Example sentences of "but [verb] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to visit Toftingall frequently , not only to fish , but to delight in the wide variety of bird life that called the loch home . |
| 2 | She did not want to go , but lived in an unmodernised house with a coal fire as the main source of heat . |
| 3 | The case concerned the wife of a civil servant who worked in Northern Ireland but lived in the Irish Republic . |
| 4 | They slowed to give themselves a respite but realized in the succeeding moment that they had run into a dead end . |
| 5 | The pain is the price of freedom : not just freedom in a spiritual kingdom after death , but realised in an inner freedom to love . |
| 6 | This case is similar to that of Wright et al in that none of the intestinal tissue provided morphological evidence of lymphoma but differs in the unusual finding of a high grade lymphoma in the pleural lesion . |
| 7 | A passer-by noticed the suspicious object strapped underneath the vehicle as it drove out of a car park last night , but failed in a desperate attempt to alert the driver . |
| 8 | But he could glimpse that the man was no longer standing but walking in a small circle , keeping level with the horse 's shoulder as he galloped . |
| 9 | On its own it has been explained in various special ways , but considered in the general setting of Mediterranean stratigraphy , some more general explanation seems to be needed . |
| 10 | It is additional information that should not be neglected but used in a valid manner in the process of reducing overall risk . |
| 11 | It is additional information that should not be neglected but used in a valid manner in the process of reducing overall risk . |
| 12 | The German conjunctions used to signal this structure ( Einerseits ‘ on the one hand ’ , aber … andererseits ‘ but on the other hand ’ ) are more transparent than the mixture of causal Because and adversative But used in the English text . |
| 13 | Saint-Exupéry said that ‘ loving someone does not mean looking into each other 's eyes , but looking in the same direction together . ’ |
| 14 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 15 | The ambiguities in their identity were not resolved , but seen in a different perspective . |
| 16 | In an interview with police , Smith , who at the time was going through divorce proceedings but living in the same house as her husband , told them : ‘ It was him or me . ’ |
| 17 | The interdigestive cycle of motor activity , or migrating motor complex , starts from the lower oesophagus and migrates but ends in the terminal ileum . |
| 18 | The idea of defending a protestant heritage is not solely an Ulster phenomenon but rooted in the British tradition . |
| 19 | However , the rewards which the tutors receive for their labours are not merely financial , but lie in an increased knowledge of the subject concerned , the regard and friendship of the next generation of the actuarial profession , and the repayment of the debt they owe to those who were their tutors and to their profession . |
| 20 | The two would take low stances in the cages and stare out together on the world , separated by bars but joined in a common sympathy . |
| 21 | Audrey aspires to goals in both traditional and non-traditional domains but succeeds in the traditional domain only . |
| 22 | His statement is also that of Psalm 68 ( verse 24 ) where the presence of my God and my King in the sanctuary is not plain but celebrated in a rich display of singers , musicians , and ‘ damsels playing with timbrels ’ . |
| 23 | European car sales in 1992 sustained previous record levels but declined in the first quarter of calendar year 1993 . |
| 24 | Its historical and current popularity with whites is accountable in terms of its members ' conformity to the image of the black man as physically adept but lacking in the intellectual equipment to harness his skill to firm objectives . |
| 25 | This may not seem much in terms of Hong Kong 's caseload of more tha 40,000 Vietnamese , but set in a historical context it is an achievement . |
| 26 | Suppose is individual A's average income but obtains in a good period and in a bad period . |
| 27 | She attempted a comeback in 1989 , but lost in the first round of both events she played before being sidelined by a car accident which required surgery on her right knee . |
| 28 | Similarly , if a director is thinking of selling the company in the near future , but continuing in the same employment thereafter , it might be better not to restrict salary . |
| 29 | The fish are Platy-shaped , the body silvery grey in colour but covered in a blue translucence . |
| 30 | They had agreed to live as if they were divorced , but continue in the same house together . |