Example sentences of "but [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of its production , Diaghilev was convinced that another truly Russian ballet was needed , traditional in essence but reflecting the revolutionary ideas of contemporary artists working in Russia as well as Paris . |
| 2 | He compares three studies , carried out respectively in 1949 , 1972 and 1983 , but reflecting the educational and social conditions of well before those dates . |
| 3 | 30 June 1989 found most of the battalion not on guard in bearskins and tunics , but enjoying the last day of a fortnight 's shooting on the ranges at Salisbury Plain , on ISAAC . |
| 4 | At 10 am , with the French heavily outnumbered but enjoying the weather gauge , as a ‘ small gale ’ was blowing from the south-south-west , some miles off Cap Barfleur , at the north-east point of the Cotentin peninsula , de Tourville , who had no faith in the proposed invasion , led his ships towards the enemy . |
| 5 | The Maggot was not taking evasive action but quartering the ground in search of our enemy . |
| 6 | But Touching the Void presented Joe Simpson with as many questions as it answered . |
| 7 | However the Russian " tooke occasion to deceive his Excellence , and falsify his word , hanging in the aire betwixt the armes of his servants , and but touching the earth with his tiptoes , whilst the Ambassador came out freely " . |
| 8 | The name was later revived by Allied Breweries for its London operation , but using the Cannon Brewery trademark . |
| 9 | ‘ We have moved along so we are not simply cooking Malaysian food but using the best possible organic vegetables , proteins and grains to create various meals . ’ |
| 10 | Control of the dosage is very similar to the centesimal ‘ plussing ’ technique but using the LM granule , instead of a 30c , dissolved in liquid . |
| 11 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 12 | CCD delay lines tend to be fussy about the clock signal timing , but using the matching clock chip should avoid any problems . |
| 13 | Exuding period style and atmosphere but using the best of modern building technology to make your home the comfortable and luxurious haven you deserve . |
| 14 | Even scrambling might cause a problem , but using the jacket for walking and general leisure is OK . |
| 15 | This is a difficult boundary-value problem , but using the method of images we only need to determine the electric flux density due to the two point charges . |
| 16 | So without working it out , but using the graph now , how far would he be after three and a half hours ? |
| 17 | Turns onto headings will be made at the standard rate , but using the stop-watch , not magnetic compass . |
| 18 | But using the state pension age as a criterion is likely to result in unlawful discrimination not only on the question of retirement . |
| 19 | The next oldest product is then plotted in the same way , but using the graph of product A as the base line where both are forecast to be in production together . |
| 20 | This meditation works by recalling the isolated moments of the Passion story familiar in other meditations and in the liturgy — the agony in the garden , the scourging , the crowning with thorns , the Crucifixion itself — but using the resources of rhetoric to embody a sense of the joyful reality behind the story which such meditation is designed to enable . |
| 21 | ( b ) Separate practice The decision must be taken as to whether the business of a new office is to be integrated with that of the main office or whether it is to be run ( or the extent to which it is to be run ) as a separate , self-financing enterprise or even a separate partnership but using the same firm-name . |
| 22 | But using the the technicians and who who the main ones Robert and Bill |
| 23 | But using the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the Cellmark laboratories in Abingdon , scientists discounted the claims the birds were sisters . |
| 24 | Lucy Jackson pioneered our answer after painstaking hours of study , blood , sweat and tears and disillusion — a FASTER FITNESS programme based on the ‘ follow me ’ principle , but maintaining the underlying basics of Medau movement , including a slower rate of floor work to balance the more active elements . |
| 25 | Not among the winners in 1986 , but completing the course and receiving a certificate to prove it , was a sixty-nine year old man . |
| 26 | Mrs Reynolds was in the doorway , almost ready herself to go to the wedding — she never missed a wedding or a funeral — but seeing the procession that approached withdrew back into the shadows of the room to observe better the old cockerel go by followed by his dismayed pullets . |
| 27 | It 's a great beach but it 's not like my home beach of Port Philip Bay , in Melbourne , which is a bit messy , but seeing the sea I get a great urge to swim in it . |
| 28 | But seeing the confusion on her desk , all the things that had to be done , she lost heart . |
| 29 | ‘ Organic ’ does not mean copying natural forms but seeing the structure in nature , how natural form works efficiently with minimum energy output . |
| 30 | But seeing the pleading in her eyes and aware that she was on the very brink of womanhood , he knew that he must give her her head and allow her to marry if that was what she wanted . |