Example sentences of "but [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From that site too come the Callanish eagles whose strength is not in flight , or size , or speed or skill but rather in a spirit whose power has been forget through time . ’ |
| 2 | Mason took his unbeaten record to 33 fights by a margin of 98 ½-97 , or three rounds , but rarely in a British ring have two heavyweights been so well matched . |
| 3 | There were in this dingy , badly heated studio , moments of rare artistic quality of a kind that occurs but rarely in a century ’ . |
| 4 | Other people , however , have a long tradition of breakfasting wholeheartedly , but perhaps in a way that is not wholesome for the heart . |
| 5 | But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise . |
| 6 | Many felt this social occasion should be continued but perhaps in a different form . |
| 7 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 8 | But obviously in a recessionary period , which we are certainly not out of yet , you have to remember that Alton Towers has a per cap of something like fourteen pounds a head at the moment , er , average of all people . |
| 9 | We would want this to be seen logically , through approval of the structure plan , to be taken up in r in the relevant local plan , and for that relevant local plan to then sort out competing claims from prospective developments , in mu in much the same sort of exercise as we 've seen in the structure plan but obviously in a more detailed way . |
| 10 | Mr Salmond rejected claims that he had made the issue a question of confidence and said he was ‘ relaxed ’ at the prospect of a challenge , adding : ‘ I think that is a rather far fetched possibility , but obviously in a democratic party everyone has the right to stand for national convener . ’ |
| 11 | Well , to embrace both decency and pop in this context , to be a socialist by day and a hip hopper by night after a hard day 's campaigning , are quite feasible options , but only in a rotten , free-market society such as our own . |
| 12 | JOHNNY MARR and Morrissey , the brains and the looks behind the late , lamented Smiths , are back together again — but only in a design studio . |
| 13 | In fact , Moses did ‘ see God ’ , but only in a partial sense . |
| 14 | It may be that gluten is important , but only in a fairly small proportion of schizophrenia cases . |
| 15 | Fourthly , Realism accepts that political acts have moral significance , but only in a sense which relates to the interests of the political agent and which has more to do with prudence than with traditional ethics . |
| 16 | A is indeed more precise , but only in a trivial sense , for in B does present us with the same referent as in A. If , on the other hand , the lines changed places , so that we read : |
| 17 | Some generalisations proved possible , but only in a piecemeal and not wholly consistent fashion . |
| 18 | There are strong similarities to ideals and ways of thought in other English-speaking countries and Western Europe , but only in a broad sense . |
| 19 | On the other , it may bring to light significant features of style which would otherwise have been overlooked , and so lead to further insights ; but only in a limited sense does it provide an objective measurement of style . |
| 20 | In this sense a verdict may be given on its policies , but only in a very general way . |
| 21 | A DNA-DNA colony hybridization study ( 11 ) performed with an IS1151 probe internal to the ORF sequence ( nucleotides 314 to 1303 ) also revealed homologous sequences in some non-epsilon-toxin-producing strains : in all 7 type C strains ( beta-toxin-producing ) , in 3 out of 8 enterotoxin-producing type A strains , but only in a very few non-enterotoxigenic type A strains ( 5 of 108 ) . |
| 22 | Data can be passed between these programs but only in a limited way through a copy buffer . |
| 23 | She wanted both of these to some extent but only in a police force whose integrity she could believe in . |
| 24 | A pity Derek was n't home , but only in a way . |
| 25 | The firm should not normally act in the role of principal during the course of divestment negotiations , but only in a professional or agency role . |
| 26 | Nobody , of course , will believe it : ‘ He was such a nice man — a bit sarcastic at times but only in a playful sort of way . ’ |
| 27 | Strangely , she was no longer in the long room with the little door , but outside in a wood . |
| 28 | When news of this reached El Cid , he at once set out for his city but already in a matter of ten days , much of what he had achieved was undone . |
| 29 | ( ante 1248– c. 1313 ) , administrator , first appears in surviving records , but already in a responsible position , in 1269 . |
| 30 | It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but once in a lifetime was enough , as they themselves had been told by those who had made the 1928 pie . |