Example sentences of "but in [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They were in neither half of the house , but in a space that did not really exist for Maggie , who never asked herself which half the house was whose , since the whole house was , for her , theirs . |
| 32 | After years he had lost his oldest and best friend but in a way he had always despised friendship ; families were what mattered , more particularly that larger version of himself — his family ; and while seated in the same scheming fury he saw each individual member gradually slipping away out of his reach . |
| 33 | When they met in Paris in 1963 , Breton hailed him as a surrealist , but in a recent interview Gironella disclaimed so tidy a classification , saying he is as much a baroque artist as a surrealist . |
| 34 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 35 | IF I HAD to design a retreat for winter-weary travellers who want familiar hotels but in a different civilisation , I 'd invent Marrakech . |
| 36 | But in a first hint that she may be prepared to modify her views , the Prime Minister will tell the President that , if the deployment of new short-range missiles in Germany becomes unrealistic , Britain is certainly prepared to consider the alternative of stand-off missiles carried on Tornados . |
| 37 | But in a week that marked the opening of the campaign for February 's elections , the red dizziness was not confined to restaurants . |
| 38 | But in a report for EC leaders at Friday 's summit in Strasbourg , the commission said only 14 of 86 measures that should have come into force by mid-November had been fully implemented by all 12 . |
| 39 | But in a week that marked the opening of the campaign for February 's elections , the red dizziness was not confined to restaurants . |
| 40 | But in a report for EC leaders at Friday 's summit in Strasbourg , the commission said only 14 of 86 measures that should have come into force by mid-November had been fully implemented by all 12 . |
| 41 | Most of them looked dazed , but in a happy sort of way . |
| 42 | But in a world where observing the social decencies passes unnoticed , how much incentive is there to be ordinarily good ? |
| 43 | But in a man , such qualities merely indicate a repugnant limpness of being . |
| 44 | St Marie 's is built on a small plateau above the wide Avon , and on alder-strewn , willowy meadow land , but in a somewhat awkward position . |
| 45 | It is a house which has given rise to much aesthetic conjecture , and for a long time it was deemed to be the first seed of the modern movement in England , for it did not appear to be built in any revival style , but in a fresh new one . |
| 46 | But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away . |
| 47 | The Greens may be the wise visionaries of Europe , but in a ‘ serious ’ election dealing with economic issues their manifestos would be quickly torn to shreds . |
| 48 | To Mr Milosz , literature 's dignity resides not in politics but in a frankly metaphysical attempt to bridge awe and horror , to name the sorrow of mankind . |
| 49 | Unsurprising , perhaps , but in a country that for 40 years has acted like a poodle it is striking to find a Japanese suggesting that it now has the strength of a rottweiler . |
| 50 | But in a single motion he was about to drive her away again , one final time . |
| 51 | After a pause we continued , but in a few more minutes another note came through saying that further resignations were expected . |
| 52 | The Anglican Church is being challenged today to put its own house in order , to show that its portrayal of truth need not end in a sterile liberalism or empty liturgical forms , but in a faith ‘ Catholic and Reformed ’ which , to misquote Gregory the Great slightly , is ‘ a faith large enough for elephants to swim in and little lambs to paddle with safety ’ . |
| 53 | She rented shop premises — run-down , and modest in size , but in a handy position — and opened a sweet shop . |
| 54 | Even on the richest land drought is damaging , but in a garden with sharp-draining soil — especially on a hot , south-facing site — it can create a positive dust bowl , a place where plants just do n't seem to survive . |
| 55 | ‘ You are not prepared to help us , ’ Isabel Lavender said again , but in a cold , flat , accusatory tone , without any note of pity or pleading . |
| 56 | But in a community whose contours were defined by religion more than by Roman law , they were an anomalous , marginal group , who could not , by definition , form part of the ‘ Christian people ’ . |
| 57 | Very often they just need the opportunity to meet other people in a similar situation , and in so doing learn to form new relationships again , but in a safe and caring atmosphere . |
| 58 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 59 | So they are victims of pressures about looks , too , but in a different way . |
| 60 | But in a television interview at the end of 1989 Kylie confessed that the pressures of international stardom meant that now she had precious little time to spare for making her own clothes . |