Example sentences of "[verb] but by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were many other primitives to come but by the time they arrived I knew it was just an attempt to revive attention . |
| 2 | As in the past preservation will be influenced not by what historians want but by the needs and fortunes of the social structures which created and guarded such information . |
| 3 | So that it is a matter most essential to the liberties of this kingdom , that such members be delegated to this important trust , as are most eminent for their probity , their fortitude , and their knowledge ; for it was a known apophthegm of the great lord treasurer Burleigh , ‘ that England could never be ruined but by a Parliament ’ … |
| 4 | Exact beginnings are not clearly known but by the mid-thirteenth century Lübeck and Hamburg in Germany were co-operating together and soon other German towns were joining : Lüneburg , Wismar , Stralsund , Soest and Dortmund . |
| 5 | The expenses which were deducted before any payment was made to her were incurred not by anybody she employed but by the trustees whom the truster had appointed to manage his estate and whom he had directed to pay all necessary charges of administration before any division took place . |
| 6 | Lengthy representations , submissions and discussions followed but by the end of 1991 the agreed negotiation procedures had been exhausted without success . |
| 7 | This result suggests that the high response rate was not caused by selection of patients likely to respond but by the treatment modification . |
| 8 | To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can not always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but by supposing something intuitively known , and evident without Proof , so nothing can be defined but by the use of words too plain to admit a definition . |
| 9 | In the meantime the fortunes of the undertaking fluctuated but by the late sixteenth century it was in financial difficulties . |
| 10 | Further attempts at negotiation failed but by the time the dragoons appeared , the crowd had unaccountably melted away . |