Example sentences of "but [verb] [adv] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set off to raid each other on the same night , but passed somehow in the darkness . |
| 2 | For example , in feudal society products were not ‘ of themselves ’ the property of the ruling class , but became so in the light of various political practices . |
| 3 | Anne hung back , but got past in a minute or so . |
| 4 | When most people possessed no clocks or watches but lived more in the countryside than they do today , they took far more note than we do of the various timings associated with plants and animals . |
| 5 | Ophiopristis does seem to be similar in appearance to Ophiologimus H. L. Clark , 1911 but differs mainly in the form of the tentacle pore which is slightly smaller with larger tentacle scales than Ophiologimus . |
| 6 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 7 | Sediment accumulation rates decreased in the north ( 58.024.5gm -2 yr -1 ) and central basins ( 44.416.6gm -2 yr -1 ) , but changed little in the south basin ( 41.715.1gm -2 yr -1 ) . |
| 8 | Shot and shell rained in on the village , orchard and chateau grounds , tearing up the earth , smashing roofs and rafters , but causing little in the way of casualties . |
| 9 | His other inventions included the Maxaman ventilator and resuscitator , a life support unit which allows the victim to breathe oxygen freely at his own rhythm but acts automatically in the case of respiratory failure . |
| 10 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa challenged hard , but fell away in the spring . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Bicker did not dismount , but leaned forward in the saddle and nodded to the river pilot . |
| 16 | When someone asks a government for bloodwealth , they not only threaten bloodshed if it is not forthcoming , but do so in an idiom which denies the government 's claim to superiority , puts it on an equal footing , treats it as just another tribe . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Through increased consumption per capita , through the development of markets for refined sugar among Russia 's clients in Third World countries , and with assistance from other Communist countries Russia not only solved the problem of absorbing the portion of the Cuban crop formerly taken by the United States , but did so in the context both of a resumption after 1964 of the upward movement in its home production and of a contractual willingness to buy far more Cuban sugar than Castro has so far produced for the Russian market . |
| 20 | The Colonel was not normally one whose nerve or self-confidence could be shaken by a comrade 's torment — he had seen too much and , besides , a soldier in the field made his own luck — but sitting now in the darkness , hardly aware of the familiar sounds of a barracks coming to life , the hollow ring of that dead voice seemed to re-echo in his ears . |
| 21 | His side produced another spirited performance but slipped away in the final 15 minutes as Stockport striker Andy Preece fired in two goals to complete his hat-trick and take Darlington 's promotions companions of last season a step closer to Second Division football . |
| 22 | It will grow in alkaline soil , but does better in an acid one . |
| 23 | The pedal dermatitis responds poorly to symptomatic treatment , but regresses gradually in the absence of reinfection . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Whitlock caught up with Mobuto but remained discreetly in the background while he finished talking to the Chief of Protocol . |
| 26 | He argues that petty commodity production exists as a subordinate form in all modes of production , but thrives particularly in the transition from feudalism to capitalism . |