Example sentences of "but by [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gets her reply from one of the players : " crablouse " ( said with Creole pronunciation , but by a speaker who anyway has a Jamaican accent ) . |
| 2 | On the other hand , it fits very well with the fact that , while obviously having a relation of some sort with the noun , these adjectives are questioned not by the interrogative word usual for attributive adjectives , but by a word which typically is used to question adverbs . |
| 3 | Herr Katzner , head of conservation , describes the damage as considerable , but by a miracle it was not worse . |
| 4 | But by a miracle he had not been killed outright , and was saved . |
| 5 | But from Prime Minister to school dinner lady , married women are routinely classified not according to the work they do themselves , but by the work which is done by their husbands . |
| 6 | For several years she had been almost obsessed by Peter Sebastian , not only by his work , she finally admitted , but by the man himself . |
| 7 | And maybe they would be cowed not only by the discipline but by the man who wielded it . |
| 8 | It begins by understanding a basic biblical concept : life is not ruined by the sins committed against us but by the way we respond to those sins . |
| 9 | I could n't see properly in that light , but by the way he kept his head turned away , I could tell he was blushing . |
| 10 | I am not singing ‘ Take my head and my heart and all my bad habits but by the way I 'm sorry that you have to put up with all that but they 're just part of the package you see . ’ |
| 11 | Jess was startled , not by the idea , but by the way it was expressed . |
| 12 | Another source of distraction is that the initial what-questions ( first and second sentences ) are followed not , as one might expect , by an identification of the thing that inspired Rimbaud and drove him to reach into his soul , but by the pronoun It . |
| 13 | In some birds , females are attracted not by the quality of a male 's territory , but by the male himself . |
| 14 | They have suggested that the loss of associability suffered by a pre-exposed stimulus is determined not by the extent to which it is predicted by its antecedents but by the relationship it bears to subsequent events . |
| 15 | ‘ A bit less than that , ’ mused the Troop Commander , ‘ but by the map it 's about two hundred and fifty to three hundred metres and a damn sight wider than we 're used to . |
| 16 | You may have to contend with hidden antagonisms or even resentments , but by the weekend you will find it easier to respond to the moods or demands of a partner . |
| 17 | As a group they are eclipsed not only by the connections of local magnates , but by the affinity which developed around the queen and her brother earl Rivers . |
| 18 | As a group they are eclipsed not only by the connections of local magnates , but by the affinity which developed around the queen and her brother earl Rivers . |
| 19 | But by the interval they had fallen further behind , Tom Hillier sprinting to the blind side and Ian Armstrong crossing for the try in support . |
| 20 | But by the summer she was beginning to spend more time in the open air , and one August evening she walked to the churchyard . |
| 21 | But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark : |
| 22 | But by the time everyone , including the doctor , realized what it was it was just too late . |
| 23 | Almost all of us start life with trouble-free feet , but by the time we reach 20 , there are inevitably some problems . |
| 24 | But by the time we come to following their strand along we know that these are not true . |
| 25 | But by the time we reached the foot of the fixed ropes it suddenly changed , with the wind dropping and the snow stopping . |
| 26 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 27 | At birth , the heart races along at 140 beats a minute , but by the time we reach adulthood the rate has dropped to 70 beats a minute . |
| 28 | And we went to one temple and it got dark whilst we were there , it was called the Monkey Temple , and it 's just so many monkeys around , and they just are allowed to run wild , but by the time we got back to our bikes it was dark and we had to cycle back in the dark without any lights on these unlit , unmade roads and that was quite frightening really . |
| 29 | Henry 's voice-over adds an amusing counterpoint to the visuals but by the time we reach his eventual arrest , on drugs charges , in '81 , Scorsese 's frenetic cross-cutting seems to leave the original premise — presumably , the mob 's seductive potency — somewhere in the sidings . |
| 30 | At least the gale was from astern , but by the time we were abreast of Aberdeen the wind had increased to a storm force then , several ships were in difficulties and Venturous was becoming difficult to steer , the helmsman being forced to use the engines in conjunction with the wheel to prevent a broach . |