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 | But somehow at the same time I am washing myself — I 'm trying to get the filth off myself . |
| 8 | The other main formulation is the rule of acting in such a way that you treat humanity , whether in your own person or in the person of any other , never simply as a means , but always at the same time as an end . |
| 9 | We ought , he said , to ‘ treat humanity whether in your own person , or in the person of any other , never simply as a means , but always at the same time as an end ’ ( Kant , 1948 , para. 429 ) . |
| 10 | Without this first step there is no beginning , and every subsequent step in the search takes one further but always in the same direction . |
| 11 | I bought some lovely old half-glazed pots , two plates and a jug — not matching , but probably from the same pottery in the Midi . |
| 12 | The reproduction of an historic statue of the Mother of God in the Cathedral , demonstrates a sensitivity to the vibrant traditions of the past , drawing on them so as to enrich ones own faith not only of God 's choice of Our Lady and her example , but also of the many wonderful traditions in the diocese which provides continuity , constantly enriching the present . |
| 13 | In Florida , the Caribbean , Queensland , and South East Asia they may be extremely extensive , and are important not only for the huge variety of life within them crabs , spiders , molluscs — but also for the many creatures that visit them for food ( herons , egrets ) and which breed in the shelter they provide . |
| 14 | I recommend it not only for its excellent chapter on 17th century siege warfare , but also for the many clues it throws up en passant about where you might begin searching if you know of , or read about , a siege in your locality that is not in the book 's contents list . |
| 15 | Lieb puts it well when he observes that the facade inscription on St Michael Berg am Laim — ‘ This is the Lord 's doing ; it is marvellous to our eyes ’ — paid homage not only to the King of kings , but also to the all powerful Josef Clemens , prince-bishop of Cologne . |
| 16 | Sir : The recent death of your food correspondent , Jeremy Round , was a cause of great sadness not only for his family and friends but also to the many thousands of readers who regularly enjoyed his articles . |
| 17 | In 1712 the Goldsmiths , finding themselves responsible for yearly payments not only to the charities which they supported or were still required to pay for but also to the many hundreds of the Company 's annuities over the years 1695–1709 , resolved to mortgage their properties . |
| 18 | Among the exquisitely pungent thoughts of self , of responsibility and tradition , stands the one who was powerfully driven by his sensual nature , by his personal loneliness , by the intense need to be one not only with the One , but also with the many in human completion . |
| 19 | At its best such a book will not only provide a satisfying solution to the murder puzzle which it still must have , but also at the same time the solution of the mystery should reveal finally what it was the novel had to say . |
| 20 | Undoubtedly we are living through a period of considerable political instability , in which there is a complex ‘ crisis of legitimacy ’ ( to use Habermas ' expression ) not only in the capitalist societies but also in the former communist societies of Eastern Europe , and in many countries of the Third World ; but the crisis works itself out through an international system of relationships , and such events as the overthrow of President Allende 's government in Chile , or American and Soviet military intervention in various regions of the world in the postwar period , can not be fully comprehended unless they are seen in the setting of global political conflicts . |
| 21 | As it is , the magnitude and direction of laterality effects vary not only between different subjects and different experiments but also within the same subject at different stages within an experiment ( e.g. Hellige " , 1976 ; Shefsky , Stenson and Miller , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | More children ( 90 per cent ) have pre-school education in the GDR than in the Federal Republic ( about 80 per cent ) , but overall about the same proportion go to school . |
| 23 | It may be valid to teach a stroke such as a bow rudder to a recreational paddler but even on the same paddle stroke the arm and paddle positions used by slalomists and WW tourists are very different . |
| 24 | But almost in the same instant she rejected that idea . |
| 25 | International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation . |
| 26 | The brightest of them , M37 , is in the same × 7 field with Theta , but barely in the same field with × 12 . |
| 27 | I base this theory on having seen the fish both distressed and inflated , but never at the same time . |
| 28 | I 've had tons of guitars , but never at the same time — I never had enough money to have them all at once . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes Matthew or Luke depart from Mark 's order of events but never at the same time together and they always return to it . |
| 30 | ‘ They campaigned throughout the 19th century for ladies ' lavatories , which were gradually introduced — but never on the same scale as the gents . ’ |