Example sentences of "but [det] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is suggested that the controls constitute a necessary conceptual framework , and presumably have some practical impact on behaviour by providing a normative code for the guidance of management and a public standard for the evaluation of their conduct by others , but that as an enforceable control mechanism their effectiveness is very limited . |
| 2 | In the context of unfair dismissal it is not your personal situation that is to be considered , but that of an employee in your category . |
| 3 | The best agency creative people can do both , but much of an agency 's creative department is likely to consist mainly , in practice , of ‘ developers ’ rather than ‘ creatives ’ . |
| 4 | It need not be an accurate representation but more of an expression of local features and history . |
| 5 | It may well be that the Jewish leaders did not consider the event to be a trial but more of an interrogation to see if there was enough evidence to take Jesus to the Roman Governor . |
| 6 | The ‘ transnational relations ’ approach , therefore , is not a specific theory but more of an injunction to researchers to pay more attention to non-governmental entities , particularly when they are interacting with governments . |
| 7 | Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ . |
| 8 | Unsecured loan stock will have a higher carrying cost but less of an impact on the offeror 's gearing . |
| 9 | It ai n't much to look at , but those of an eagle-eyed persuasion have the twin exhaust pipes and fat tyres as a sort of clue . |
| 10 | ‘ Marxism is to Catholicism as methadone is to heroin , ’ said Ellen to Belinda , ‘ but enough of an improvement to count . ’ |