Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This aim does not refer to the effectiveness of actual decisions taken in given circumstances ( which is the central problem of business policy ) , but rather to the attempt to identify those structures of behaviour which contribute to the achievement of organisational goals . |
| 2 | More often than not , social disengagement will not have been intentional , and certainly not brought about simply by the process of ageing , but rather by a failure to maintain an adequate level of social life beyond that of being parents . |
| 3 | Not every cell is affected , but enough for the lungs to work efficiently . |
| 4 | Authority was never given for the benefit of the person in authority , but only as a tool to serve those under that authority . |
| 5 | Simulation of geographical systems is not necessarily motivated by considerations of cost or avoidance of hazard , but more by the desire to experiment on systems that are either too slow-acting relative to the human life-span or which present ethical problems to the would-be experimenter . |
| 6 | Cats are not particularly popular there , it seems , and this particular breed became smaller and smaller as an adaptation not only to the hot climates but also to the need to find restricted hiding-places . |
| 7 | This places a critic in a privileged position , but also with a responsibility to make clear whether views expressed are those of the critic or those of the artist . |
| 8 | Effective communication of the gospel depends not only upon a thorough understanding of the content of the message , but also on an ability to relate that message to the contemporary situation . |
| 9 | Since work to be undertaken in respective months in the kitchen , fruit and flower gardens was noted in the Dictionary , it might be thought that a Kalendar was superfluous , but Miller explains that at the request of particular friends he had produced a work not only portable , but also at a price to suit those who could not afford a larger book . |
| 10 | This was evident not only in its mass organization , but also in the efforts to address working-class audiences and write them into the discourse of moral reform . |
| 11 | Maria jeered caustically , driven partly by masochism but also by a need to lash out as she realised that in addition to all the other contemptible things he believed of her , he was now also convinced that she was a liar . |
| 12 | However , management is constrained in this not only by the technical capabilities , but also by the requirement to break even on the basis of rate of return above the norm . |
| 13 | The effectiveness of talking and listening is determined not only by the ability to use speech appropriately , but also by the ability to listen actively . |
| 14 | Reformers who advocated social welfare regulation were motivated by ideals , but also by the desire to improve the productivity of the working class and to attract its support for particular political causes . |
| 15 | He was well read and intelligent , she knew , he was respected by his men , and from what she had gathered he was a natural leader who always dealt firmly but fairly with the employers to get the best deal he could . |
| 16 | Immortalized wrongly but concretely by the call to burn bras , the women 's movement actually advised a policy of refusal of crippling stiletto heeled shoes , distorting and uncomfortable underpinnings and garments as mere titillation . |