Example sentences of "but [adv] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the decision has caused controversy , it is not so much because of the principles underlying the determination of a duty of care but mostly because of the House of Lords ' interpretation of the Companies Act responsibilities of auditors . |
| 2 | His reputation as a superstar of search , as the king of Manhattan headhunters , grew rapidly , partly through effective self-promotion but mostly because of a series of prominent , high-level successful search assignments , in the course of which he placed more CEOs and presidents of top American companies than any other consultant . |
| 3 | The by-laws were lawful not because of what they said but rather because of what they would have said if they had been drafted lawfully . |
| 4 | Any reservations held by librarians have been dispelled , not just because of their confidence in the way the clearinghouses handled the material , but rather because of the realization that free exchange of material can improve their work on the subject . |
| 5 | Scientists take their side in the battle for reasons having nothing to do with the merits or lack of them of the issues but rather because of their politics . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , we adopt the ‘ epidemic ’ metaphor in this chapter not just as convenient shorthand for an increase in heroin use , but rather because of its pivotal role in a theoretical framework which allows projections of future trends to be constructed . |
| 7 | Arthur Scargill was in no doubt that the government intended to reduce the size of the coalmining industry substantially , through a major programme of pit closures : many tens of thousands of miners ' jobs would be at risk as more and more pits were declared uneconomic , not necessarily because the coal reserves had been worked out but rather because of the perceived costs of mining them , relative to the costs of imports . |
| 8 | The thread connecting almost everything to do with our consumption of animal flesh is that we love meat not so much in spite of the implications for animals , but rather because of that . |
| 9 | We might compare this ethical relation to Cixous ' remarks about the need to love the other or Kristeva 's recent preoccupation with love which , from this perspective , hardly involves the sudden apostasy of which she has been accused , but rather as for Levinas consists of a way of formulating a ‘ responsibility for the Other , being-for-the-other ’ . |
| 10 | The elderly Fürst zu Fürstenberg has retained the last for unstated reasons ( just as he has also not revealed his reasons for selling ) , but perhaps because of its profound significance to the Romantic conception of Germany and , of course , to Wagner 's Ring cycle . |
| 11 | The ‘ B ’ model was often preferred to the ‘ D ’ because it was 5–6mph faster , not a vast difference , but enough when in combat . |
| 12 | But Dickie Arbiter , his spokesman , said : ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously as with all back problems it hurts a good deal . ’ |
| 13 | 5.4.1 To repair the Premises and keep them in repair excepting damage caused by structural or inherent defects or by an Insured Risk other than where the insurance money is irrecoverable in consequence of any act or default of the Tenant or anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority ( but only while under the Tenant 's control and in the course of employment ) Provided that where the insurance money is not wholly irrecoverable such sums as are recoverable shall be made available as soon as possible to apply to the repair of the Premises |
| 14 | This enables much the same information to be obtained as that obtainable from the company 's membership register but only as at the return date . |
| 15 | It would be accepted in humiliation … and would leave … a bitter memory upon which the terms of peace would rest , not permanently , but only as upon quicksand . |
| 16 | The Act gives good title to Q , but only as against 0 . |
| 17 | But only because of the awful calamity of Hillsborough and only because a man of the intellect and vision of Lord Justice Taylor was asked for his opinion . |
| 18 | The reserves are shown to increase by £1m that year , but only because of the sale of some farms and houses . |
| 19 | Students studying twentieth century history may find problems with certain types of documents , but only because of specialised language or the verbosity of the writer . |
| 20 | But only because of the dream . |
| 21 | Answers tend to be vague and general , and sometimes phrased in terms of domains or interlocutors , as in the following description : Well they do n't really use it , like , well , now and then , like if we 're all in the family , if like my mum 's going to say somefing , right , she wo n't say " Wayne would you go do de dishes please " , she 'll say [ z ] somep'n like dat — she would say it in a West Indian talk but normally if like if there 's a visitor or something it would be plain English … |
| 22 | Moscow 's decision to assume the economic burden of Cuba can be attributed to the fact that , by this stage , it had no other credible option in political terms , partly because of Khrushchev 's own extravagant statements of support for the Castro revolution , but largely because of the policies pursued by the United States . |
| 23 | When some of these were examined , they were found to be less than successful ; in some cases because of poor engineering practice but generally because of inadequate evaluation of the economic factors involved . |
| 24 | It is a sociocultural category of the highest importance , but just because of this it can not be empirically presumed . |
| 25 | But the aim is to discover not merely whether there is more radioactivity in the brains of the trained compared with the control chicks , but just where in the brain it is located . |
| 26 | The Jaguar had been parked outside his flat that morning , with the keys found on the door-mat ; but just as of his weariness and of his hangover , Morse made no mention of his gratitude . |
| 27 | But just as at Grand Metropolitan , Peter Webber had begun to get disillusioned with big business when the company joined with Inter-Continental Hotels , so the appearance on the Imperial scene of the Hanson Group made him even more determined to look elsewhere . |
| 28 | The first loop , or sideways circle will be erratic and recovery somewhat haphazard : but just as with riding a bicycle , all the reactions begin to come naturally and in no time at all , even as early as the third flight , you will be diving and climbing at will . |
| 29 | But just as in the case of advice , and for the very same reasons , such grounds for recognizing the authority of another , even though sometimes good , are always deviant grounds . |
| 30 | But possibly because of his broad experience of both the public and private sectors , Cuckney rode out the storm calmly . |