Example sentences of "but [not/n't] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities subsequently declared , however , that there had been a single assassin , who had been captured on June 29 but not at the scene of the crime . |
| 2 | If the deposition is to be taken in England ( and there may be cases in which a foreign witness can be available in England but not at the date of the trial ) , the examination will be before a judge , officer or ( usually ) an examiner of the court ; if the deposition is to be taken abroad , alternative ways of proceeding are available . |
| 3 | Certainly the importance of such roles , and the strengths won from them , need to be taken seriously ; but not at the price of romanticization . |
| 4 | He wanted to go back home in one piece — but not at the price of buying a drink for a bully and coward . |
| 5 | Whoever farms the land in question may very well want the rabbits disposed of — but not at the price of constant disturbance of his land and perhaps at the risk of the well-being of the game shooting . |
| 6 | He was going to take Adolph 's place in bed , but not at the head of his table by marrying the widow . |
| 7 | Discovery was inevitable and when it came at last there were reasons to rejoice , but not at the reunion with Christopher . |
| 8 | Palmer 's opening move was to oppose the introduction of a General Tax Ordinance for Nigeria , and , with the support of the Residents , to propose a return to the 1906 Native Revenue Ordinance , which stated that the tax paid in the Northern Provinces was levied by the native authorities with the approval but not at the direction of the governor . |
| 9 | The Jokers said much about Sixties London , still swinging but not at the pace depicted by the media . |
| 10 | n the absence of the initiating NTPs , open complexes were detectable at the P A3 promoter , but not at the P A2b promoter ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 11 | This was an attempt to secure the reconvening of the Geneva Conference on terms mutually agreeable to the superpowers , both of which intended to expose their clients to some pressure , but not at the cost of a damaging political reverse . |
| 12 | It was felt that however frustrating or exasperating our relationships with the churches may be at times , our ‘ bias to the churches ’ must continue but not at the cost of excluding other ‘ efficient ’ partners who are non-church . |
| 13 | If a statement is then taken , it is usable at the preliminary hearing but not at the trial , except for the purpose of impeaching the accused . |
| 14 | But not at the level of the big creative decisions and balancing of resources and priorities , money , control — those decisions are still being made by men . |
| 15 | Where there is sharp angulation of the CBD , the upper part of the stent should be 1 cm above or 1 cm below the angulation , but not at the point of angulation itself , to avoid impaction of the metallic mesh in the CBD wall and possibly further impaired drainage . |
| 16 | ‘ But not at the moment ? ’ |
| 17 | I promise , but not at the moment cos it needs a lot of setting up , I 'll get myself to set my computer up specially to make those disks |
| 18 | The general quality and variety of bread offered in London restaurants has improved a lot in the last few years , but not at the Ritz . |
| 19 | ‘ I quite like women actually , but not at the altar . ’ |
| 20 | In this new condition subjects had the benefit of knowing the thematic title at recall but not at the stage of encoding . |
| 21 | The music of the words is there to be used — but not at the expense of the sense and emotional content . |
| 22 | A way must be found of ending their practices , but not at the expense of the Constitution . |
| 23 | ‘ The whole organisation is under pressure to deliver ’ , acknowledged Rowlands ‘ We want to maximise profits , but not at the expense of the game ’ . |
| 24 | It 's great to see that people are more aware of right-wing politics and the problems its supporters can cause , but not at the expense of all skinheads . |
| 25 | Traditions and rituals are important , but not at the expense of efficient and exciting government . |
| 26 | Requests which arise after off-duty rosters are complete should be dealt with sympathetically but not at the expense of patients or other staff . |
| 27 | Skill in sexual activity is a desirable attribute , but not at the expense of physical abandonment . |
| 28 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 29 | Wickets are important , but not at the expense of a high run rate . |
| 30 | But not at the expense of the environment and the living conditions of this and future generations . |