Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that videos were not seen as a substitute for training but rather as a useful tool for the instructor . |
| 2 | More importantly , they show how , even in what is regarded as the most basic type of communication , the context that is relevant to the disambiguation of deixis should be seen not as a physical setting that is fixed and given once and for all , but rather as a cognitive space that is actively constructed by participants in the course of the interaction . |
| 3 | The new Association is best seen not so much as a pressure group founded to further the professional interests of teachers of English , but rather as a class-based mobilization which drew in not only most professors of English Language and Literature , but also like-minded politicians , administrators , and " men of letters " . |
| 4 | The stories he told himself were , in fact , almost wordless ; simply a procession of scenes and incidents through which he moved , not as an active participant but rather as a curious watcher in an alien element . |
| 5 | The curious thing about such stretches of Creole is that they are never treated as an invitation to continue the conversation in Creole , but rather as a one-off comment . |
| 6 | It is probably not accurate to regard the employer 's duty as a series of separate obligations but rather as a single duty to take reasonable care for the safety of employees . |
| 7 | ‘ The next parliament will not serve merely as a forum for making political statements but rather as a national institute in which we will all take part in formulating the country 's policies , ’ he said on television before leaving on a three-nation tour as part of Middle East peace efforts . |
| 8 | Voluntariness will be understood , however , not as the decisive act by which an individual surrenders private autonomy , but rather as a deliberate entry into market relations under which certain obligations will arise in order to sustain and regulate an advanced division of labour . |
| 9 | In their care , the gardens have continued to be maintained excellently but rather as a commercial undertaking : there are innovations in the form of an expensive gift shop and tea-room — developments of which I doubt Osgood would have approved . |
| 10 | It appears from the context that this is not intended as a limitation on the use of ‘ judicial channels ’ but rather as a preliminary observation before a specific provision that in such border cases legalization is not required . |
| 11 | This is not , however , intended as a guide for the connoisseur , but rather as a plain man 's helpmate to getting the best possible fish for the least outlay . |
| 12 | Aboriginals , it was true , could not imagine territory as a block of land hemmed in by frontiers : but rather as an interlocking network of " lines " or " ways through " . |
| 13 | If the unconscious means anything whatsoever , it is that the relation of self and others , inner and outer , can not be grasped as an interval between Polar and opposites but rather as an irreducible dislocation of the subject in which the other inhabits the self as its condition of possibility . |
| 14 | The alternative view sees constitutions not as a conscious creation but rather as an evolutionary consequence made up of ‘ substantive principles to be deduced from a nation 's actual institutions and their development ’ ( McIlwain , ibid . ) . |
| 15 | Moreover , the inverse intensity of N-Oct 5 bands seen with the different expression constructs argue against the proteolytic processing mechanism but rather for a different transcript structure that affects accessibility of the AUG translation initiation sequences . |
| 16 | And this would vindicate those who believe that the market 's ills are not going to be solved by tinkering with new issue processes , but rather by a drastic cutback in the overheads — ie , sacking people — being carried by the industry . |
| 17 | Worried staff at the centre called in the police , who instructed Mrs Duncan to make her speech not in front of the centre but rather in an unobtrusive site on another street 175 yards away . |
| 18 | Mason took his unbeaten record to 33 fights by a margin of 98 ½-97 , or three rounds , but rarely in a British ring have two heavyweights been so well matched . |
| 19 | ‘ My predecessors have set very high standards and I will do my best to maintain the dignity of the office , carrying out my duties with appropriate taste and decorum but perhaps with a little fun , too , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Many felt this social occasion should be continued but perhaps in a different form . |
| 21 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 22 | The pickup switching configuration is just like that of a Strat , but obviously with a fatter tone from the humbuckers . |
| 23 | But obviously in a recessionary period , which we are certainly not out of yet , you have to remember that Alton Towers has a per cap of something like fourteen pounds a head at the moment , er , average of all people . |
| 24 | Mr Salmond rejected claims that he had made the issue a question of confidence and said he was ‘ relaxed ’ at the prospect of a challenge , adding : ‘ I think that is a rather far fetched possibility , but obviously in a democratic party everyone has the right to stand for national convener . ’ |
| 25 | In the Soviet Union successions to the general secretaryship after Stalin were achieved in a relatively orderly fashion but entirely as an internal party matter with no element of public choice . |
| 26 | After a little Pickerage calmed down , but only with a palpable effort . |
| 27 | " You ran a brothel in Dublin , and you 've continued your foul trade here — but only on a grander level . |
| 28 | Alison Clifford is back in the saddle , but only on a borrowed horse . |
| 29 | Chain had overcome the problems which had defeated every previous experimenter with penicillin , but only on a small scale . |
| 30 | The staff are working as normal but only on a week-to-week basis . |