Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne hung back , but got past in a minute or so . |
| 2 | The Postlethwait method brings to everyday work some of the vividness of the lead lesson , but presents individually in a carrel , and offers what is really a sort of heavily guided " discovery " . |
| 3 | It also becomes an experience which indirectly registers the resilience of the individual 's own immediate cultural past : forgetfulness and oblivion are the means of its escape , but become so in a way which register its continuing presence . |
| 4 | Or are they explicable , perhaps , in terms of certain behavioural-dispositional , or functional , or some similar properties which can not be strictly categorised either as " physical " or " mental " , but belong rather in a class of their own ? |
| 5 | It was recognised that what would be most welcomed by policymakers and others was a service that not only helped to keep people out of institutions if that was their wish , but did so in a way that was both acceptable to recipients and less expensive than alternative institutional care . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the system also came under attack as being unfair — hence undermining consent by calling into doubt the legitimacy of both the mode of election and the government produced by it — and for facilitating the adversary relationship between the parties , a relationship that significantly influenced public policy , but did so in a manner harmful to the interests of the country . |
| 7 | Others ran discreet private companies , but prospered mightily in a climate created by deregulation and a curbing of what many perceived as excessive union power . |