10 | It could be traced up the boulder strewn fellside easterly of the beetling Kernal Crag , along and over Thriddle Scar ( in which were ancient workings but little other than trials ) across ground with pits , trials and trenches , made by early miners along its strike , to pass below the northern margin of Levers Water . |
| 11 | All climbing up the stairs in one mad rush trying to get out of the hell-pit of the London Underground tunnels , after having escaped from the claustrophobic strangulating suffocating hold of the London Underground Tubes , marginally cleaner but less picturesque than those of New York . |
| 12 | This three-layer cake of Hardware/DOS/Windows is a complicated mix of compromises , which is fine when they all pay-off , but less impressive if they do n't ! |
| 13 | Compared with other endoscopic treatment used to stop bleeding , the heater probe seems better than pure alcohol sclerosis but less effective than epinephrine injections . |
| 14 | To have quoted a range of rates ( often varying quite widely around these typical figures ) would of course have been more comprehensive , but less helpful because of the way that the extremes of the ranges would have blurred the comparison between types . |
| 15 | For the higher rate taxpayer , the situation is more complex , but less serious than that facing the basic rate taxpayer . |
| 16 | Peel-off masks are more gentle but less cleansing than clay . |
| 17 | Thoughts of the bills returning to Gomez 's alligator-skin billfold were unpleasant , but less unpleasant than the thought of being shot in the head . |
| 18 | provide scope for responses that are more discursive than short answer but less open-ended than the extended response variety |
| 19 | The remarkable strength of this pulsar is reflected in the mean flux density at the three observing frequencies given in Table 1 , indicating a spectral index between 430 and 2,360 MHz of -1.5 , typical of most pulsars , but less steep than those of other millisecond pulsars . |
| 20 | It is important , but less important than keeping the boundaries , that 's only my view , and he along with Malcolm here , suggests that either myself or the Council or the Chairman of Council , somebody writes to the appropriate Secretary of State , to bring these matters to their attention . |
| 21 | NOx be cut to 11.8g/Kw/hr , and particulates to 11.8 g/Kw/hr , That level will still be significantly higher than US levels , but much lower than vehicles currently being sold . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 23 | Carol , who has learned to manage her meagre budget as carefully as any accountant , exemplifies the deeper problem of Easterhouse behind the unemployment , said to be 30 per cent , but much higher when the unemployed 16- to 18-year-olds , those on invalidity benefit and people who do not register for non-existent work are taken into account . |
| 24 | That is much better than the 3,000 I would otherwise have got through , but much worse than the zero I set out to achieve . |
| 25 | Not so , the managing director knew that Jefferson was knocking off one of the other director 's wives , but much worse than that there had been some really dirty work going on with Martinez . |
| 26 | Considering the three /o/ words , it is clear that there are three different spelling patterns represented : It needs to be indicated that these three forms , plus the o of open , are the major ways in which the sound is spelled : in other words , when the pronunciation indicates the sound o , then it 's likely , depending on the position of the sound in the word , to be spelled like this : The oa is a medial spelling , but much rarer than o-e : boat , coat , float , goat , soap , throat . |
| 27 | This French breed , which produces high-fat milk , was probably not distinguished from other breeds of northwest France until the nineteenth century , including the Contentin type ( later absorbed by the Normandy breed ) , which probably also came to the islands , and the now-extinct brindled Isigny draught breed of Normandy , which was also a famous butter-maker but much larger than the Léon and with horns which curved forward and inward rather than outward and backward . |
| 28 | In other words , the selection of spouses living close is not only large , but much larger than chances alone would suggest . |
| 29 | Here a tasteful modern development looks out onto the statue of Christ ( similar to but much smaller than those in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon ) , which was inaugurated in 1927 . |
| 30 | Larger than Wood Sandpiper , and differing especially in its conspicuous white rump contrasting strongly with dark upperparts and barred tip of tail , but much smaller than Greenshank ( p. 131 ) , which is paler above . |