Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last decades of the century saw the flowering of numerous bizarre but intensely committed religious sects which often reflected disenchantment with both Church and State . |
| 2 | It was thus a political decision in the strictest sense , but it was taken , not in response to any kind of popular pressure , but in response to a narrowly but powerfully based pressure-group campaign in which those who stood to gain most from it financially , such as the makers of television sets , played a prominent role . |
| 3 | Pioneering entomologists undoubtedly saw Laboulbeniales quite frequently while examining insects , but mostly regarded these oddities as some sort of malformed exoskeletal growths . |
| 4 | Both types of explanation are rejected as inadequate by the sociologist : the individualistic because it does not recognise the importance of wider social forces acting on the individual which he or she can not control ; the naturalistic because it fails to recognise that behaviour patterns are not primarily biologically determined but rather reflect social conventions that have been learned by individuals as members of social groups or , more generally , society . |
| 5 | It is not proposed to include such software in the current program , but rather to treat this instrument as an intelligent data gatherer and use mainframe facilities to assess the results . |
| 6 | However , the objective is not to produce one constant tonality , but rather to create chromatic harmony in which brief hints of triadic harmony mingle with note-combinations of a more obscure nature . |
| 7 | The 1937 sound as transferred is clear and welldetailed but rather lacks tonal depth . |
| 8 | In place of an unbridled power struggle in which almost anything was permissible and extreme instability in relations between states was the norm , it was now being asserted that the task of diplomacy was not to deceive or even perhaps to defeat an opponent , but rather to reconcile conflicting ambitions and help different states to coexist , at least for considerable periods , in a reasonable degree of amity . |
| 9 | This is not to criticise any individual or group , but rather to highlight potential problems as , for example , where the involvement of individuals might be interpreted by others as exceeding their authority . |
| 10 | Grice suggests that the maxims are in fact not arbitrary conventions , but rather describe rational means for conducting cooperative exchanges . |
| 11 | They did not ‘ rebel ’ in the way that young men did , but rather used this kind of fantasy material as a source of escapism . |
| 12 | As the name suggests , these Guidelines are not intended to be binding or prescriptive , but rather to provide impartial guidance for the perplexed . |
| 13 | The Germans and the French consider it impossible to have a central bank in the EC without binding rules , sanctions and other instruments for imposing economic policy , since ‘ even an independent central bank can not ensure price stability alone , as monetary policy does not operate in a vacuum , but rather has close links with other fields ’ . |
| 14 | Anxiety is not a single entity but rather comprises three facets : first , the way we feel , meaning our physical sensations , including both acute and chronic symptoms ; second , the way we think , including catastrophic , irrational and negative thoughts ; third , the way we behave , including patterns of avoidance and stressful lifestyles . |
| 15 | Very simply it presents , through its visual image of the Crucifixion and its present-tense appeal to passers-by to think of the uniqueness of the love it manifests , a sense of the issues of the Passion as a continual process : The final two lines complete the physical image but metaphorically signify that reality at the heart of Christianity , that through the experience of suffering the strength of love is made known . |
| 16 | The writing on other categories of contemporary rugs may be of interest , but rarely has any bearing on their quality or value . |
| 17 | They feel weighed down with responsibilities , but rarely accept any help . |
| 18 | They have a reputation for being tough but rarely give any evidence of being so . |
| 19 | Some of Hyam 's most impressive passages describe male bisexuality : in many of the cultures which the British conquered or governed , sexual relations between men carried none of the odium or guilt to which they were subject in the United Kingdom ( particularly from the 1890s ) , and he has unearthed much evidence of cheerful , matter-of-fact but discreetly conducted sexual relations between British men overseas . |
| 20 | Although there was no sign of him on the Moscow march , many of the demonstrators chanted support for Mr Boris Yeltsin , sacked as Moscow party chief but overwhelmingly elected last March as the city 's representative on the new Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 21 | So we have no knowledge on that and Peter and team working and Tony is in the , the body of the hall we had quite an extensive discussion over a period of time but perhaps cumulating last Friday , a week last Friday , on the N treble C and we are calling a special lay- delegates conference on the first of July in Sheffield , with one item on the agenda team working . |
| 22 | Breakfast is served in the gentle atmosphere of the dining room with its panoramic views and an impressive mural by Marcus May , depicting Tresco complete with a naughty but much loved green parrot , until recently owned by the island 's landlord Mr Robert Dorrien Smith . |
| 23 | This reorganisation is necessary to enable us to focus even more sharply on our two distinct missions to continue our traditional but much changed nuclear work for UK Government by : |
| 24 | These are basic , but enough to meet most people 's needs . |
| 25 | Tajan predicted in November that Ader Tajan would make a total of FFr310–330 million in 1992 , less than the FFr350 million he had hoped for but enough to cover annual wage costs of FFr13 million . |
| 26 | Machines using it will be in the £4,000 region , but so will Pentium-based machines to begin with . |
| 27 | Power relationships affect outcomes , but so does rational analysis . |
| 28 | Trade unions thought he was going to be their president ; but so did those businessmen who want a free-trade agreement with Mexico . |
| 29 | A few bites followed but so did more boats . |
| 30 | More police arrived but so did more people , constantly . ’ |