Example sentences of "but also [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman silver dishes , for example , are usually made of high purity silver , typically over 94 per cent , but also contain a small percentage of copper ( about 3 per cent ) . |
| 2 | In the OECD area as a whole , industry 's share of total employment passed its peak only in 1969 , and its subsequent reduction in importance was more modest than in the UK , which , almost uniquely , has not only lost much factory employment but also suffered a net loss of factory output from 1974 to 1988 . |
| 3 | The challenge is not just to help to preserve living communities today , but also to preserve a living countryside for the benefit of the future community . |
| 4 | Adorno speaks from the vantage-point of modernism ( though , as we have seen , he arguably gives this too monolithic an interpretation ) : his ideal is an individual critique , which is negative in relation to society but also constitutes a positive synthesis — an alternative . |
| 5 | In keeping with Newman 's ‘ Two Roads ’ dictum , the party supported Jackson but also ran a presidential candidate in the general election — a black socialist-turned-NAP member , Dennis Serrette . |
| 6 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |
| 7 | This led to further changes in management structures and processes but also represented a significant challenge to professional power to determine priorities . |
| 8 | Be before you were chosen by whatever process a number of us was asked to comment and one of the things I felt it important to say was that the URC plays a very important role both in being a bridge between all these nations but also serving a particular reform tradition within Wales . |
| 9 | These cells not only produce electrical slow wave pacemaker activity responsible for the spontaneous mechanical activity of circular smooth muscle but also form a regenerative surface that propagates this activity . |
| 10 | That shows that , despite what we are told by Conservatives , the social charter is not solely about salaries and general working conditions on the shop floor but also plays a major role in the environment . |
| 11 | It clearly represented for him a literary turning-point since it not only swept aside all mystifying attempts to separate the literary activity from the contemporary socio-political context , but also injected a coherent set of political arguments squarely into the literary debate : anti-fascism , anti-colonialism , anti-capitalism , arguments that were beginning to find much grass-roots and intellectual support in France . |
| 12 | Now comes to the Embalmer the realisation that his work is not only of the greatest importance to his client ; to public health in the prevention of infection , but also to create a real attitude towards the job amongst his fellow workers that will mark his particular Funeral Service out from its competitors in the service it renders . |
| 13 | In describing the various features of this academic essay-writing register , we have stressed that the style you adopt not only places your essay in an established , conventional idiom , but also creates a clear impression of you and your attitudes towards your subject matter , as well as defining a specific relationship with your reader . |
| 14 | Either that , or he could waylay one of the match officials and help run the line where he could not only point out to the referee the error of his ways but also use a brightly-coloured flag to do so . |
| 15 | There is concern , however , that providing separate , specially labelled services which only mentally disordered people can use is not only extremely expensive but also encourages a discriminating attitude towards already stigmatized people . |
| 16 | A glittering figure on the international financial circuit , he not only provided East Germany with much-needed foreign currency but also played a central part in all political and economic exchanges with West Germany over the past 30 years . |
| 17 | A glittering figure on the international financial circuit , he not only provided East Germany with much-needed foreign currency but also played a central part in all political and economic exchanges with West Germany over the past 30 years . |
| 18 | In these he has tried to reflect not only the period in which their music was written but also to devise a particular way of dancing inspired by the structure and tone of the particular piece of music ( see page 41 ) . |
| 19 | The exception is Kent , which not only imported a particular range of materials from the Continent , but also maintained a near monopoly over those goods . |
| 20 | He argues that the arrival and conquests of the Spanish not only brought about the destruction of a sophisticated culture but also had a ruinous effect on the environment . |
| 21 | At the same time as our launching of Youth Leagues , we identified volleyball as a growth sport which was not only visually exciting but also had a good , clean image . |
| 22 | As they came back into the City , buses had to slow almost to a halt to safely make the turn into Winchester Street ; it was not only steep but also had a tricky camber . |
| 23 | This is written for students of linguistics but also offers a good introduction for the general reader . |
| 24 | 4-S Briefcase can be customised but also offers a pre-configured recipe . |
| 25 | This ‘ give-and-take ’ role was encouraged by the requirement that the chairman of the Consumer Consultative Council be appointed as a member of the Board , thus giving him direct access to the decision makers , but also creating a reciprocal responsibility . |
| 26 | The organisers of Dublin 's year are keen not only to promote all things Irish but also make a European stand and put on exhibitions of interest to the whole community . |
| 27 | When she was 18 she went to study at the Royal School of Needlework , where she not only learnt how to identify and date historical embroidery , but also became a prize-winning practitioner . |
| 28 | By all means retain the foam , but also install a perforated grid in the base of the bank , over which you should place Litag or Spar . |
| 29 | Like all the other vibrancers in the house , she wore loose trousers and a shirt of pale colours , but also affected a bright red embroidered waistcoat to denote her superiority in status . |
| 30 | NORWEB not only paid the ELR a commercial rate for the daily goods train but also made a substantial donation to the ELR-coach restoration fund . |