Example sentences of "but is [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association of Investment Trust Companies ( AITC ) has no formal regulatory powers , but is rather a voice for the investment trust industry . |
| 2 | A particularly interesting pair of variables to which to apply this is provided by the energy E and the time t : unc At first sight this is a puzzling relation , because time is not quite an observable property of a system in the normal sense but is rather a parameter marking when an observation is made . |
| 3 | Thus , for example , the seller may argue that a sale is not by description but is rather a contract for the sale of a specific unique chattel . |
| 4 | Lord Hailsham accepted the contention of modern academic writers that mistake is not a defence but is rather a matter of mens rea . |
| 5 | It is not exhaustive , of course , but is rather a list of " good bets " : categories which in our experience , are likely to yield stylistically relevant information . |
| 6 | The study of History at Advanced level is not merely the collection of facts about the past , but is rather the explanation and interpretation of the relationships between those facts . |
| 7 | However , most workers stress that rural deprivation is n't a function of rurality but is instead a product of the national social structure which according to Neate ( 1981 , 20–1 ) is then : |
| 8 | Academic , or theoretical , discourse is not privileged but is instead a form of accounting which uses abstraction to illuminate . |
| 9 | in trying to answer these questions and psychological analyses and the whole appropriate to the age of the and I quote we must not forget that but is also a law giver and educator Egyptian Pharaoh undeniably Egyptian in origin . |
| 10 | Katsaris 's third reissue offers a Schumann recital : Kinderszenen , which has an affectionate poetic feel but is also a touch wilful ; a strongly characterized Waldszenen ; and most successful of all , Albumblätter which ends the recital impressively . |
| 11 | Simply , this is a blanket opposition to the bosses , but is also a refusal to accept even the idea of acknowledged leadership . |
| 12 | This not only causes chaos , but is also a waste of water and causes pollution . |
| 13 | His shop-cum-showroom is somewhere you can buy an object , perhaps a picture frame , a clock or a faux-book box , but is also a place where you can commission pieces . |
| 14 | The list above is only meant to be indicative , and to it could be added those that are difficult to categorise because of their broad nature — loss of confidence , which could occur because of any of the above risks , but is also a risk in itself , and fraud . |
| 15 | This is true for relations with wider kin but is also the case for friendships . |
| 16 | In this respect inflation is not only everywhere a monetary phenomenon , but is also the responsibility of government . |
| 17 | ‘ The [ leader ] not only creates the rational and tangible aspects of organisations , such as structure and technology , but is also the creator of symbols , ideologies , language , beliefs , rituals and myths . ’ |
| 18 | The reduction is largely due to the exclusion of tea gardens from the forest category , but is also the result of degradation and shifting cultivation . |
| 19 | Thus the marginal cost of a film is not only the market value of extra meals that could have been produced , but is also the value of the marginal utility consumers would have derived from those meals . |
| 20 | But is n't a person , and to an even greater extent , a character in a novel , by definition a unique , inimitable being ? |
| 21 | But is n't a soccer player an enter-tainer ? |
| 22 | But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ? |
| 23 | ( But is n't the terror of expenditure without return the very epitome of bourgeois economic continence ? ) |
| 24 | Engine stroke has an effect on torque but is n't the yardstick it once was . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not much of an expert , ’ Hugh said , ‘ but is n't the wine rather good ? ’ |
| 26 | A previous knowledge of computing may be of some advantage initially but is not a prerequisite for entry to the course . |
| 27 | Of course drugs is , is one of the wonderful examples that the very thing that Katherine was talking about , something that was n't there in the beginning and that has been produced by modern technology and is now a big problem , but is not a problem to Australian Aborigines because they do n't have any drugs er to speak of , of course now they do and alcohol is a terrible problem with Australian Aborigines I talked to David McKnight about it . |
| 28 | A Sheriff Officer is a person in private practice who has been appointed an officer of the court but is not a court employee . |
| 29 | Furthermore , a valuation merely provides assurance that the transaction was not at an under value but is not a defence . |
| 30 | Although this relation is in TNF because the ‘ lecturer ’ is dependent on all the key ( both ‘ student ’ and ‘ module ’ determine the lecturer ) , it is not in BCNF because the attribute ‘ lecturer ’ is a determinant but is not a candidate key . |