Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This deeper controversy sustains the debate between liberal interpretations of the modern law of contract , but paradoxically at the same time demonstrates its pointlessness . |
| 2 | An increased number of children may not lead to more dwellings being required , but rather to the same number of larger homes ; or may affect the types of homes needed , such as those with amenities like gardens : conversely , an ageing population , which tends to consist of smaller household sizes , may need a larger number of dwellings , perhaps smaller and with special requirements such as ease of access . |
| 3 | Within that report he tells us erm , the rather startling disturbance story , that in fact it almost suggests , has been suggested the revolution has n't happened because the situation has continued as before with a different name but basically with the same er with the same kind of programme intact . |
| 4 | But so about the same time as the mill was heightened , I think that th land was drained . |
| 5 | The unit would supervise research contracts in academia and industry — but especially in the latter , thus breaking important new ground in the way Britain conducts its R&D . |
| 6 | Both light ( dark and heavy ) and patient ( doctor and dentist ) can be said to have more than one opposite , but only with the former can we construct a cell : |
| 7 | He did admit , however , that the growth itself had induced ‘ peculiar crises ’ , but not of the same character as those observed in the capitalist economies . |
| 8 | A record type can be a member of one or more sets and can be both owner and member but not of the same set . |
| 9 | The German guns then opened up but not to the same extent . |
| 10 | Two other departments also undertake this role but not to the same extent . |
| 11 | Several species of desert-living frogs and toads can withstand dehydration , but not to the same extent . |
| 12 | West Indians have it , but not to the same degree . |
| 13 | Qatar benefited from windfall oil profits as a result of the crisis but not to the same extent as other Gulf states . |
| 14 | There had been trade unions before of course , and er activity but not to the same extent between fifteen er nineteen fifty five to sixty , there was a great surge forward . |
| 15 | Internal price controls may be important for the former ( IFC , 1986 ) , but not for the latter . |
| 16 | When I speak to him he responds ; but not with the same speed with which he responds to his nurse , from whom of course he obtains satisfaction of his physical needs . |
| 17 | External stress caused by unemployment , debts and poor housing were also mentioned but not with the same frequency as issues concerned with the parent/child relationship . |
| 18 | It still goes on , but not with the same rigour . |
| 19 | I mean , I 've worked with the County Council but not on the same sort of budgets as the district councils so they 're making decisions that are affecting the districts that they have n't got any means of |
| 20 | Michael Lynagh is still rattling along towards the four-figure mark but not at the same rate . |
| 21 | Yet the links between the provincial and the national press meant that it would be complicated , if not illogical , to allow investment by the former but not by the latter . |
| 22 | The concentrations of freon eleven and freon twelve dissolved in surface waters have both increased dramatically since nineteen fifty but not by the same amount and so measuring their ratio in a sea water sample will tell us how old the water is . |
| 23 | The only even superficially attractive argument from the names in favour of his view is the implicit one that " Fenari-oglu " is used in the former case but not in the latter . |
| 24 | Reynolds had come across two others like it in all respects , but not in the same folder , and not with the incriminating paragraph ; that too was odd , in retrospect . |
| 25 | This may indicate that the brooches were consistently worn in a particular position , but not in the same way . |
| 26 | The fellows never seemed to rib the other NAAFI girls very much : they joked with them , but not in the same way as they did with Lemon . |
| 27 | This came partly from that confidence built up in the wide affection of the large family , partly perhaps from the arrogance of the supreme athlete , mostly , though , from his view that writing and learning were the real thing : acting was fine and dandy but not in the same league . |
| 28 | It returned a WinTach Windows performance index of 4.5 , which was OK , but not in the same league as the other local bus video machines I looked at . |
| 29 | But not in the same way . ’ |
| 30 | The exclusion of the author from critical analysis , the attention to form , the claims for scientificity are themes which have all been voiced before , but not in the same theoretical context , and so they acquire a different significance . |