Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe this is all that is needed to re-ignite calls for a review of the welfare benefits which single parents receive — a review actually under way earlier this year , but thankfully kicked into touch by Tony Newton when he took over from the hapless John Moore as Social Security Secretary last Summer . |
| 2 | Thus , in an early essay , she writes : ‘ I affirm that the intentionality of biblical faith … is neither to create nor to perpetuate patriarchy but rather to function as salvation for both women and men . ’ |
| 3 | As a foreigner she had great difficulty getting admitted there as an apprentice , but eventually succeeded with assistance from the Duke of Orleans . |
| 4 | Abe was a prominent candidate for the leadership in October 1987 , but eventually withdrew in favour of Noboru Takeshita , in what was widely believed to have been an agreement that he would succeed Takeshita after his two-year term . |
| 5 | The laws cover ritual and worship and many aspects of life — but all seen in relation to him . |
| 6 | Here is a Roman theatre built over barrel-vaulted substructures but gently resting in part against the hillside . |
| 7 | Where rejuvenation intervenes before the river has had sufficient time for lateral erosion to form a flat valley floor , there will not be river terraces at the side of the stream but merely breaks of slope in the valley sides ( Fig. 9.6 ) . |
| 8 | The spraying of the pesticide , Galecron , took place in 1976 , but only came to light during a recent Swiss TV programme . |
| 9 | The following recipe makes a fairly soft cream which will harden slightly if kept in the fridge ( to halt the formation of mould ) , but nevertheless melts on contact with the skin . |
| 10 | Any other information , oral written , or in pictorial form including but not limited to material of a technical , operational , administrative economic , planning business or financial nature which may be provided to you and your Representatives ( as defined below ) during the course of your evaluation of the Company , whether provided by KPMG Peat Marwick , the management and employees of the Company , or the shareholders of the Company ( ‘ the Vendors ’ ) or their professional advisers . |
| 11 | Here we do not make the common assumption mentioned but not specified in connection with the first three examples , which is that an effect had a single cause . |
| 12 | He may well ask for space for himself , but always space in relation to another . |
| 13 | The result , it now appears , was that local administrators , with important defensive budgets to collect and administer , took advantage of the experience thus gained to develop their own powers in particular when , over a period of some decades , taxes originally levied for short periods came to be collected for longer and longer periods , until they became all but permanently established as part of the regular income of a town or city . |
| 14 | In six patients , however , HBV-DNA disappeared from the serum but quickly reappeared after discontinuation of therapy , indicating that persistent absence of HBeAg is the best indicator for termination of the viral replicating phase . |
| 15 | At this time her intravenous infusion was removed and she seemed more relaxed but still complained of pain from her wound . |
| 16 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 17 | Hypoglycaemia may be asymptomatic ( Calabrese et al , 1982 ) but still lead to secretion of adrenaline ( Rizza et al , 1979 ) and hence activation of platelets . |
| 18 | After his release in the mid-1970s he became a successful businessman and hotelier but later went into exile in Rome , where he helped finance the USC , returning to Somalia in late 1990 . |
| 19 | The Rt Rev Peter Ball was arrested but later released on bail without charge for the police to continue their inquiries . |
| 20 | Each has their own schizoid features , Presley gorging on chocs and biscuits , Haley preferring to lapse into drugged sleep and oblivion , but both paralysed with terror of the world outside and indulging in dreams of the golden days when mummy and daddy were alive and all was right with the world . |
| 21 | Her tenants were poor but carefully selected in accordance with their apparent potential for self-improvement . |
| 22 | This crosses not only departmental boundaries but also extends to collaboration with other Faculties , notably Social Sciences , Science and Engineering , Divinity , and Law . |
| 23 | This helped promote political stability , but also led to friction within the government and with its supporters , disappointed in their expectation of a major improvement in living conditions . |
| 24 | Key institutions : ( i ) the Commission ( which proposes legislation and implements the Treaties — for composition see pp. 36405-06 ) ; ( ii ) the Council ( the key decision-making body , generally comprising the relevant government ministers but also meeting at head of state and government level as the European Council ) ; ( iii ) the Parliament , directly elected every five years since 1979 ; ( iv ) the European Court of Justice ; ( v ) the European Investment Bank [ see p. 38023 for annual report ] ; ( vi ) the European Court of Auditors ; and ( vii ) the Economic and Social Committee ( ECOSOC , an advisory body ) . |
| 25 | He was not only widely respected as a critic but also regarded with affection for the genuine humility which made him always interested in others ' opinions . |
| 26 | Family health services authorities have spent considerable effort defining not only a role in purchasing primary care but also working in tandem with district health authorities to begin discussions about extending purchasing across the interface between primary and secondary care . |
| 27 | She had n't seen him for almost five years and yet — less than twenty-four hours later — she 'd been not only happily returning his kisses , but also moaning with pleasure at the feel of his hands on her body . |
| 28 | But please get in touch with a , a qualified electrician |
| 29 | Uniscan was not complex , but simply based upon consultation at the highest bureaucratic level , with occasional ministerial meetings . |
| 30 | ( b ) If a party should be dilatory in providing his certificate of readiness , the correct procedure is not to complain to the court but simply to apply on notice for a hearing date to be fixed . |