Example sentences of "[verb] but in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decline to be interviewed but in a statement to us said , this year , productivity has increased while the accident rate has fallen . |
| 2 | Transactions in liabilities ( capital inflows ) have also grown but in a much more irregular fashion . |
| 3 | The important distinction between both dollar markets lies not in the nature of deposits or types of loan granted but in the fact that euro-dollar banking is not subject to US domestic banking regulations . |
| 4 | " [ There is ] little to be said but in the way of commendation . |
| 5 | For example , the real spending of a department or service might be the same under whatever system of accounting is adopted but in a given year , using cash accounting , the cash payments could be postponed by as little as 24 hours so that the accounts record a lower figure . |
| 6 | Appeals will surely ensue but in the meantime we may well sympathise with those Soprintendenze who feel tempted to put all restoration work on hold in the fear that in carrying out their proper duties they may find themselves being sentenced as criminals . |
| 7 | It all serves to emphasise the point that RMI is an approach , or process of management and all these elements have a part to play but in a co-ordinated , integrated fashion . |
| 8 | The difference between mental health and mental ill-health is not in whether or not defences are used but in the flexibility or rigidity with which they are employed and in the mix between them , as opposed to the over-use of one defence rather than others . |
| 9 | Man is fallible , and his fallibility is shown not just in the manner in which the methods are used but in the belief-gathering methods available to him . |
| 10 | As for amateur dramatics , I prefer to write for others to perform but in the absence of anyone daft — sorry , I mean talented — enough to oblige , I have been known to tread the boards . |
| 11 | There was the usual non-stop tirade as he praised America , himself and his latest promotion , in this case a fight card at the Mirage — not in the 17,000-seat outdoor stadium where Tyson ruled but in the 4,000-seat ballroom , with tickets selling for $25 instead of $1,000 . |
| 12 | All ulcers in patients on omeprazole plus amoxicillin healed but in the triple treatment group four patients had residual peptic lesions after six weeks ( ulcer healing rate : 78.9% , p=0.11 ) . |
| 13 | All agreed that it had been an exciting week , sometimes emotional and demanding but in the end enjoyable and full of the message of joy and peace . |
| 14 | Like the pain , it ‘ can not exist but in a mind perceiving it . ’ |
| 15 | My primary target was the heat-pain argument , and its conclusion : that heat , like pain , ‘ can not exist but in a mind perceiving it ’ . |
| 16 | Specific lessons were being taught and the abuse of wealth was being condemned but in the vast majority of ‘ social ’ films the message usually came wrapped in melodrama . |
| 17 | We may need back-up — Dillon is n't a man I like but in a tight corner he 's formidable . ’ |
| 18 | We know that you can understand all you like but in the end offenders must face their personal responsibility . |
| 19 | Ironically , the same concept and designation were evident in work of a different kind , where comparable observational and analytic techniques were employed but in the context of a radical critique of the institutions and their functions in capitalist society ( a specification of particular kinds of ‘ socialization ’ and ‘ communication ’ within a particular social and economic order ) . |
| 20 | But while it seems at first quite normal that this should happen at an inquest involving the opera 's central character one soon notices that the process is in fact highly artificial , like the narrations which open several of Britten 's later operas , designed in this instance to have the dramatis personae stand up and be recognised but in a context which fits the story . |
| 21 | It is always fascinating to talk about the craft of conducting but in the end there is a certain mystery about it all . |
| 22 | Bedsitter accommodation was eventually provided but in the course of the investigation by the social work department it was discovered that in addition to Jim 's persistent truancy , he was also staying away from home , sleeping rough for days at a time . |
| 23 | The cause of this loss is difficult to determine but in the absence of any definite illness or fear or inhibition it may come from purposelessness ; but once there is equilibrium , then enthusiasm will increase as part of the development of the whole being . |
| 24 | Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue . |
| 25 | The difficulty is not in the observing but in the interpreting of what has been observed . |
| 26 | None of the simple rituals could be observed but in the tradition of warriors who have performed brave deeds — say the grabbing of the tail of a lion before spearing it — Tepilit was remembered and spoken of . |
| 27 | The paraxial mesoderm of the head region is not overtly segmented but in the trunk , and eventually the tail , there is overt metamerism in the form of somites ( Figure 1e and f ) . |
| 28 | I would say rather that , both despite and because of the obvious and considerable differences , post/modernism is helping us to understand again what the early modern period already knew but in a quite different form : identity is essentially informed by what it is not . |
| 29 | On the roll of a double the Squig moves the distance indicated but in an entirely random direction . |
| 30 | Accordingly , we can say that the academic community stands in a direct relationship to research but in an indirect relationship to higher education . |