Example sentences of "but on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another book about the age of Dürer , but on a different topic , is The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany , by Michael Baxandall , published in 1980 . |
| 2 | The critic may be willing to share an experience with the reader , sometimes only of the circumstances in which a work was seen , as might be included in a personality article ; but on other occasions the critic may give a fuller account of a personal response to a work of art . |
| 3 | It was the eternal noise at that bend in the river , but on a normal day it could n't be heard here . |
| 4 | At first it was only Michael that was going but on hearing that we were hoping to marry they decided to have me as well . |
| 5 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
| 6 | The earlier traditions had focused not on experience as the key element in mind , but on intellect and thought ; it was this that made mind special and different from anything physical . |
| 7 | Buddeke , probably a German immigrant , was actually hired to tail Wilhelm Liebknecht , but on their American tours Liebknecht 's and Eleanor 's paths intersected . |
| 8 | I had expected it to be best for trenching and shaping in the vertical position , but on all but the softest of timbers it failed to supply a substantial cut . |
| 9 | Small panels of bold , simple very low relief are perhaps most easily carved by hand , but on other work time savings of over 90 per cent can be achieved ; 75 per cent is a reasonable average . |
| 10 | Fortunately not only did growth return but on a scale far exceeding expectations . |
| 11 | But on the Southern Region , ¾ mile Laverstock loop ( last used in 1859 ) was reinstated at Salisbury linking the Basingstoke and Romsey lines as part of the £2million Salisbury resignalling scheme . |
| 12 | The bold gesture is often the one that brings success , but on this occasion our lazy decision to eat and try to sleep was justified . |
| 13 | Most vets use about 40 anatomical points , although very experienced practitioners may use up to 360 , which seems a lot , but on the human body there are 1,000 possible sites . |
| 14 | But on the Last Day certainly God will call the drunkards of the world to Him : . |
| 15 | But on the last Page of the novel ‘ life had taken the place of dialectics ’ , and Raskolnikov is on his way home . |
| 16 | But on the next page he speaks of ‘ that swine Shatov ’ . |
| 17 | But on the contrary , this world of ‘ it was rumoured ’ and ‘ that may well have been so ’ followed at once by ‘ it is more likely that nothing of the sort happened ’ — again in the opening paragraphs — is as exhilarating as the challenge of life 's opacities to a healthy curiosity . |
| 18 | But on the whole they are expensive and because the RS-232 link communications is slow , it is difficult to take advantage of a GUI environment . |
| 19 | This is a comment not just on poetic style , but on the substance of the political alternative that Tate and some fellow Southerners were in these years trying to put together , to challenge the industrial capitalism of the restored Union . |
| 20 | ‘ . All quite true of course , but it has little or nothing to do with the passage in question , whoch focuses very markedly not on Aeneas but on his father Anchises : |
| 21 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
| 22 | Few people thought the Tigrayans could continue their success outside their own province , but on 26 August the TPLF began an advance which drove the government forces out of Korem and Kobo . |
| 23 | But on the other hand , the statute will also include a clear intention that extended rights of audience are put into practical effect as soon as the necessary conditions have been met . |
| 24 | Conventional wisdom is that Tootal will add management expertise to Coats , but on the evidence of the first half neither is skilled at controlling working capital . |
| 25 | In fact , it brings down the curtain not only on his role but on ITV 's epic struggle to match BBC in the sporting field . |
| 26 | Martin has dropped next month 's Grand Prix tennis at Wembley from his schedule but on sporting grounds . |
| 27 | In debating it today the Labour Conference should focus not on its tactical advantages but on the kind of political system it wishes to see . |
| 28 | Mr Baker said that Washington was prepared to use military force to oust General Manuel Noriega , but on America 's own terms and timetable . |
| 29 | ‘ There is a moral crisis in sport , not only in Canada but on a worldwide scale , ’ he said . |
| 30 | But on escaping from Wales to study music at Goldsmith 's College in London under the auspices of Aaron Copland , Cale decided that ‘ the best thing for a classical musician in London at that time was to get involved in avant-garde . |