Example sentences of "[verb] but [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just over three years later , in 1985 , the block was lifted but only in the wake of clearance for a rival bid , launched days earlier . |
| 2 | Recapturing the city for humans on foot would bring immense benefits not only to those walking but also for the ambience and environment of the city ( Figure 8.7 ) . |
| 3 | many of the children came from homes where the houses were decent , where the wages were good , and where , apparently , the state of the children was not due to any real defect in the conditions under which they were living but simply to the heedlessness , the shiftlessness , the carelessness and the ignorance of the mothers . |
| 4 | There was n't much ; a few drawings of birds , quite well done but not of the calibre of the great da Vinci 's notebook . |
| 5 | The level of demand is to do not only with the tasks as they are done but also with the duration for which they must continue to be done . |
| 6 | Where the words used by Parliament are obscure or ambiguous , the Parliamentary material may throw considerable light not only on the mischief which the Act was designed to remedy but also on the purpose of the legislation and its anticipated effect . |
| 7 | The use of contract armies to fight the war depended , of course , not just upon the readiness of men to serve but also upon the willingness of parliament to vote taxes to pay for the war . |
| 8 | Image is not only in the way you look but also in the way you speak and present your image verbally . ’ |
| 9 | That being so , a situation could arise where there was evidence to establish concert in the case of one accused but not in the case of the other . |
| 10 | But these were matters which preoccupied theologians ( whose intellectual reputation was not high ) , philosophers and artists ( who were admired but somewhat in the manner in which wealthy men admire the diamonds they can afford to buy their women ) and social critics , of the left or right , who did not like the kind of society they lived in or found themselves forced into . |
| 11 | This has far reaching consequences at the cultural level not only for learning but also for the design of jobs and even for leisure pursuits which increasingly depend on the same kind of interface . |
| 12 | Things are changing but not with the speed you 'd like . ’ |
| 13 | The slate is still worked but not on the scale of former times , Welsh slate having monopolized the roofing market in the Victorian age . |
| 14 | Ruth wanted it never to end but always in the back of her mind was the thought that it must . |
| 15 | The reforms of the nineteenth century were facilitated not only by an empirical orientation to change but also by the paternalism of political leaders . |
| 16 | Do n't alter that , that 's been rejected but still on the table Mart Martin failed to mention our certain issues . |
| 17 | Thus the essence of the charge is not determined by the nature of the property over which it is created but rather by the degree of freedom accorded to the company to deal with this property in the normal course of business . |
| 18 | It was felt that however frustrating or exasperating our relationships with the churches may be at times , our ‘ bias to the churches ’ must continue but not at the cost of excluding other ‘ efficient ’ partners who are non-church . |
| 19 | This rule has now been relaxed so as to permit reports of commissioners , including law commissioners , and white papers to be looked at for the purpose solely of ascertaining the mischief which the statute is intended to cure but not for the purpose of discovering the meaning of the words used by Parliament to effect such cure : Eastman Photographic Materials Co . Ltd. v. Comptroller-General of Patents , Designs and Trademarks [ 1898 ] A.C. 571 and Assam Railways and Trading Co . Ltd. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue [ 1935 ] A.C. 445 , 457–458 . |
| 20 | ‘ If a ditch is dug but not on the highway warning signs should be posted . ’ |
| 21 | O tread but lightly on the grass , |
| 22 | The conclusion which I have reached results , in my view , not only from a settled and sustained line of authority which I see no reason to question and which I think should be endorsed but also from the view that any other conclusion would be constitutionally undesirable and impracticable . |