Example sentences of "but [adv] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this issue we are not challenging the value of medical expertise but rather its dominance in relation to health sciences , resources and health knowledge . |
| 2 | However , it is not the description of disability that matters , but rather its effect upon a person 's major life activities . |
| 3 | The issue is not so much whether or how far the sense of grievance or of legitimate right can be justified objectively but rather its potency as a force in the equation , just as an unwavering Jewish belief in the right to all Eretz Israel has proved indispensable to the achievements of Zionism . |
| 4 | But it was very seldom her femininity , but rather her image of toughness , determination , and ruthless single-mindedness that dominated public perceptions . |
| 5 | It does not necessarily indicate the physical absence of Poles , but rather their invisibility to the Germans — even to those who lived there . |
| 6 | The " question " violates Grice 's maxim of quantity in that it requests information which the captain neither needs , nor is interested in , and implicates not his concern at Anderson 's threats but rather his awareness of the professor 's empty pomposity . |
| 7 | Mitterand was too clever a politician to put anything in writing but nevertheless his seal of approval was clearly on the operation . |
| 8 | But gradually her horror of water had extended to the bath and shower in her own home . |
| 9 | But gradually his terror of metal stairways subsided to little more than ordinary fear . |
| 10 | Until 1976 the Commission had responsibility for England , Wales and Scotland , but thereafter its role in the latter countries has been taken over by the Welsh and Scottish Development Agencies ( Carney and Hudson 1978 , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | Mapanje said that he owed not only his liberty but possibly his life to Amnesty International . |
| 12 | As Raynor ( 1969 , Chapter 2 ) argues , the ‘ middle class ’ was never homogeneous ( in particular it has never been equivalent to Marx 's ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ) , but nonetheless its degree of heterogeneity has been greatly increased over the post-war years , and the shift in the distribution of social labour analysed above has accelerated this process . |
| 13 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 14 | I am sure it will do nothing but further his belief in himself . ’ |
| 15 | Redeemable preference shares carry a preferential right to income and to repayment of capital on a winding up , but usually their participation in dividends and capital is capped at a pre-determined amount . |
| 16 | They 've each got ideally a circle and a line so they have identical features but they 're different letters so clearly , I mean it 's quite obvious , it 's not only the features present but also their relationship to the other features that 're present that determines what type of letter is recognised So any model of perception would have to take that into account . |
| 17 | These arguments suggest the importance of the direct appeal to feelings of humanity but also their link to religious-based ideas of justice . |
| 18 | It is possible that boys ' greater experience with measurement in other curricular subjects , such as technical drawing , as well as in mathematics , improves not only their ability to measure but also their understanding of the underlying number concepts . |
| 19 | Thus the choreographic design will describe not only personal moods , emotions and actions but also their effect on inter-personal relationships . |
| 20 | The official Iranian news agency said that such statements not only effectively supported the Mojahedin 's " terroristic " activities within Iran , but also their role in suppressing the Kurdish uprising in Iraq in early 1991 . |
| 21 | He recognised the law of value as that law which regulates the private commodity economy , and insisted that the law of primitive socialist accumulation is the one that regulates not only the internal workings of the state sector but also its relationship with the private sector . |
| 22 | Katy Kass , 20 , not only has the looks of her mother Joan Collins , left , but also her approval for her choice in men . |
| 23 | In all interpreting it is not only the technical skill of the interpreter which is important but also his attitude to the job and to the particular situation in which it has to be carried out ( R.W. Anderson , 1978 ) ; also important is his awareness of the different expression of the same meaning in different cultures ( ‘ the sense ’ of the message ; see Seleskovitch , 1978 ) . |
| 24 | This displays the writer 's common sense but also his lack of knowledge of legal phraseology . |
| 25 | The on board statement establishes a direct link between the goods and the vessel , a link that facilitates not only the holder 's recovery of the goods or insurance proceeds , but also his arrest of the vessel in the event of loss of or damage to the cargo . |
| 26 | In light winds a good practice is to incorporate the duck gybe into the long board flare gybe , this will not only improve the hand movements , but also your sense of timing . |
| 27 | In maintaining captive breeding groups the aim must be to retain , if possible , the inbreeding coefficient of wild groups , and this is hampered not only by the limited captive stock available among the world 's zoos but also our ignorance of the coefficient in the wild . |
| 28 | This was agreed in consultation with other UK EEB members and I hope it reflects not only CPRW 's modest financial position , but also our knowledge of , and interest in , coastal matters . |
| 29 | The transition from returner to returned can be helped by the understanding of colleagues and tutors , but inevitably your success in meeting any new demands made upon you will depend on your own reserves of willpower , assertiveness , give and take , and common sense . |
| 30 | But now her need of him was desperate and unashamed , and their clandestine meetings were not enough . |