Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this issue we are not challenging the value of medical expertise but rather its dominance in relation to health sciences , resources and health knowledge . |
| 2 | But it was very seldom her femininity , but rather her image of toughness , determination , and ruthless single-mindedness that dominated public perceptions . |
| 3 | Mitterand was too clever a politician to put anything in writing but nevertheless his seal of approval was clearly on the operation . |
| 4 | However , such service and repayment responsibilities are transfer payments between the general taxpayer and the debt-holders , which , as long as they are internally held , will alter who gets command of goods and services but not their volume in aggregate . |
| 5 | Individual fibres change their thickness but not their length with moisture changes , and it is the helical geometry of ropes and textile yarns which causes rope and cloth to get shorter when it gets wet . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but not your sort of designer . |
| 7 | But gradually her horror of water had extended to the bath and shower in her own home . |
| 8 | But gradually his terror of metal stairways subsided to little more than ordinary fear . |
| 9 | Mapanje said that he owed not only his liberty but possibly his life to Amnesty International . |
| 10 | As Raynor ( 1969 , Chapter 2 ) argues , the ‘ middle class ’ was never homogeneous ( in particular it has never been equivalent to Marx 's ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ) , but nonetheless its degree of heterogeneity has been greatly increased over the post-war years , and the shift in the distribution of social labour analysed above has accelerated this process . |
| 11 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 12 | This displays the writer 's common sense but also his lack of knowledge of legal phraseology . |
| 13 | In light winds a good practice is to incorporate the duck gybe into the long board flare gybe , this will not only improve the hand movements , but also your sense of timing . |
| 14 | But now what miracle of ingenuity would be needed to get him out ? |
| 15 | I I 've probably seen them about four or five times in the last six months and they do tend to go a bit route one when Walsh is playing but today their link up play has been excellent . |
| 16 | His first thought was of the party who had just left him , but unfortunately his cry for help was not heard by them . |
| 17 | They lost their fight to prevent the war , but never their desire for peace . |