Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that these penalties have been based very much on the default surcharge , but thankfully the level of penalty does appear to be significantly lower , though the period of penalty is much longer . |
| 2 | But mostly the ethos of Eagle was too remote from my working-class existence . |
| 3 | In a few cases people are the target , usually the result of the horses not having being handled properly ; but mostly the aggression in horses is directed towards other horses . |
| 4 | It was not a matter of ‘ if only … ’ , but rather a nostalgia for a different , a parallel plane of existence , a nostalgia for a future she could never have lived . |
| 5 | Second , it is not absolute simplicity that is helpful in the input , but rather a tuning of the degree of complexity to the child 's stage of development and to the on-going demands of the conversation . |
| 6 | When attention moves from behaviour at the individual to the organisational level , it is argued that since organisations are not unitary actors , but are made up of individuals and groups with competing interests and objectives , companies can not be understood as pursuing a single goal , but rather a range of conflicting goals . |
| 7 | For example , given the heterogeneous nature of cereal production in the UK , a uniform response is not expected but rather a range of opinion amongst producers , largely dependent on the degree to which producers are committed to intensive cereal production . |
| 8 | On the face of it , however , this does not seem to favour an anti-correctionalist position , but rather a redirection of its focus from lower-to upper-class crime . |
| 9 | The major management concern according to Peters is not a concern with techniques but rather a concern with people , and with the division between management and non-management . |
| 10 | An investment franchise , as the name suggests , does not offer daily earnings , but rather a return on a profitable investment . |
| 11 | Here , focusing primarily on changes in art and architecture in Paris , Vienna , and Berlin during this period , I shall try to show that there is no single ‘ modern ’ but rather a plurality of modernisms each with its own specific national characteristics and significance . |
| 12 | The defendants argued , inter alia , that there was no reliance on the seller 's skill and judgment but rather a reliance by the buyer on his own understanding of the manufacturer 's instructions . |
| 13 | A similar conception of the role of sociology ( though with a more ‘ radical ’ political orientation ) is held by certain contemporary sociologists who want sociology to be not simply a discipline which analyses and explains social life but rather a vehicle for changing society , a discipline committed to the extensive alteration of existing social structural arrangements . |
| 14 | Since then there has been less of a general shortage of labour , but rather a shortfall in skilled , rather than unskilled labour . |
| 15 | In these circumstances , one can scarcely talk about planning , but rather a response to ‘ inescapable commitments ’ . |
| 16 | No , it 's not about taking chances in the commodities market but rather a kind of theatre of concern about human potential in our era of heightened environmental concern . |
| 17 | A main real difference in the experience which marked it off from fundamentalist and some pentecostal forms of conversion experience was that the outcome was not the assurance of being saved , but rather a spirituality of trust in Christ based on repentance and the conviction that God forgives repentant sinners . |
| 18 | Mr. Philpot travelled from Pembrokeshire for a gathering which was not primarily a fund-raising event , but rather a celebration of the building carried out over the previous fifteen years to provide extensions of both premises and facilities . |
| 19 | That is not so much a sign that molecular biology is a young person 's game , but rather a proof of how great a magnet for young people 's enthusiasm the structure of DNA has proved to be . |
| 20 | And Bretons and Basques tell us that being French is not a unitary condition , but rather a state of dynamic equilibrium between unity and diversity . |
| 21 | As for the book , there was at least no drastic change of plan , but rather a continuation of work already done : " the short work " was surely not all that " finished " by the end of March . |
| 22 | Therefore when he refers to the sphere of circulation here he does not have in mind market relations , but rather a system of planned production and exchange , which may or may not have included some form of monetary accounting . |
| 23 | Second , the patient 's right to self-determination , in other words , becomes not a matter of legal principle , but rather a consequence of the degree of paternalism exercised by the doctor , supported by societal attitudes which reinforce such paternalism . |
| 24 | From this point of view deviance is not a quality of the act a person commits , but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an offender . |
| 25 | They proposed that these anomalies , which seemed to be arranged symmetrically on either side of , and roughly parallel with , the ridge crest , were not a result of variations in the intensity of magnetization , as earlier suggested , but rather a consequence of the direction of magnetization . |
| 26 | Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change . |
| 27 | The association was not a substitute for , but rather a supplement to , internal company means of labour control ( e.g. via a company union ) ( Homburg , 1983 ) . |
| 28 | In one sense , the characterisation of the transaction as being either sale or exchange may be important because the remedy for defective performance in exchange is not for the price , but rather a claim for unliquidated damages for non delivery . |
| 29 | Gagnon and Simon suggest that : ‘ To earlier societies it may not have been a need to constrain severely the powerful sexual impulse in order to maintain social stability or limit inherently anti-social force , but rather a matter of having to invent an importance for sexuality' . |
| 30 | In ‘ good girl ’ , for example , it is not a simple matter of the first word ending either in or in , but rather a matter of the extent to which alveolar and/or velar closures are achieved . |