Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 2 | It is clear from these brief analyses that the nature and scope of the context that is constructed for each individual poem does not simply depend on the choice of deictic expressions in the text , but rather results from the combined effect of a wide range of variables , including the content of the text as a whole , and the attitudes and experiences that readers bring to the text or develop during reading . |
| 3 | The argument in the present book identifies no one set of factors as determining the others , but rather focuses on the separate but interlinked dimensions of society whose appreciation is necessary to understanding . |
| 4 | This is something that has been advocated for disadvantaged communities across Europe but rarely gets past the rhetoric stage . |
| 5 | Operation leader , Falklands veteran Lieutenant Colonel Philip Neame , 46 , is determined to make a final push before Christmas — but all depends on the weather . |
| 6 | Sometimes the object of the panic is quite novel and at other times it is something which has been in existence long enough , but suddenly appears in the limelight . |
| 7 | In a like manner the force on an electron in an electric field has magnitude and direction but only exists at the coordinates of the electron . |
| 8 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 9 | Chubb does not apologise for the material he uses but always performs with the warning : ‘ If easily offended , please stay away ! ’ |
| 10 | Since then the building has been used as a village hall for the local community but still belongs to the Herons Trust . |
| 11 | The club mascot , a statue of Our Lady Vulnerata ( the wounded Maradona ? ) was hacked about in 1589 by some ( Lord ) Essex supporters on their way back from Cadiz , but still stands in the chapel , a focus of prayer . |
| 12 | ( a ) Contract and the doctrine of mistake Where one party is aware that the offer or the acceptance of the other party does not represent his true intentions but still deals with the other party without disclosing the mistake , the law will abandon the objective interpretation of the first party 's intentions . |
| 13 | Baz seems reassured by this , but still mutters about the rest of the tour needing covering . |
| 14 | The creative team works in all media , but usually calls on the services of an agency TV producer to help to set up TV and cinema film production — and often radio , too . |
| 15 | We referred to its ’ Fair Rates ’ document where it argues for it but carefully puts in the word ’ perhaps ’ . |
| 16 | The three hour performance of the Worsborough Mystery Plays in the churchyard of St Mary 's Church in Worsborough combines plays not only from York and Wakefield , but also borrows from the Chester cycle . |
| 17 | Demographic processes , not only concerning the expectation of life but also changes in the birth-rate for instance , economic change , including the increase in the numbers of married women working , and even government policy , all affect the family . |
| 18 | The soloist sings a 16th century Chinese love song , but also vocalises in the style of Peking opera . |
| 19 | Project manager Francis Msonthi , a geology graduate with just two year' experience , is therefore in charge not only of drilling rigs , well-digging teams and maintenance workers , but also travels around the district discussing the department 's plans for water supply . |
| 20 | The chosen design of an individual gear is seen to be successful only if it not only meshes with the next gear in the train but also contributes to the selection of the desired gearbox ratios . |
| 21 | There would always have been ambivalence towards her charges because they were not only a means to an end , but also rivals for the limited rations of parental attention . |
| 22 | The promise of privatised experience in such a crucial area as travel not only erodes public transport , but also feeds into the individualist selfishness of consumerism . |
| 23 | He is frequently described as ‘ having the stoop of an ageing crop-picker and the face of a curious little boy ’ — which may have been true 30 years ago , but now belongs to the discard-tray with other caricatures : caricatures , as Oscar Wilde observed , are compliments that mediocrity pays to genius . |
| 24 | The words belong to Paul Highsmith , who taught in England and Wales for six years but now teaches in the liberated zone of the emerging East African nation of Eritrea . |
| 25 | Lyle , who was born in Shropshire , but now lives on the exclusive Went-worth estate , is scheduled to move into a 16-bedroom home near Edinburgh in February and he added : ‘ Who knows , the baby might even be born in Scotland . ’ |
| 26 | What he brought to the Card Trio was what the singers also brought , which is dramatic tension ; and yet its subtlety is such that it does not draw attention to itself , but simply contributes to the dramatic fabric of the whole . |
| 27 | But even contacts between the most developed states of the west could on occasion , as in previous generations , demand from diplomats a good deal of physical hardihood . |
| 28 | This , I trust , has no connection with the fecal matter we are used to seeing hanging around the back end of a sheep , but instead refers to the fact they spend most of their weekends dangling from a rope . |
| 29 | Replacement by Ala has a deleterious effect in vitro but essentially acts as the wild type in vivo . |
| 30 | Met95 to Trp substitution yields a slightly lower affinity for the operator fragment than wild type in vitro , but essentially acts as the wild type in vivo . |