Example sentences of "but [adv] [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 But rather than meet this challenge , entitlement theorists simply take for granted that if original acquirers deserve any rights they deserve the full rights of liberal ownership , and hence assume , rather than demonstrate , the legitimacy of that which has to be justified : the institution of private property .
2 But rather than undertaking such an analysis it will be enough to demonstrate that this control procedure is in principle inadequate for our present needs .
3 But rather than offer more praise , we would like to offer something else .
4 McKean and Murray have now scored doubles at three major events — the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona , the 1990 European Championships in Split and now Toronto — but rather than give each other confidence by their successes , Boyle believes it 's more a case of ‘ anything you can do , I can do better . ’
5 But rather than address these basic problems , politicians look for the quick ‘ fix ’ — anything that sounds good in a sound-bite will do .
6 Mungo wanted to ask about the dead girl , but rather than risk another deep frost , he said :
7 At least everybody knows where to go and it 's all there an but obviously that has some difficulty in terms of where to locate it and where to .
8 He knew the details better than most of us , but somehow that caused more resentment than if he had left the specifics to us . ’
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