Example sentences of "but [adv] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From that site too come the Callanish eagles whose strength is not in flight , or size , or speed or skill but rather in a spirit whose power has been forget through time . ’ |
| 2 | There were in this dingy , badly heated studio , moments of rare artistic quality of a kind that occurs but rarely in a century ’ . |
| 3 | Other people , however , have a long tradition of breakfasting wholeheartedly , but perhaps in a way that is not wholesome for the heart . |
| 4 | But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise . |
| 5 | A pity Derek was n't home , but only in a way . |
| 6 | Fourthly , Realism accepts that political acts have moral significance , but only in a sense which relates to the interests of the political agent and which has more to do with prudence than with traditional ethics . |
| 7 | JOHNNY MARR and Morrissey , the brains and the looks behind the late , lamented Smiths , are back together again — but only in a design studio . |
| 8 | Strangely , she was no longer in the long room with the little door , but outside in a wood . |
| 9 | When news of this reached El Cid , he at once set out for his city but already in a matter of ten days , much of what he had achieved was undone . |
| 10 | ‘ All that is said about Milton 's ‘ sympathy ’ with Satan , his expression in Satan of his own pride , malice , folly , misery and lust , is true in a sense , but not in a sense peculiar to Milton ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But not in a realist sort of way . |
| 12 | More than one witness can be named in a subpoena ad test but not in a subpoena duces tecum . |
| 13 | Such trust , say the courts , is inherent in an equity but not in a debt security , which is governed by contractual relationships , leaving no fiduciary trust to be broken . |
| 14 | Eels come into it somehow , but not in a way that can be described in a family newspaper . |
| 15 | They should help small farmers , but not in a way that discourages them from getting larger or farming better : there must be no farming poverty trap . |
| 16 | The English mystics , like their European contemporaries , did foreshadow these changes , but not in a way that people who are familiar with more well-known fourteenth century English literature might expect . |
| 17 | Lord Atkinson in the House of Lords , at p. 235 , also discusses Baynton v. Morgan , 22 Q.B.D. 74 , but not in a way which assists in the present case . |
| 18 | They may each act alone and without the agreement of the other but not in a way which is incompatible with the order ( s2(7) ( 8 ) ) . |
| 19 | Confer with clients on any material information received but not in a way that confuses them . |
| 20 | Or like I 've , I 've slept with him in tents and stuff but not in a bed . |
| 21 | They may be entirely acceptable procedures in nature reserves with clearly defined goals , but not in a place given back to nature . |
| 22 | But not in a hurry about it , Billy said to himself . |
| 23 | ‘ Lowell likes it arranged more formally , swept off my face , but not in a plait . ’ |
| 24 | Certain institutions may be under threat ( as subsequent chapters will show ) but not in a manner inconsistent with the existing political culture . |
| 25 | They have the advantage of being easy to carry around , and with care can be used anywhere — in bed , on a beach and so on ( but not in a meeting with a client ) . |
| 26 | It 's wickedly fattening , but once in a while … ’ |
| 27 | It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but once in a lifetime was enough , as they themselves had been told by those who had made the 1928 pie . |
| 28 | The scope of debate is limited or shifted over time in particular directions , but always in a direction which consolidates power into more permanent forms , which in time may become almost invisible to citizens , accepted as uncontroversial , ‘ natural ’ features of the landscape . |
| 29 | This class of malai never did anything by themselves but always in a party of at least ten . |
| 30 | These remarks show Nietzsche 's attitude a stage further on , but still in a state of transition . |