Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It will be better for the APB to issue a delayed but duly considered SAS , rather than one that meets an early deadline but does not adequately address all the issues involved . |
| 2 | An unpublished but widely quoted UN International Civil Aviation Organization report of May 1989 referred to the involvement of the Vincennes in a series of provocative incidents in the Gulf before and after the Iranian incident . |
| 3 | This depressing but widely held view of life in old age is the foundation upon which judgements are made about individual worth . |
| 4 | It 's a simple , but powerfully affecting message . |
| 5 | As a scholar and theorist , Hirsch is known , apart from his unfashionable but vigorously argued advocacy of intentionalism , for his conviction that literature is not a coherent concept , and has no definable essence , and that by extension ‘ English ’ as a discipline has no absolute method . |
| 6 | Other studies have measured ‘ spontaneous ’ platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma and whole blood in vitro using a variety of techniques but mostly involving agitation by stirring . |
| 7 | Such diverse construction methods are not confined to particular types of building but rather reflect questions of cost and regional traditions which appear to have been relatively pronounced in Roman Britain . |
| 8 | However , the purpose of the article was not to provide a step by step guide to the workings of PCA ( see reference 1 ) , but rather to stimulate interest in the application of the technique . |
| 9 | Paint , however , should always be washable — do not use emulsion because you will not bc able to wash grease and smoke off easily , but rather use gloss or eggshell finishes . |
| 10 | In contrast to the other emerging national brewers , Whitbread initially did not attempt to take over smaller firms , but rather to take minority shareholdings ( 15–30 per cent ) and conclude arrangements whereby the local firm bottled and sold Whitbread 's brands . |
| 11 | It does not set individual drug prices , but rather limits companies ' overall profits to 25 per cent . |
| 12 | His advice to the group , therefore , is not to spin off Baby Blues to focus on specific product areas , but rather to split business into small and large accounts . |
| 13 | The issue of socio-economic inequalities in relation to benefit from retirement pensions is not so much one of differences in entitlement but rather involves class differences in survival to old age and in the length of time for which a pension is drawn . |
| 14 | Developing a ‘ collaborative classroom ’ did not mean suddenly insisting that everyone works together all the time ( as some teachers fear may happen if enthusiasm for ‘ group work ’ gets out of hand ) , but rather creating conditions which would allow the collective resources of the group to be used to support and enhance across the whole range of classroom activity . |
| 15 | Not the desire to destroy it , but rather to turn time back and let me never have been involved with it . |
| 16 | ‘ But the immediate impact of the yen 's rise will not be to spur overseas investment , but rather to squeeze exporters ’ profits and so dampen their ability to invest abroad , ’ he added . |
| 17 | The aim is not to increase the community nurses ' workload but rather to decrease time spent chasing the social work team . |
| 18 | Charles was acting quite legally in initiating the quo warranto proceedings against borough charters , and his primary aim appears not so much to achieve royal control over the borough electorate — boroughs which did not return MPs were also subject to attack — but rather to drive Nonconformists and their sympathisers out of the local magistracy and to secure the empanelment of juries who would be prepared to act against the Dissenters . |
| 19 | If this is correct then there are important implications for people who are ‘ near the borderline ’ , if it is decided not to change the clocks between the summer and winter , but rather to retain Daylight Saving Time throughout the year . |
| 20 | The Safrane is n't intended to engage BMW and Mercedes , but rather to outshine Ford , Rover , Vauxhall , Audi , Peugeot and Citroen . |
| 21 | The common denominator of this type of use is not therefore non-entailment but rather viewing knowledge of the referent denoted by the direct object of know as a condition for attributing what the infinitive denotes to this referent . |
| 22 | it has , however , been characterized throughout by limited resources and was never expected to produce detailed results , but rather to identify areas which should be investigated further . |
| 23 | The main reason for using a Statutory Demand is not to drive your debtor into insolvency , which helps no one , but rather to bring pressure to bear on having accounts paid and having them paid quickly . |
| 24 | Like the Trade Descriptions Act , it is designed not to give individual consumers a remedy when things have gone wrong , but rather to prevent things from going wrong . |
| 25 | Michon ( 1988 ) in particular suggests that driver training should avoid providing information at a declarative level but rather give rules which are easily proceduralized to minimize the need for the driver to ‘ think ’ . |
| 26 | Then Mr Neal read from Romans 12 : ‘ Avenge not yourselves , but rather give place unto wrath … vengeance is mine : I will repay saith the Lord ’ . |
| 27 | It does not affect the chemical composition of the water , but rather affects water condition ( typically by a magnetic field ) so that the magnesium and calcium ions are no longer precipitated . |
| 28 | The commercial is not designed to win non-drinkers to Guinness but rather to build company awareness and to remind current drinkers — and especially blonde beer drinkers — about Guinness . |
| 29 | Our purpose is not to define a basic library for you , but rather to suggest kinds of books which you might look for ; and our choice of texts is based primarily on their convenience as illustrations . |
| 30 | But Right Said Fred are good at all this . |