Example sentences of "but [adv] by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this would vindicate those who believe that the market 's ills are not going to be solved by tinkering with new issue processes , but rather by a drastic cutback in the overheads — ie , sacking people — being carried by the industry . |
| 2 | It is a view held not only by expert bodies and individuals but also by a substantial proportion of the general public who are not necessarily able to explain why and how this process takes place . |
| 3 | The effect of NO synthase inhibition was not only indicated by an increase in the maximal response induced by CCK-8 but also by a prolonged duration of the response . |
| 4 | Headline overcame the difficulties of its market — the weakness of the retail scene , and less than robust sales through wholesalers to supermarkets and other non-traditional outlets — not only by a strong new book publishing programme , with 385 new titles compared with 300 the previous year , but also by a cautious approach to overheads . |
| 5 | If so , we should not assume this was a Whig victory ; the policy of using the powers of the purse to restrict the Crown 's independence was pursued not only by radical Whigs , such as Colonel John Birch and William Sacheverell , but also by a significant number of Tories , led by Clarges and Seymour . |
| 6 | Such suspicions are justified — not only by individual horror stories , but also by a growing number of scientific studies of the side effects of modern contraception . |
| 7 | Intensive NMR studies in collaboration with Kurt Wüthrich have led Walter Gehring ( Biozentrum , Basel ) to conclude that the DNA binding specificity of the homeobox genes he discovered ( which are transcription factors specifying segmental identity in metazoans from insects to humans ) is determined not only by the ‘ recognition helix ’ that sits in the major groove of the DNA , but also by a flexible segment at the amino-terminal end of the homeobox which appears to wrap around the DNA so as to contact the minor groove . |
| 8 | In developing a more independent stance on the war , Henderson was driven forward not only by the logic of party politics , but also by a rising tide of war-weariness and peace agitation . |