Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combined effect of these provisions is that the question of whether or not a child has special educational needs depends not so much on the child 's specific needs considered in isolation , but rather on the appropriateness or otherwise of existing provision . |
| 2 | After primary fermentation the beer is stored ( the German word is ‘ lagered ’ ) for a short time but rarely for the month or more that is standard abroad . |
| 3 | I was frightened , of course , but only for a second or two . |
| 4 | A gust of wind caught it and it slid towards the ground , but only for a moment or so . |
| 5 | After that for six days little smoke columns seemed to be sprouting up all over the forest , now here , now there , but only for an hour or two . |
| 6 | To get anywhere you have to master a bagful of verbs — ‘ to go somewhere , on foot , in one direction ’ ; ‘ to fly , generally speaking ’ ; ‘ to arrive , by means of transport , but only in the past or future ’ ; and so on . |
| 7 | Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? " |
| 8 | The result of this decision necessitates that tribunals look not just at the nature of the offence but also at the severity or leniency of the punishment . |
| 9 | Trusts arise not only by a direct expression of intention but also by an inference or implication which may or may not correspond to any actual intention . |
| 10 | But either as a compensation or as a contributing factor , the entrance of women into non-legal unions at increasingly earlier ages has occurred , in some cases in tandem with late age at marriage . |