Example sentences of "but [adv] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do not want to give the impression that employees who have a drinking problem will lose their job , but rather that the Company is now in a position to help them without losing job security . |
| 2 | This is not indicative of a urinary problem , but rather that the dog is using its urine to mark its new territory . |
| 3 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |
| 4 | It 's certainly absolutely dreadful and erm people complain when they come down and say , whatever 's happened to , it used to be such an attractive place , but obviously when the grass is knee high it does n't look very nice for anyone to see . |
| 5 | Oh well er , quality is more important than quantity , but obviously if the quantity is very tiny , i it is there 's not much room for quality . |
| 6 | The agreement may provide for the amount of any fees to which it applies to be increased , but only if a percentage is specified . |
| 7 | There is also a transient expression of c -fos , but only if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction , suggesting that the c- fos protein is necessary for the generation of the most persistent form of LTP ( LTP3 ; see Box 1 ) . |
| 8 | The amendment differed from the original Human Life bill by allowing abortion in cases of incest , and after rape , but only if the rape was reported within seven days . |
| 9 | " No doubt there may be cases in which the draftsman 's ineptitude will succeed in defeating the court 's efforts to find a meaning for the provision in question ; but only if the court is driven to it will it find a provision is void for uncertainty " ( Brown v Gould [ 1972 ] Ch 53 per Megarry J ) . |
| 10 | Odd-Knut agreed , but only if the bottle was found tomorrow rather than today . |
| 11 | It remained technically possible for an Australian to be knighted , but only if the Queen were to make an award within her own personal order ( the Victorian order ) , an honour which was also available to non-Commonwealth citizens . |
| 12 | Guillaume believed in Modigliani 's gift and felt convinced that the price of his work would appreciate , but only if the painter was allowed to develop in peace . |
| 13 | The only help now offered is a cold-weather payment of £6 a week — but only if the temperature is an average zero degrees for seven consecutive days . |
| 14 | The courts do not , of course , monitor management on their own initiative , but only when an issue is brought before them by a suitably qualified plaintiff . |
| 15 | One class , the X-cells , responds in a sustained way to effective stimuli but only when an edge is located in the correct part of the receptive field . |
| 16 | Just just think about that and just use that graph there If you wanted to work out the angle there , the tan of the angle would be that over that , but only when the scale is the same on both axes . |
| 17 | stated that if the Minister were acting administratively natural justice would not apply , that the Minister was in fact acting quasi-judicially but only because the situation was ‘ triangular ’ in that the Minister was deciding a lis inter partes between the local authority and objectors . |
| 18 | But , yes , I do use Pedulla basses , but only because the neck is comfortable for me . |
| 19 | But just before the deal was finalised , Ms Cann realised there were four more Animals of Farthing Wood titles of which she had been unaware . |
| 20 | ‘ Not really because it seems to do any good but just because the thinking is that it 's better for him than other commercial products , ’ says Kathleen . |
| 21 | But just where the money is does n't help Ousedale 's pupils or Alan Brown having to contemplate sending some of them home . |
| 22 | But just as the kettle was coming to the boil a black cloud billowed in through one of the open windows and enveloped the entire tea party . |
| 23 | But just as the auction was about to begin there was a commotion amongst the knot of gentlemen who had gathered around the foot of the stairs . |
| 24 | It seems but yesterday that the Bill was given its Second Reading on 26 November , yet there has been a great deal of debate of its contents . |
| 25 | Over the next few years we were to see the terminal in all its stages of construction on our various visits to Scapa Flow and we were to become very familiar with Flotta not only in the earlier days , but later when the terminal was operational and our crews began their real work of checking the large tankers . |
| 26 | In adverse possession , the claimant must show not only actual possession for the required period together with an intention to possess the land , but also that the possession was " adverse " , which normally means " designed to keep out the real ( " " paper " " ) owner " . |
| 27 | The pages seem to turn themselves , partly thanks to fluent writing and an attractive design but also because the subject is so compelling . |
| 28 | I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people . |
| 29 | The forthcoming contest was of importance not merely because of California 's size and prestige , but also because the state was expected to gain another six or seven seats in the federal legislature as a result of the redistribution due to follow the 1990 census . |
| 30 | For Pilkingtons , change was necessary not only to meet adverse market conditions but also because the company was at a disadvantage compared with competitors producing similar products with similar technology . |