Example sentences of "but [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a phenomenon one encounters continually in Eastern Europe , but most blatantly when one has to have any dealings with state-run organisations . |
| 2 | this happens on the beach where there is windsurfing , in the car parks and lift stations of ski resorts , when people are hang-gliding or ice-climbing , but most certainly when there is a paraglider about to take off . |
| 3 | It lies at the heart of Europe , which means that we must be not in a minority of one but right there where the decisions are made . |
| 4 | I have seen cross-breed exotic Goldfish that are cute , but rarely better than the original parents . |
| 5 | After four years of training , in a homely laboratory atmosphere where scientists working in shifts conversed ( or ‘ signed ’ ) to Washoe and to each other exclusively in Ameslan , she had mastered the use and recognition of 132 signs together with the ability often to pair two of them ( but rarely more than two ) in significant combinations and under appropriate circumstances . |
| 6 | In reply she always received an acknowledgement but rarely more unless Penini wrote . |
| 7 | It was slightly damp not in patches but all over as if it had been soaked in water then wrung out and left to dry through the night . |
| 8 | Pithy and allusive interjections worked well in a shaikh 's guestroom , but less well when a speaker had to queue for his turn at a microphone to make himself heard . |
| 9 | Both the arms and disk appear covered with skin , but close examination of the disk reveals small granules , which covers the disk but less densely than in Asteroschema . |
| 10 | Americans certainly use lots of energy , but less prodigiously than they once did . |
| 11 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 12 | But less so than before . |
| 13 | The amount of tar in cigarettes is also important but less so than the number smoked or duration of smoking . |
| 14 | Calls a babble of ‘ kow-yow ’ and ‘ kow-lyow ’ sounds , like distant cries of beagle pack ; higher-pitched than Greylag but less so than Pink-foot . |
| 15 | Flight appreciably heavier than a gull but less so than a buzzard , and remarkably agile when chasing other birds ; will pursue even Gannets . |
| 16 | Flight more graceful than Herring but less so than Black-headed . |
| 17 | In the transmission of ability , we assume that there is ‘ regression towards the mean ’ : children of above-average parents have abilities that are above average , but less so than their parents . |
| 18 | And her pleasure was mixed with fear — but less so than she had expected . |
| 19 | Some expensive mistakes may be made but less so as , with regular monitoring and evaluation . |
| 20 | It is potentially hugely divisive given the Scottish party 's left-wing sensibilities , but less so if working-class traditionalists like Clarke can go down Smith 's route to modernity . |
| 21 | London now trades on about 16 times historic earnings — cheaper than in New York certainly but less so when better earnings forecasts are taken into account . |
| 22 | Since the study by Vawter ( 1972 ) , the old problems of inspiration and inerrancy have largely been given a rest by Catholic theologians ; perhaps for sheer weariness and relief , but perhaps also because from the late 1960s many of them were theologizing in exciting new university contexts and learning the arcane language of philosophical hermeneutics . |
| 23 | I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well . |
| 24 | This is welcome not only because women 's desires are being taken more seriously in cultural production or because a less purist feminist film practice and criticism is simply more fun , but perhaps particularly because it is in relation to the audience , and in the context of film reception , that issues of race , class and sexual orientation can at last find their rightful place in feminist theory and criticism . |
| 25 | But perhaps more than that was the concern about this e affecting this precious area of land between Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 26 | In the event , she just survived , partly because Neil Kinnock made an inadequate speech in the Commons debate , but perhaps really because helicopters were really too parochial an issue to involve the fall of governments . |
| 27 | From almost every hilltop it was possible to see the great column of smoke , still far , but much nearer than they had ever seen it before . |
| 28 | Jessie was right : he had come back , but much sooner than she expected . |
| 29 | But much sooner than that you 'll see obvious changes in the skyline |
| 30 | A recession would cut back London 's traffic but so long as the economy keeps growing , the result will be more cars , more traffic and more pollution . |