Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hicks ' framework is well presented but much travelled by many companies , set on improving the quality of cost information based on sound and robust examples . |
| 2 | He hurried away , his heart beating fast , shocked but obscurely satisfied by this revelation . |
| 3 | ‘ Over here , ’ shouted one of the Sturmabteilungen and the others , six to start with , but soon joined by more from inside the building , ran to where he had found the tripped alarm . |
| 4 | With hindsight , of course , it is now possible to question the glamorizing of drug-taking in such films as Easy Rider , Psych-Out and The Trip and others ; the in-built health warnings were seldom noticed and there was a certain drugs bandwagon rolling , anyway , largely created in the pop industry where drug usage was not only referred to , even poetically eulogized in song , but physically demonstrated by some of its more tragic exponents like Brian Jones , Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin , to name but three in a long line of fallen idols and heroes . |
| 5 | Also , the government at this time actively encouraged Gospel preaching , in contrast to the government of Charles I. During these times , godliness of life was no longer despised , but generally regarded by most people as something honourable and praiseworthy . |
| 6 | Astonished but not dismayed by this severity , the housekeeper surveyed her bedraggled mistress . |
| 7 | The old market town was surrounded but not transformed by these activities . |
| 8 | By increasing the curve or bow on the kite face , the dihedral angle is increased , the turbulence at the sail edges is reduced ( but not eliminated by any means ) and stability is improved . |
| 9 | Disturbed but not deterred by this unpromising start , the Abingdon and London groups independently approached the RCN to discuss ways in which their activities could be brought under its wing . |
| 10 | Nor does National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King , 47 T.L.R. 110 in which it was held that payment of betting duty under a statutory provision thought by the plaintiffs to be applicable but later held by this House in a similar case to be inapplicable , was made under a mistake of law and not of fact and was therefore irrecoverable . |
| 11 | When his proposals were first outlined there was considerable disquiet , mainly among Darlington politicians , but also voiced by some firemen who feared the town would be adversely affected . |
| 12 | It is therefore hardly surprising that Persian compositions have not only been reproduced in countless machine-made carpets in the West , but also emulated by most other rug-producing countries in the East . |
| 13 | The great silver decadrachm of Syracuse ( fig. 84 ) , commonly associated with the historically attested ‘ Demarateion ’ of 479 but now thought by many scholars to be a decade or more later , is a marvellous example . |
| 14 | One suspects that it is to demonstrate what the attractions of the famous Museum Island will be when the plan favoured by the Berlin museums supremo Dube but hotly contested by many museum professionals comes to fruition , for Dube has decided that the island is to be dedicated entirely to these archaeological collections , while the fine arts all move over to the western side of the city to more modern museums . |
| 15 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 16 | Better that it should end like this , when justice was not only done but manifestly seen by all to be done . |