Example sentences of "but [adv] with [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The man spoke Imperial Gothic with no trace of the local husky accent , but rather with a kind of spooky affectation — almost , thought Jaq , an alien affectation . |
2 | Nobody forces you to consume the equivalent of halfa dozen eggs at one meal , but it is very easy to do so , so if you have eaten a mousseline of scallops , red mullet , and écrevisses floating in a lake of sabayon sauce , then do not follow it with a honey ice cream or one of those ali baba affairs nor with a peach charlotte containing five egg yolks , but rather with a tarte fine chaude aux pommes acidulées , which is nothing more outlandish or richer than an old-fashioned apple tart made on a base of puff pastry . |
3 | Usually , other world religions will be presented separately and in an open-ended approach — neither from a committed stance nor for commitment but rather with a view to fostering respect and understanding of other people 's beliefs and customs . |
4 | This has nothing to do with NHS reforms but rather with an excess of tender concern on my part . |
5 | The Emperor , however , had not sought power simply in order to dazzle contemporaries with spectacle , but rather with the aim of putting France in the forefront of general progress and restoring her to what he considered to be her rightful place in Europe . |
6 | John Masefield began his collected poems with a consecration declaring that he was not concerned with the princes and prelates , the bemedalled commander , the ‘ potentates goodly in girth ’ , but rather with the humble and unknown folk , the losers and rejected , the common sailor and soldier , the servant rather than the master . |
7 | Such has been the lack of literary models , though , that the nearest parallel is not with any literary bratpack but rather with the new wave of black film-makers in the States . |
8 | But other concerns seem to centre around whether animals might properly be said to be happy or free from worry' , not in the sense of being healthy and free from pain but rather with the human paradigm in mind . |
9 | In this section we are not so much concerned with how many pounds are ‘ in the pay packet ’ , i.e. what is earned , but rather with the general conditions of employment experienced by the manual and non-manual sectors . |
10 | The liberals of Cadiz were not primarily concerned with a socially desirable redistribution of landed property but rather with the establishment of clear and absolute property rights — the Roman Law notion of jus utendi et abutendi as against the medieval confusions of multiple claims to enjoy the use of the same piece of property . |
11 | In the most recent case , the court was concerned not so much with the deliberate communication of confidential information but rather with the danger posed by the " chance remark " or the " inadvertent " risk of leaking the information . |
12 | ‘ My predecessors have set very high standards and I will do my best to maintain the dignity of the office , carrying out my duties with appropriate taste and decorum but perhaps with a little fun , too , ’ he said . |
13 | The hon. Gentleman and other hon. Gentlemen will know that those cases are still looked at fairly , but perhaps with the attitude that all the claimants were given a form and asked to sign their name at the bottom of the list , rather than submitted a carefully considered claim . |
14 | We wanted , on the whole , to be good , not just through fear of punishment , but perhaps with an element of pride . |
15 | But together with the other matters , it raises the possibility that she may never have known Daniel at all . ’ |
16 | ‘ Dry-cow therapy , however , should not be used in isolation but together with the other well-known mastitis-control measures , and do n't forget to talk with your vet first about the antibiotic treatments available . |
17 | Within that report he tells us erm , the rather startling disturbance story , that in fact it almost suggests , has been suggested the revolution has n't happened because the situation has continued as before with a different name but basically with the same er with the same kind of programme intact . |
18 | But along with the miniature conifers come miniature hitch-hikers . |
19 | The pickup switching configuration is just like that of a Strat , but obviously with a fatter tone from the humbuckers . |
20 | No , this recent information must have been relayed partly out of pride but obviously with the hope that Celia might have some suitable friend who needed a nanny . |
21 | ‘ The excuse was a shopping trip , but obviously with the intention of not returning . |
22 | Theoretical concepts like Saussure 's langue help to reassure linguists that they are not dealing directly with speakers who inhabit the real world of social and power relations , but only with a pure , decontextualised system . |
23 | In Portuguese , for example , the consonant clusters /st , sp , sk/ occur , but only with a syllable division between them /-s.p- , -s.t- , -sk-/ . |
24 | After a little Pickerage calmed down , but only with a palpable effort . |
25 | The comparison is a little strong , but only with the intention of making an important point . |
26 | This is fairly easy to answer , but only with the proviso that a given conjunction of circumstances will set prices spiralling upward again . |
27 | In early societies relationships between people are governed by such things as their gender , their age , and their family relationships ( these Maine called status relations ) , while in more advanced societies they are governed by contractual arrangements which are not concerned with the status of those involved , but only with the matter which brings the individuals together . |
28 | Mergers and takeovers would be possible at any time , but only with the board 's consent . |
29 | The rule has been relaxed so as to enable infants to make a binding settlement of their property upon marriage , but only with the sanction of the court . |
30 | In this case the testator has provided for that , but only with the words acceptis centum . |