Example sentences of "but [adv] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circumstance which offended most of the Yek who heard of it was not the attempt on Alexei 's life , but rather the means which had been employed . |
| 2 | They develop a theory of selective behaviour which does not specify what bureaucrats ' preferences are , but rather the means they use to satisfy them . |
| 3 | My question however concerns not accuracy in labelling but rather the means whereby an exhibit of objects might draw on theories of ‘ otherness ’ in order to explore the role of design in the production of identity . |
| 4 | But eventually the pair made the mistake of trying to sell the gems they had claimed were stolen . |
| 5 | Some landowners were from time to time able to obtain , by favour or by purchase , a royal grant of the right to hunt the lesser beasts of the forest , such as fox , wild cat and hare , but rarely the deer ; the general prohibition remained . |
| 6 | OK so people are grumbling at the moment about the players , some are doing well others are not , but having watch Deane miss goals and Hodge run around like a headless chicken every week is frustrating , but perhaps the media 's failure to provide good , unbiased coverage of Leeds results in people moaning to the mailing list . |
| 7 | If the pinches of flake were thrown over any other bream 's head then that fish would veer to one side , but only the bream immediately alongside him would react , and then only to get out of the way . |
| 8 | The Profitboss does n't manage the detail but only the people who get the details right . |
| 9 | The review of services wo n't be complete until Novemeber , but already the people of Banbury are talking about organising a protest march to try to save their hospital services . |
| 10 | The South Sea Company was to be excused payment of sums of £4.1 million , but not the £1 million due on Exchequer bills . |
| 11 | The trouble is that the public backs the law but not the means to make it work . |
| 12 | Satyāgrahis may hate the systems but not the people who are involved with the system . |
| 13 | The Kurdish refugees want to see Saddam 's promises enforced by American power ; some of the 500,000 who fled to Turkey have drifted home , but not the 1m who fled to Iran . |
| 14 | In the latter position the female swims beneath the male , but usually the pair swims with the male gliding beneath the female . |
| 15 | You had an anonymous female voice , which I assume belonged to Brenda Kelly , the producer , occasionally asking a question or providing a short commentary , but usually the people who appeared on the programme spoke for themselves , to camera , about their music . |
| 16 | The effects of fire are to increase light intensity at the ground , affecting germination but also the fauna and flora of the soil . |
| 17 | A characteristic change is muscular hypertrophy and hyperplasia , which affects not only the bronchioles and alveolar ducts , but also the media of the pulmonary arteries . |
| 18 | Clearly , what a study of society might look like is closely , one might say intimately , related to not only the phenomena but also the data relevant to those phenomena . |
| 19 | The term Earth Mysteries covers not just ancient sites but also the people who visited them and found them significant in their lives . |
| 20 | The law has treated not only Rodney King with no respect , but also the people with no respect . |
| 21 | What Gandhi may be indicating by this reference to the convertibility of the terms means and ends in his thought is that our religious and ethical ideals not only inform the ends we aim at and endeavour to attain , but also the means we employ to reach them . |
| 22 | I have suggested that what Gandhi may be trying to point out by referring to the convertibility of the terms means and ends in his teaching is that our ideals not only inform the ends we aim at but also the means we employ to reach them . |
| 23 | Thus his possession of Barnard Castle gave him the service of Robert Brackenbury , but also the means to reward Richard Ratcliffe . |
| 24 | The uncertainties concerned not only the ends to be sought but also the means chosen to achieve them . |
| 25 | Thus his possession of Barnard Castle gave him the service of Robert Brackenbury , but also the means to reward Richard Ratcliffe . |
| 26 | A report by the West Yorkshire Low Pay Unit demonstrated that it was not only residents who ran the risk of exploitation , but also the staff . |
| 27 | The cost of hardware is often small when compared with the real cost of software which includes not only the purchase cost but also the staff time of the organisation in which it is to be installed . |
| 28 | Presumably also the seller would then be entitled to deduct from the £2,000 refund , not only any loss on re-selling the timber but also the £500 just mentioned . |
| 29 | We have got to have them , but really the people we want to push the country on , you know because people have got to get us somewhere , these are the A types are n't they ? |
| 30 | But now the £2.5 million Welshman has only one goal from eight matches and Villa 's form has nosedived correspondingly . |