Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of the requirement of standing indicates that the law 's primary concern is not , as such , to control government activity but rather to control it at the suit of persons affected by it in a particular way . |
| 2 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 3 | In the situations where the actor does not desire the result , but merely sees it as a foreseeable outcome of his conduct , the House of Lords has said that there is merely evidence from which the tribunal of fact can infer that he intends . |
| 4 | After proctors of the lower clergy had objected in 1269 to being committed to a grant simply by the assent of the bishops , a council of prelates in the next year agreed on their own behalf to a subsidy of one twentieth for the king , but only extended it to the rest of the clergy after approval by diocesan synods . |
| 5 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 6 | She allowed the idea of falling in love with him dance across her mind but soon dismissed it with a smile . |
| 7 | Well , children can be allowed to express their anxieties verbally and to learn perhaps from the adults ' modelling around them that to talk about these things in moderation is perfectly acceptable erm but not to do it to the extent or to allow children to perhaps watch the news coverage to the extent that they become over excited and are not able to contain their own feelings of anxiety about loss and damage and death and separation from parents and significant adults . |
| 8 | Marx 's own celebration of capitalism is an ironic one , demonstrating its historical necessity , but always presenting it as an instrument of a doomed social formation permeated by the image of proletarian suffering . |
| 9 | The composer subtitled this piece ‘ Premonitions ’ , but Chailly reduces it to a dry orchestral exercise . |
| 10 | The 1865 Salon did exhibit Manet 's Olympia but quickly moved it to a place that made viewing almost impossible for the public . |
| 11 | In order to make the rate more flexible , but still leave it as a penalty rate , a new system of determining the Bank 's lending rate to the market was introduced . |
| 12 | We found that ministers had solemnly undertaken not only to repair The Grange , but also to open it to the public . |
| 13 | The reporter was ungentlemanly enough not only to do the calculation and obtain the correct answer but also to print it in the society column . |
| 14 | It seems that the evolution of his remedy preparation was fuelled by the desire to create , not only , a highly dynamised remedy but also to give it in the smallest dose ( quantity ) possible to effect a curative response . |
| 15 | Well I 'll tell Phil then and no Saturdays but also get it on a daily basis . |
| 16 | The young teacher who enjoys his work but also sees it as an attractive life style . |
| 17 | l The intent has been not only to describe the activity , but also to surround it with the appropriate drama . |
| 18 | Although at the local level we will be pursuing similar objectives , when it comes tot he wider national issues , it will be CPRW that speaks out for those who not only care about the Park , but also see it as a special part of a special country . |
| 19 | The Conservative Party 's new chairman , Chris Patten , has told Marxism Today of his interest in the German idea of a ‘ social market ’ , which believes it is possible to unleash capitalism 's efficiency but also to keep it under the supervising eye of society : to combine the engine of individualism and a communal conscience . |
| 20 | ‘ We want to help people but without doing it like a charity . |
| 21 | As far as the banks are concerned , they have no change in their balances in the Bank of England ( the government spends less money but then returns it to the banks by buying bills ) , but banks have fewer bills and hence fewer liquid assets . |
| 22 | A very successful use for this light when knitting tuck is to use a medium thickness fluffy yarn , one which would knit over every needle on your machine , but instead use it on every other needle . |
| 23 | Why is it that European companies do not regard looking after their workers well in terms of hours and wages as destroying competitiveness , but instead see it as a way to obtain good work from their workers ? |
| 24 | The most obviously myopic strategy is the one that ignores the dynamic aspects of the problem but instead treats it as a sequence of eight one-period problems . |
| 25 | The caveman does not need to think or use blood in digestive processes , but instead needs it in the arms and legs for running and fighting . |
| 26 | The Tigers have had a political wing since 1976 but never registered it as a legal party . |