Example sentences of "but at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Whether this provided any dating evidence I can not remember , but at the bottom of this deposit was an earlier pavement which proved to be of much greater interest , as it was a most unusual pattern of a scroll of trumpet-shaped leaves . |
| 2 | As the Chief Secretary takes refuge in international comparisons , especially with the other countries of the Group of Seven , will he explain why the United Kingdom is not only at the bottom of the investment league of the G7 , but at the bottom of the investment league of leading European nations ? |
| 3 | But at the top of each Ministry , alongside each Minister , was a British ‘ Adviser ’ and all the key public posts were occupied by Englishmen . |
| 4 | The professionals motivate , guide , provide resources and strategy , but at the heart of a political campaign are its voluntary workers . |
| 5 | But at the heart of the new concern among American psychiatrists is the spectre of John Hinckley Jr . |
| 6 | But at the heart of all the methods , whatever their purpose or form , are two elements : observations of classroom , and discussions with teachers . |
| 7 | For Euripides , understanding generated all enjoyment and creation , but at the heart of tragedy he saw something inexplicable and altogether " incommensurable " with the workings of reason . |
| 8 | The sorrow and guarded watchfulness in the darkness of the external events of the story is counterpart for the inner penitential awareness of the meditator , but at the heart of the darkness there is certainty of light in the Resurrection of the " thrydde day " . |
| 9 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 10 | Each frequency required two plug-in crystals , one for the transmitter and one for the receiver but at the push of a button it self-turned . |
| 11 | Let's look not so much at the left right divide , but but at the tone of the party . |
| 12 | The result would be that killings were classified and labelled in a more refined way , but at the cost of lengthy trials and mounting legal-aid bills . |
| 13 | Closer editing would have improved this but at the cost of time . |
| 14 | Results are obtained but at the cost of personal relationships and the outcomes are not necessarily the optimum possible . |
| 15 | In Paul Guillaume 's gallery a book on African sculpture was selling for fifty francs in 1917 ; it was a book Modigliani would have prized , but at the cost of three days ' subsistence plus one meal , it was out of the question . |
| 16 | She accompanies Lucie and her child to Paris during the Reign of Terror , when Darnay has been imprisoned , and forcibly prevents Madame Defarge from discovering their escape but at the cost of her own hearing ( she is permanently deafened by the accidental firing off of Mme Defarge 's pistol during their struggle ) , TTC i 4 et seq . |
| 17 | This may buy some short-term security , but at the cost of limiting how much of themselves can be revealed and used in relationships with others . |
| 18 | We are regaining that earthly paradise from which we were banished as we grew up , but at the cost of disturbances in our relations to reality , and in increasing pressures of hostility and anxiety ’ |
| 19 | In 1988 the tax was rebased to 1982 , but at the cost of gains being charged thereafter as if they were marginal income . |
| 20 | Multidisciplinary and interagency collaboration might avoid this , but at the cost of greater surveillance by the state and commercial bodies . |
| 21 | In this way basic existential security may be maintained , but at the cost of being less able to desire new attachments to new objects . |
| 22 | Hiding from others may save face , but at the cost of an increased weight of private guilt and doubt . |
| 23 | Secondly , the Soviets ' penchant for canvassing exhaustively for the best and cheapest may succeed in these objectives , but at the cost of enormous delay between the time when applications are approved and machinery actually installed . |
| 24 | Any amount of debt can be sold , but at the cost of driving interest rates uncomfortably high . |
| 25 | The retailer may be cushioned from cut-throat competition from supermarkets but at the cost of their freedom to sell or price as they wish : like small subcontractors , being tied to a dominant parent company may be the cost of insuring against business failure . |
| 26 | At the end of the first year of CCT one study found that local councils had ‘ succeeded in keeping four out of five contracts in-house — but at the cost of substantial job losses among lower paid workers ’ ( The Independent 28. 11.89 : 11 ) . |
| 27 | This has been achieved , but at the cost of stifling personal initiative . |
| 28 | Finn had at last wrenched Bothwell free but at the cost of tearing apart his controls ; in a spiky halo of torn wire , Bothwell crumpled to the floor . |
| 29 | Put another way , thoughtful Conservatives recognise that electoral reform would probably secure the right of middle ground in the face of socialist challenge but at the cost of blocking the returning prospect of the chance to implement the hard-right vision . |
| 30 | In the special theory of relativity it is assumed that a single inertial frame can be applied to the whole Universe , but at the cost of neglecting acceleration ! |