Example sentences of "but [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But depending upon the particular disorder focused on there are varying bodies of evidence as to the efficacy of Cognitive–Behaviour Therapy for that problem . |
| 2 | But sticking with the Conservative establishment may mean that the CPS loses its claim to radicalism . |
| 3 | Bufi 's " government of national stability " was announced on June 12 , including PLA members but incorporating for the first time the DP as well as the Republican Party , the Social Democratic Party and the Agrarian Party ; nine members were non-party . |
| 4 | But knocking on the second door she came to was n't as easy as it sounded . |
| 5 | The three Portuguese pharmaceutical wholesalers acquired in the first half of 1992 made their first contribution , but disposing of the nappy-making business cost UniChem £2.4 million below the line . |
| 6 | Perhaps much of what Sickert taught does not have relevance to all of us today ; perhaps many of his doctrines are outworn , his opinions unsystematic , but looking at the smouldering vigour of the painting , and the sinewy strength of the drawing in the works now on view at the Royal Academy , it is difficult not to feel that here is the work of a real artist , of a man who knew what he was doing — and why . |
| 7 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 8 | But looking at the past track record of the present Government , one ca n't help wondering . |
| 9 | The tour was disappointing but looking to the longer term future of Scottish rugby it was certainly not a disaster . |
| 10 | Saint-Exupéry said that ‘ loving someone does not mean looking into each other 's eyes , but looking in the same direction together . ’ |
| 11 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 12 | The party was ‘ not only telling itself , but exuding to the British public the feeling that we are fit to serve our country ’ , he said . |
| 13 | Concluding , Mr Kinnock looked beyond the conference : ‘ It is an encouragement , an inspiration to see this party working together , coming to a joint position on objectives , and of not only telling itself , but exuding to the British public the feeling that we are fit to serve our country . ’ |
| 14 | Escape can be a strong motivation for travel , but according to the great traveller Freya Stark , ‘ The true wanderer , whose travels are happiness , goes out not to shun , but to seek . ’ |
| 15 | But according to the earliest Church historians , the James and Jude of the second century were the grandsons of another , older Jude , who was Jesus 's brother . |
| 16 | But according to the common understanding of neutrality , Uruguay would have been breaking its neutrality if in the circumstances described it would have started supplying one of the parties with militarily useful materials after the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , but according to the local sergeant , there 's an illegitimate daughter around somewhere . ’ |
| 18 | The accounts are , as usual , contradictory , but according to the fullest account de Tourville next despatched nine of his ships back to Brest to collect additional troops , who were to be transported across the Channel in shallow-draught galleys , collected from the Mediterranean , with a mere two feet [ 0.6 m ] of freeboard between waterline and deck . |
| 19 | Because many new mums ca n't produce enough expressed milk — or choose not to breastfeed — there 's a real need for donated milk from milk banks , but according to the National Childbirth Trust these are becoming few and far between . |
| 20 | Dorje had been sentenced to three years of hard labour , but according to the Chinese Government , he ‘ showed signs of reform ’ and ‘ was granted early release ’ . |
| 21 | I have to admit that I was expecting something rather special from him , but listening to the first instalment in his survey of the sonatas has only strengthened my opinion that it seems almost impossible for one pianist to attain a consistent level of achievement in all of the sonatas . |
| 22 | To us , the glacier now appeared to lie more than half a mile away from the river , but scrambling across the black gravel of the terminal moraine , we were surprised to find that this rubble concealed the true icy snout . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | But combating on the political terrain are a variety of more established political forces whose influence can not be ignored . |
| 25 | But selling off the American weather satellites is another matter . |
| 26 | We could not detect a significant immunological difference between drug users who seroconverted with bacterial pneumonia and those without , but owing to the long sampling interval the lowest CD4 counts were not necessarily measured . |
| 27 | Because it is so plain and built entirely of concrete , the car-park effect is instantaneous , yet once get clear of the large struts that support the roof , and this becomes a compelling structure , more stadium than church even now but reassuring to the puritanical visitor after the orgy of nineteenth-century frippery elsewhere in the Cité . |
| 28 | The Doctor could n't quite make out what it was that had moved , but going by the gelid fluidity of the apparent movement , he did n't really want to . |
| 29 | But getting at the right information , and making sense of it , is increasingly difficult . |
| 30 | That 's what Mansell does — not merely racing , but striving for the supreme prize which has so far eluded him . |