Example sentences of "but at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's feared that without active promotion tourism may suffer in the region , perhaps not at the major centres but at small businesses like bed and breakfasts . |
| 2 | It is important here to stress that it is not just hitting to the target that is foremost , but at all times moving the feet to take the ball in one bounce . |
| 3 | But at all times , if they are of one body , they will display continuity of programme . |
| 4 | He gave detailed instructions for the procedure to be followed if no suitable dissertations were submitted , concluding : ‘ But if no such dissertations , worthy , in the opinion of the said Examiners , of any such reward as aforesaid should be offered for seven years , then a Medal , to be purchased with the said accumulations , shall be offered for the best dissertation on any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said Examiners of such reward , but at all times the Foot of the Horse is to be the subject preferred , and next to that the nature , causes and treatment of Glanders , and the diseases of the Eye in horses : And if there should be no successful dissertation at the end of seven years , then the amount of the said accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in such manner as they in their discretion may think proper , so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary Science ’ . |
| 5 | But at all times I would prefer them to act as if they have non-speaking parts . |
| 6 | He practised on the western circuit , where Thomas Creevey [ q.v. ] found him ‘ most amiable , occasionally most boring , but at all times most upright and honourable ’ . |
| 7 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |
| 8 | Occasionally our local gulls will be joined by the odd glaucous gull whose summer home is farther north , in Iceland or even in Spitsbergen : the glaucous gulls superficially resemble our herring gulls in that the adults have white bodies with grey backs , and the immatures are speckled brown , but at all ages they can be distinguished by having no black markings on the wing-tips , which are uniform fawn or white , depending on the age of the bird . |
| 9 | Above area councils , there will be district councils , community county councils and so forth , right up to the Ulster National Council — but at all levels the individuals will never be anything other than delegates responsible to the people . |
| 10 | Clearly working under the pressure of the speed of events in central Europe , the West Europeans have decided to go all out to form a united economic bloc , if possible by the end of next year , but at all costs by January 1992 when the EC internal market is due to be completed . |
| 11 | ‘ The kind of smell which makes sick people worse must interfere with the vigour and vitality of those who are well , but at all events it is sufficient to show that sick persons are injured thereby ’ , per Stephen , J. in the Malton Manure case . |
| 12 | But at all events , the insurmountable obstacle to such planning was the total unwillingness of unions to accept manpower planning which had been at the heart of wartime economic direction . |
| 13 | But at all events , it must be concluded that , assuming an entry age of 14 in most cases , the average length of time in the trade for those who married was ten or eleven years , while for those who did not it was very much longer . |
| 14 | It follows from this My Lords that I believe that the Noble Lord , Lord with his well-known moderation and desire to compromise has gone rather too far in meeting Government intentions , but at all events I do ago go along with his proposal that if it is to be done by order , it would be right that the order should be laid before Parliament to make quite sure that justice has been done . |
| 15 | But at current levels the shares are a firm hold . |
| 16 | I know it was a lie , but at six years old I felt that a close relative should be the one to tell him in a quiet way . |
| 17 | For a high crosslink density the transition is broad and ill-defined , but at lower values , T g is found to increase linearly with the number of crosslinks . |
| 18 | Other research council consultations were identified , but at lower levels . |
| 19 | These will maintain growth but at slower rates than with live food . |
| 20 | But at 37 weeks , she knows everything 's all right . |
| 21 | But at 2002 hrs that evening AFHQ replied to Eighth Army 's signal U 128 two days earlier , requesting guidance on questions concerning " Various nationals " : |
| 22 | Seen in flight they are the most graceful of birds , with a mainly white plumage and long , streaming tail-feathers , but at close quarters they are quite aggressive , jabbing with their big , sharp , yellow beak at anything within reach and swearing at passers-by . |
| 23 | At a distance appears just like any other lark , though somewhat less streaked than , e.g. , Skylark ( p. 205 ) , but at close quarters easily told by black and yellow pattern on head , and by male 's small black ‘ horns ’ in breeding plumage . |
| 24 | Some of these materials will be used for periods of presentation and exposition , not only at the beginning but at helpful points during the programme . |
| 25 | This is covered in a relatively non-mathematical way by Ramakant Nevatia 's Machine Perception , but at four times the price per page of Foley 's book , students may be reluctant to buy it . |
| 26 | At two weeks there was a significant difference in favour of prednisolone , but at four weeks the difference was no longer significant . |
| 27 | The line was first electrified in the 1950s , but at 1500 volts DC it is very different from today 's standard of 25000 volts AC . |
| 28 | Crack shots on both sides would display their deadly virtuosity by firing , not at enemy soldiers , but at inanimate targets close to the enemy soldiers , a technique also used in Western films ( like shooting out candle flames ) . |
| 29 | It has not fulfilled those hopes except in certain ‘ closed circuit ’ situations , where the viewers are very restricted in number , or others where the main channels are used but at unsocial hours . |
| 30 | Anne remembers sleeping seven to a bed but at ninety-six years of age was still puzzling out where the eighth member of the troupe ended up . |