Example sentences of "but [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 19 protesters , officially given as numbering 5,000 but unofficially as 45,000 , who were largely supporters of the PCF and the CGT , marched through Paris demanding negotiations and an immediate ceasefire . |
| 2 | RMI may be summed up rather simplistically but powerfully as being about the linking of clinical activity , data , for both volume and quality ( at individual patient and case-mix level ) to resource utilisation such that costs can be identified on a projective basis . |
| 3 | In the station in which the unit is based ( not Easton ) , the attitude of the policemen towards it is not positive , partly as a result of their ambivalent attitudes toward sex crimes , but mostly because it is policed by women , who therefore are said to spend their time in Boots and Marks and Spencer , making it an easy duty ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 4 | Although the decision has caused controversy , it is not so much because of the principles underlying the determination of a duty of care but mostly because of the House of Lords ' interpretation of the Companies Act responsibilities of auditors . |
| 5 | His reputation as a superstar of search , as the king of Manhattan headhunters , grew rapidly , partly through effective self-promotion but mostly because of a series of prominent , high-level successful search assignments , in the course of which he placed more CEOs and presidents of top American companies than any other consultant . |
| 6 | Orcs respect them partly because of their great strength but mostly because Ogres are bigger than them . |
| 7 | The reception committee of mothers was always waiting , partly out of maternal duty , but mostly because those ten minutes on the village green filled the same gossiping function as ten minutes at the village pump had for earlier generations . |
| 8 | The Japanese came to Britain partly for low wage-costs and a welcoming government , but mostly because it is in Europe . |
| 9 | When Arsenal won the league again two years later , it did n't feel the same — partly because it was achieved in a less dramatic fashion , but mostly because I had nothing left . |
| 10 | But mostly because I wanted you to have time to make comparisons . |
| 11 | The problem is not so much whether you can or ca n't but rather whether you want to . |
| 12 | So the crucial argument does not concern the fluoride level in a community water supply per se , but rather whether fluoridation increases the risk that certain people develop , even for a short time , levels of fluoride in the blood that can damage human cells and systems . |
| 13 | The question addressed in the judgment was not whether the use of atomic weapons generally was forbidden , but rather whether the particular bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were illegal under international law at that time ( Collier , 1979 , pp. 6–7 ; Falk et al . , |
| 14 | This was much in vogue in the 1960s , due not only to the fashionable ideas of Marshall McLuhan , but the more serious earlier work by Wiener ( 1948 ) and Shannon and Weaver ( 1949 ) , but as time has passed doubts have grown not so much about its existence , but rather whether it does not constitute two distinct fields of machine and human communication , for which information theory can not provide a unifying paradigm . |
| 15 | But rather than address these basic problems , politicians look for the quick ‘ fix ’ — anything that sounds good in a sound-bite will do . |
| 16 | But rather than hit back , he listened to his father , Lord Havers . |
| 17 | Civil war hampers their efforts but rather than cease their work of ‘ renewing the earth ’ they often labour at night to avoid the constant threat of bombings from the air . |
| 18 | Mungo wanted to ask about the dead girl , but rather than risk another deep frost , he said : |
| 19 | It is excellent however you use it , but rather than fiddling with small mince pies , my great aunts from Norfolk Island made huge double-crusted pies , the pineapple layered between home-made mince meat , rich with rum and spices . |
| 20 | But rather than focussing on ending the bad relationship I would try to encourage the child to develop other friendships . ’ |
| 21 | But rather than undertaking such an analysis it will be enough to demonstrate that this control procedure is in principle inadequate for our present needs . |
| 22 | Meetings between the two monarchs were arranged , but rather than bringing peace to the two countries , fresh hostilities broke out . |
| 23 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 24 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 25 | But Rather than alarm |
| 26 | But Rather than alarm you Oh |
| 27 | The local branches of the Green Party , CPRE and FoE , and the newly-formed Glaven Valley Protection Group , all oppose a bypass ; but rather than adopting a negative NIMBY position they propose improvements to the existing road , which they believe would deal effectively with the hazards . |
| 28 | Quite a few young men paid her attention and wanted to court her , but rather than be out ‘ winching ’ ( courting ) she preferred the company of mother and the family . |
| 29 | But rather than saying , ‘ Sorry mate , you 'll have to wait for it to be repaired , ’ Doug said , ‘ Take that one over there ! ’ pointing to an equivalent amp . |
| 30 | THE holiday ads are tempting you away with the usual images of fun and sun but rather than taking a package why not invest in that longed-for overseas home ? |