Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that these penalties have been based very much on the default surcharge , but thankfully the level of penalty does appear to be significantly lower , though the period of penalty is much longer . |
| 2 | But mostly the ethos of Eagle was too remote from my working-class existence . |
| 3 | For example , given the heterogeneous nature of cereal production in the UK , a uniform response is not expected but rather a range of opinion amongst producers , largely dependent on the degree to which producers are committed to intensive cereal production . |
| 4 | No , it 's not about taking chances in the commodities market but rather a kind of theatre of concern about human potential in our era of heightened environmental concern . |
| 5 | A main real difference in the experience which marked it off from fundamentalist and some pentecostal forms of conversion experience was that the outcome was not the assurance of being saved , but rather a spirituality of trust in Christ based on repentance and the conviction that God forgives repentant sinners . |
| 6 | As for the book , there was at least no drastic change of plan , but rather a continuation of work already done : " the short work " was surely not all that " finished " by the end of March . |
| 7 | The end product of psychedelia was not a new way of looking at the world and a liberation of the mind , but rather a lot of shit concept albums in the 1970s and an inaccurate belief on the part of pop stars that they were somehow important . |
| 8 | ‘ The essayist technique ’ , he admits , ‘ was not an ordinary language , not a mother tongue , but rather a form of language specialised to serve the requirements of autonomous , written , formalised text . ’ |
| 9 | The slow deliberacy with which the wife commences her reply , with not a hint of offence in her reaction but rather a hint of care in selecting the right mode of reply , emphasizes her willingness to converse on the topic : So does her subsequent appropriation of a rhetorical device , the occupatio , a statement emphasized by the speaker feigning unwillingness or lack of freedom to express it : The monk too takes a moment 's pause before replying : again seeming to digest the implications of the wife 's words , or ( and ? ) to express , silently but with an eloquent action , astonishment at the wife 's ready invitation to him to continue to converse on this topic . |
| 10 | By totalization , therefore , Sartre does not here mean anything like a predetermined end or final closure of a totality but rather a process of mediation among the parts , where each is determined by the other . |
| 11 | There is no mysticism about it , but rather an acceptance of death and an awareness of all the little moments when the self was inadequate . |
| 12 | There are strong grounds for limiting the sample size of the investigation because it is not the number of countries per se which is usually important , but rather the range of variation which they provide ( Walker , 1967 ) . |
| 13 | It is not the entirely understandable worries about the choice of South Africa as the tournament venue when that country is in so delicate a political — and hence economically sensitive — state , but rather the veil of secrecy that seems to shroud all commercial aspects of the next World Cup event . |
| 14 | Parents are no longer told what methods to adopt , but rather the frame of mind in which to adopt them . |
| 15 | My contention is that the main cause of the British predicament has not been the British economy but rather the decline of sterling and the failure of British policy to adapt to that decline … . |
| 16 | The last three categories are not offered as examples of good text construction , but rather the sort of thing to avoid . |
| 17 | Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed . |
| 18 | The sores that it produces are usually found on the external surface of the penis in the male , but rarely the site of infection may be inside the urethra , and in these cases recurrent ‘ non-specific urethritis ’ may occur , which is particularly resistant to treatment . |
| 19 | The decided cases do not yet give a clear answer to this problem but presumably the retention of title clause would entitle the seller to take and re-sell such of the timber he had supplied under this contract as remained unsold and unmixed in the buyer 's possession . |
| 20 | But perhaps a cup of tea would be better — cosier — if you know of anywhere round here ? ’ |
| 21 | But perhaps the loss of Speed is the biggest worry , his late runs into the box , power in the air and explosive finishing have resulted in the goals from midfield completely drying up . |
| 22 | A charter party did not necessarily attest to the ownership of the goods shipped because the charterer might not have been a shipper , but merely a lessor of space . |
| 23 | Then , his head bent forward , he noticed that the shadows were long on the grass ; in fact , there was but merely a streak of sunshine bordering the flower garden now . |
| 24 | This inexperience appears to be their only real drawback , but obviously the style of architecture did not suit Hope 's taste . |
| 25 | McHale points out that ‘ a character 's knowledge of his own fictionality often functions as a kind of master-trope for determinism — cultural , historical , psychological determinism , but especially the inevitability of death ’ ( 123 ) . |
| 26 | Thus , in the Maya world-view there was no sense of progress but only a blending of past , present , and future , which all tended to become one . |
| 27 | Seisin is a root of title , and it may be said without undue exaggeration that so far as land is concerned there is in England no law of ownership , but only a law of possession . |
| 28 | She was lying almost abeam of us , and at first I could n't see her hull , but only a sort of thickening of the mist that turned out to be her mast . |
| 29 | This was applied and extended by Sir Robert to safeguard the arrangements for telephone-tapping , even though when a tap is placed there may be no iniquity but only the suspicion of iniquity ; and that entire conversations may be recorded and listened to ‘ when much of the conversations may be highly confidential and untainted by any iniquity ’ . |
| 30 | At first he found the increase of activity made him feel healthier , but soon the exhaustion of travelling — and the waste of time involved — began to affect him . |