Example sentences of "but at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at a rally in Baku on Sunday , the Azerbaijani Popular Front , prime mover in the blockade , indicated it was continuing its campaign , which is aimed at forcing Armenia to drop its demand for reunification with Nagorny Karabakh . |
| 2 | John Gummer , the Minister of Agriculture , has been staying not at the Imperial , but at a modest B-&-B at the back of the conference hall . |
| 3 | The total spending on food still increases , but at a slower rate than the level of income itself . |
| 4 | Such management has been recruited from a combination of civil servants with little or no commercial experience , individuals with limited commercial experience in , for instance , the co-operative movement , individuals with experience in foreign-owned enterprises but at a low level , or even ex-politicians . |
| 5 | This would show , on 1991 figures , but at a more realistic 70% than the 78.6% , a low of £15,143 net profit . |
| 6 | But at a 72-nation conference in the Netherlands yesterday , Britain , the United States , Japan and the Soviet Union , which between them emit 50 per cent of the world 's carbon dioxide , blocked a proposed freeze on emissions of the gas by the year 2000 and a 20 per cent reduction by 2005 . |
| 7 | But at a Whitehall seminar there was no agreement on how that national grid of optical cables , bringing hundreds of new services to home and business , should be built . |
| 8 | But at a meeting of the party 's central committee on Saturday , Mr Gorbachev hotly opposed ‘ any attempt to diminish the importance of the party , or undermine its authority . ’ |
| 9 | He looked at her , defeated , and she saw that she had carried the point , but at a heavy cost . |
| 10 | Boeing did offer Japan 's big three airframe makers ( Mitsubishi , Kawasaki and Fuji Heavy Industries ) a chance to learn some of the tricks about selling big commercial jets — but at a price . |
| 11 | These two problems can be overcome but at a price in terms of the overall precision and accuracy of the result . |
| 12 | But at a time when the swing is to full-time 4 × 4 , they have added a central viscous coupling so that in 4 × 4 , on road or off , the power goes to the wheels with the most grip without transmission wind-up and all that entails , which can be locked for extra traction off-road . |
| 13 | Soviet control was preserved — but at a terrible psychological cost . |
| 14 | ( His record stood only until the 1988–9 season , when Martin Pipe trained the winners of 208 races , but at a lower strike rate of 37 per cent . ) |
| 15 | It is impossible to imagine their ever retaking control , but at a philosophical level the estrangement of the party from some of the old landed values still seems more a separation than a divorce . |
| 16 | Abrams himself , North remarked with some heat , did not need to ask ; he knew ; but at a certain point , knowledge became uncomfortable . |
| 17 | ‘ But at a time of rising neo-Nazi sentiment , it is very worrying when Kohl himself rolls out the red carpet for a man like Waldheim . ’ |
| 18 | But at a sombre press conference Anfield chairman and close friend David Moores stressed that the main concern was Souness 's quick and safe return to his high profile and highly stressful position . |
| 19 | The report , to be debated by the Kirk 's general assembly in May , says Government economic policies might have reduced inflation , but at a human cost ‘ unacceptable ’ in a civilised society . |
| 20 | Money-Go-Round : Protection but at a price |
| 21 | But at a time when incumbent leaders across the world are facing a recessionary backlash from their people , Mr Major can go out on to the international stage with enhanced authority . |
| 22 | The markets will provide this money , but at a cost . |
| 23 | This sets out to offer the full range of Fluka products alongside those of Sigma and Aldrich , but at a scale and price more appropriate to the needs of pilot or development plant , clinical trial or production level , while maintaining the very high levels of quality and service for which all three companies are renowned . |
| 24 | We will continue nuclear research , but at a lower cost . |
| 25 | The orang-utan thus probably reached its definitive form by evolution from a rather more terrestrial animal but at a later date than that suggested by Kortlandt . |
| 26 | The elderly population is expected to continue growing , in the foreseeable future , but at a slower rate than in the recent past . |
| 27 | Working , therefore , comes first , although great strides forward have been made in conformation or beauty points , but at a very controlled level . |
| 28 | Most of the evidence for these legends is drawn from some rather vague references by the Greek historian Plato , in particular a passage in his Timaeus : ‘ But at a later time there occurred portentous earthquakes and floods , and one grievous day and night befell them when the whole body . |
| 29 | These rough men did a magnificent job , creating a work of art with primitive tools and equipment — but at a heavy price in human lives . |
| 30 | When you have reached the prime of life and acquired a home and possessions to be proud of , you want to be sure that you have reliable insurance — but at a price that you feel recognises and rewards the care that you take . |