Example sentences of "but [adv] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the power in both the House and the Senate resides not on the floor of the relevant house ( though the ultimate veto is there ) but rather in the various standing committees of each . |
| 2 | As this agenda spreads to other sections of the press , to radio and to television , it produces a ‘ self-enforcing conformity ’ whose importance ‘ lies not in the nuances of attitude taken on different items on the political agenda , but rather in the common agreement on that agenda itself … ’ . |
| 3 | Not on the outside of our lives , but right in the very centre of our being , the very heart , the core of our personality , this new life , this new birth to the only way that we can know God and receive his forgiveness . |
| 4 | Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . |
| 5 | So , it could be goodbye to body odour — but only in the right room . |
| 6 | There were none in the general field of PVC calendering but only in the special field of PVC for adhesive tape . |
| 7 | the Director General and the local trading standards departments should be empowered to initiate ‘ unjust credit transaction ’ proceedings , but only in the public interest |
| 8 | ( ‘ But only in the footballing sense as far as I know . ’ ) |
| 9 | In commenting on James 's use of negation , Watt raises the philosophical point that " there are no negatives in nature , but only in the human consciousness " . |
| 10 | All may be well in the Chamber because we are on familiar ground , but outside in the real world of fish markets and the North sea , all is not fully well . |
| 11 | ( Although in Trob the last word in fact became ‘ a thing which may happen but once in the usable lifetime of a canoe hollowed diligently by axe and fire from the tallest diamondwood tree that grows in the noted diamondwood forests on the lower slopes of Mount Awayawa , home of the firegods or so it is said . ’ ) . |
| 12 | This occurs , however , but infrequently in the commercial context , and even innovative common-law courts are reluctant to interfere with commercial bargains . |
| 13 | The speed , spread and penetration of electronic communications mean that these ploys play an increasing public role not just in the ‘ theatre ’ of military operations but also in the diplomatic wrangling which custom decrees takes place ‘ behind the scenes ’ . |
| 14 | As a responsive composite ‘ biomaterial ’ , a biosensor is rather special , not only in the complex , multiple alliance of the materials in any individual device , but also in the wide range of materials that must be considered for the many types of transduction systems . |
| 15 | This can be seen in both the number of institutions , organizations and campaigns that have been established but also in the wide range of activities undertaken , including research and information work , programme and service development , organization and union building , campaign and lobby work and solidarity networking . |
| 16 | In the inner-city data , the ( synchronic ) rule for shortening of /Ε/; and /α/; applies not only in the monosyllabic environments described , but also in the stressed syllable of disyllables , when that syllable is penultimate or pre-penultimate . |
| 17 | These differed not only in duration but also in the molecular form in which the nitrogen was supplied ( protein , peptide , or amino acid ) . |
| 18 | ICI 's strength in the polypropylene market lies not only in its manufacturing technology which enables it to produce materials specially adapted to customer 's needs but also in the integrated structure of Chemicals & Polymers Limited . |
| 19 | It examines where the lines are drawn not just officially in statute , case law and revenue policy , but also in the professional practice of taxpayers ' advisers . |
| 20 | The former subgroup showed the same upward shift observed for the polyp group as a whole , but the differences , with respect to normal controls were even more noticeable , involving significant increases not only in the labelling indices of compartments 3 and 4+5 , but also in the total labelling index . |
| 21 | Furthermore , treatment of rats with omeprazole leads to a decrease of somatostatin not only in the antrum but also in the fundic mucosa . |
| 22 | But the state of a country 's mental health lies not only in the fate of its hospital patients but also in the general condition of its people . |
| 23 | Standard English today differs from local dialects not only in permitting the expression of complex relationships in familiar written forms , but also in the astonishing wealth of vocabulary which has accrued to it through its intellectual and imperial history . |
| 24 | There was , indeed , a broad sense that the gloomy seventies had brought about a transformation not only in Britain 's external status but also in the main instrument and agents of planning and social policy , after the oil-price explosion , the IMF crisis , and the winter of discontent . |
| 25 | Psychology 's theoretical uncertainties are expressed , not just in the difficulty of getting objective knowledge of subjectivity , but also in the precarious power of the psychologist who is pursuing this knowledge : |
| 26 | This is reflected at both ends of the settlement hierarchy in Table 4.4 , not only in the reduction in the growth rate of the remoter , mainly rural districts but also in the marked fall in the rate of population loss estimated for Greater London and the principal cities of the Metropolitan Counties . |
| 27 | Her opening words , which echo a pair of lines in Chaucer 's first fabliau in the sequence of the Canterbury Tales , the Miller 's Tale ( I : 3768 – 9 ) , invite a dialogue charged with sexual connotations , not only in the obvious case of " " ryse " " , but also in the detectable reference to a conventional love-sickness : The monk 's answer immediately confirms the sexual topic of the dialogue , and dispenses with any euphemistic disguises : This rapid movement to a contextually surprising level of familiarity on the topic of sexual intimacy is paralleled in the French fabliau Auburee , where the old bawd , Auburee , in procuring a young wife for a besotted admirer , visits the wife and moves smartly into the bedroom , declaring : ( " I should certainly like to see your bed : then I should know for certain if you lie in the same splendour as the first wife did . " ) |
| 28 | Laski himself led the way not only in general theoretical orientation but also in the detailed study . |
| 29 | It all adds up to some very big changes , not only in direction but also in the whole philosophy of Russia 's attitude to the West . |
| 30 | As shown in ex. 6 and 8 , in Arion it recurs like a tiny Leitmotif to suggest Nature moved by music , not only in each of the three main lyrical movements , but also in the concluding recitative as the Dolphin arrives at the bidding of Arion 's song . |