Example sentences of "but he [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he later applied this insight to the central issues of political and legal theory . |
| 2 | The model of branching relationships would eventually lead Owen towards a limited kind of evolutionism ( see below ) , but he carefully suppressed this implication in the pre-Darwinian era . |
| 3 | Millar came to the NCLC in 1923 , first as press officer , but he soon became general secretary . |
| 4 | Millar came to the NCLC in 1923 , first as press officer , but he soon became general secretary . |
| 5 | But he soon had second thoughts . |
| 6 | He also had a stab at writing for a living , becoming a reporter on the Bury Times , but he soon lost that job after trying to inject some of his flowery prose into a report on the funeral of a civic dignitary . |
| 7 | But he firmly eschewed political involvement and devoted his time to his diocese and to building . |
| 8 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 9 | But he also accepted that economics in turn influenced culture ; it was the version of Marxism which saw culture as a mere ‘ reflection ’ of the economic base that Weber was concerned to refute . |
| 10 | Like Beccaria he said that punishment should be primarily justified because of its deterrent effects , but he also proclaimed that punishment of the right kind could serve a further reductivist aim : that of reform . |
| 11 | But he also likes this method because it appears that the famine is caused by the Irish themselves as a result of their lack of husbandry ( which confirms their savagery ) and , thus , appears a natural reward of their refusal to accept the civility of English rule . |
| 12 | I do n't know what the financial arrangements are but he has a double role , he attends the classes but he also does spinal manipulation and massage for those of Brand 's clients who need it or say they do . ’ |
| 13 | Gould was immediately attracted to the art of lithography for the same reasons as Lear — the relative inexpensiveness of production and the lack of training required — but he also saw great potential for Lear 's large-size format and colourful plates , which could , Gould thought , if properly promoted and well managed , prove extremely lucrative . |
| 14 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 15 | Many of his writings concentrated upon themes in the history of doctrine , but he also wrote significant works on the philosophy of religion , including the early University Sermons and the later Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent . |
| 16 | Trevelyan was clearly excited by the prospect of a new Palace of Whitehall , as not only was a large part of his evidence to the Committee devoted to an eloquent description of a monumental scheme he envisaged , but he also produced another scheme for the area in 1866 . |
| 17 | But he also had strong support from the barbarian peoples , the Franks , Saxons and Germans . |
| 18 | The Rev. Joseph Edelson , a controversial Anglo-Catholic who gave his name to the house , was vicar of Gainford for 40 years but he also had other interests . |
| 19 | But he also had another side . |
| 20 | For example , it has already been noted ( p. 103 ) that D. G.James showed some sympathy for Leavis 's work ; but he also had some reservations regarding the new developments . |
| 21 | A man came to us for food recently , but he also needed spiritual counselling . |
| 22 | Mr Komarek may have some influential friends , but he also faces powerful enemies . |
| 23 | Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science ! |
| 24 | But he also includes strophic arias , sometimes with varied strophes ( e.g. ‘ Ard ’ il mio petto ’ ) , and canzonette a ballo in which the singer is to attend only to ‘ la vivezza del canto ’ . |
| 25 | The two men knew each other much better now but , on the face of it , despite their joint passion for Sherlock Holmes and Eliot 's reliance upon Hayward 's editorial skills ( not only did he inspect the poetry , but he also removed social malapropisms from the drama ) , they were an oddly matched pair . |
| 26 | But he again denied any knowledge of Washington 's plans to swap arms to Iran for hostages . |
| 27 | But he hardly dismisses experiential knowledge out of hand . |
| 28 | I said to him , ‘ Great shot , Nick , ’ but he hardly showed any emotion . |
| 29 | But he then told each layer of management to appoint the layer below it . |
| 30 | William III made sure that the crowns of his new territories stayed on the same head , but he still had separate governments in his different kingdoms . |