Example sentences of "but was [adv] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when Lukowiak looked for such a correlation he could not find it ; it seemed as if control of the strength of the reflex was not vested in any single cell of the abdominal ganglion , but was instead a property of the interactions between the ensemble of cells as a system . |
| 2 | As Stephen Wood points out in his Introduction to his edited book discussing the de-skilling thesis ( Wood 1982 , 15 ) , Braverman appears to assume ‘ that prior to Taylorism control was not in the hands of management , but was rather a kind of management by neglect ( the laissez-faire method , as Taylor called it ) , in which workers knew more than managers ’ . |
| 3 | The town itself never seems to have developed much industry , but was primarily a place of exchange , from which imported goods were distributed throughout the country and export commodities sent abroad . |
| 4 | Leith rose above her inner turmoil to smile her thanks , but was immediately a mass of inner agitation again once Wendy had gone . |
| 5 | Graham Butler 's younger brother , Cliff was still at school when ’ Twenty-four Square Miles ’ was made , but was also a member of the Young Farmers ' Club . |
| 6 | This was partly due to the legacy of the bitterness over the 1990 budget [ see p. 36969 ] , but was also the result of an initiative made on Dec. 29 , 1989 , by Senator Daniel Moynihan ( Dem. , New York ) , who had suggested cutting social security contributions in an effort to make the US taxation system more progressive and to unmask the true size of the budget deficit . |
| 7 | McGregor , aged 67 , had recently retired as Chairman and Chief Executive of AMAX , Inc. , but was still a partner of Lazard Freres & Co , a New York investment bank . |
| 8 | Ray Shepherd was a tall man with a craggy , lined face that looked as if it had once been weathered but was now the colour of chalk . |