Example sentences of "but [adv] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But since that they are asking us what has happened them because they have not seen them around . |
| 2 | It is not because , as they 'll so often claim , they ca n't do it , but rather that they wo n't do it . |
| 3 | It is not that the questioners are unintelligent , but rather that they are uninformed — and , after all , as science writers information is our business . |
| 4 | The striking thing about cases such as these is not that they failed — that is only to be expected — but rather that they contain suggestions that a proper claim might meet with success , although difficulty might attend mounting it . |
| 5 | This does not mean that victims are consciously playing this game , but rather that they have learnt to live this way , not realising there is any better alternative . |
| 6 | As explained above , the proposal of the FRED is not that such expenses be treated as an asset , but rather that they be taken into account in measuring a liability . |
| 7 | What is ethologically implausible about Ullman 's hypotheses is not that they involve some ( unconscious ) knowledge about material objects and normal viewing conditions , but rather that they assume the perception of rigid objects to be basic , while perception of non-rigid movement is taken to be a more complex special case . |
| 8 | It was not that this could be attributed to a weakening of moral fibre on their part , but rather that they had grown up in a society in which there were few straightforward moral guidelines , and into ‘ a community which is thoroughly confused about morals , and … their behaviour reflects that confusion ’ . |
| 9 | The point is not that the theological pronouncements of scientists are to be discounted but rather that they do sometimes have to be seen as efforts at mediation . |
| 10 | This is not to say that the right and left are necessarily the same , but rather that they converge at key points and share an understanding of what is involved in the politics of ‘ race ’ . |
| 11 | The true position is not that the directors must take account of the interests of future shareholders , but rather that they have a discretion concerning the time-scale over which existing members may be benefited . |
| 12 | If the Situationist project is flawed , as I believe it is , it is not because antecedent theories of libertarians , Marxists and Council Communists are ignored by them , but rather because they lacked the will to build on this tradition a systematic utopianism consisting of critique and plausible projections into the future . |
| 13 | There are also some splendid quotes ; Planck 's gloomy view of the advance of science led him to believe that scientific truth triumphs not by convincing its opponents , but rather because they eventually die . |
| 14 | This is not , as Young ( 1981 : 328 ) asserts , because they are ‘ well calculated to be ineffective ’ , but rather because they have not been framed with a crucial issue in mind — how far can a national state regulatory agency effect the operations of a transnational corporation , particularly when its parental state is one of the two world imperialist powers ? |
| 15 | This is not because they wish to act in the public interest as exemplified in the values of their political masters , but rather because they wish to succeed in their careers and the way to do so is to appear efficient . |
| 16 | However , this was not because the goods were unfit for use but rather because they included goods of a different description . |
| 17 | But perhaps if they had listened to what folk-legend had maintained for thousands of years neurobiologists would not have been so surprised at the learning and memory capacity of the bees . |
| 18 | This indicates that the politics of local government do not just respond or react to the local environment , but crucially that they also help to mould this environment , and thus to a certain extent help to shape the local political agenda . |
| 19 | Young Collins — he teaches Latin for his sins — reported to the Bodens when the coach got back to Comerbourne , not to complain of the kid , but so that they should n't be worried about his non-arrival . |
| 20 | The dependence thesis does not claim that authorities always act for dependent reasons , but merely that they should do so . |
| 21 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 22 | But especially when they put them at the end of a sentence where they should be putting a full stop . |
| 23 | A. H. Halsey , David Donnison , John Vaizey , Noel Annan , and Michael Young were among those whom he invited to his home to argue about the strategies and , but only after they had worked , to enjoy his hospitality : ‘ People become much too talkative if you give them something to drink . ’ |
| 24 | It is not therefore assumed that people have a' consciousness ' ( false or otherwise ) or a system or knowledge about the outside world , but only that they have a more or less adequate collection of competences in dealing with particular instances of it . |
| 25 | To speak of these ‘ new styles ’ of politics is not , of course , to say that political struggles between classes have ceased , but only that they may now be modified by other kinds of political action and be less predominant in political life as a whole ; or to argue that the nature , aims and strategies of the principal classes have changed substantially , as Mallet and Touraine have suggested . |
| 26 | Non-members can take advantage of the low dealing costs by calling into one of the Norwich & Peterborough 's 65 branches , but only once they have received their allotment letters . |
| 27 | Non-members can take advantage of the low dealing costs by calling into one of the Norwich & Peterborough 's 65 branches , but only once they have received their allotment letters . |
| 28 | A few were deliberately encouraged , but only where they could further the Institution 's watchdog' function . |
| 29 | Choreographers who are inspired to interpret music can do so in many ways , all of which can be successful , but only if they remember that its overall rhythm is not merely a mechanical guide to the timing of the steps within the dance design ( see page 68 ) . |
| 30 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |