Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a provision more appropriate to the French uplands where cooperatives and joint investments are commonplace but where its use will probably have no significant impact on nature conservation interests . |
| 2 | Many whales also spend some considerable time swimming on the surface , where good sight is required but where their sonar is of little use . |
| 3 | He must be able to judge not only when and how , but where his weight should be applied … |
| 4 | The third possibility is that the plaintiff may take up a position which is not in itself dangerous but where his failure to take precautions increases the risk of the extent of harm which he may suffer . |
| 5 | Group members should not only feel that they are contributing to the life of the group , but that their participation is important . |
| 6 | They show , for example , how the full range of local authority associations , together with such professional bodies as SOLACE or CIPFA , have been deeply involved in financial matters but that their involvement is less apparent in other policy areas such as fire , education , housing and transport which are marked by their own configuration of interests ( such as the Institute of Housing Managers ) all of which have their own style of central-local relations . |
| 7 | This bishop 's ambiguous statements on aspects of Jesus 's biography can still provoke outrage among people who refuse to believe anything but that their saviour was conceived by the Holy Spirit of a virgin . |
| 8 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 9 | To the extent that Europeans know of this Oxbridge dominance , my experience is that they regard it with some satisfaction ( they have generally heard of Oxford and Cambridge ) , but that their satisfaction changes to complacency when they reflect upon what they believe to be the uniquely class-ridden structure of English society . |
| 10 | He felt that it was not enough merely to preserve isolated buildings , but that their setting should be protected and improved as well . |
| 11 | Ethnomethodological theorists suggest that social rules can not be fully determined , but that their meaning is often discovered post hoc through their application . |
| 12 | It is not merely that ‘ state capitalist trusts ’ compete on the world market , but that their creation has brought about a new and different model of production relations . |
| 13 | It is obvious that , not only is it necessary for students with disabilities to have reasonable transport , but that their transport often has to be specially adapted . |
| 14 | There was a widespread and strongly held view that the CITB should be retained , but that its management should be streamlined and reformed . |
| 15 | The business meeting disclosed that the BDDA had survived the first year successfully , but that its formation had not been greeted with enthusiasm by the deaf and dumb of the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | not only profoundly mistaken as to the source and nature of the multiple disadvantages experienced by disabled people , but that its propagation , in the context of modern Britain , serves not to combat but to perpetuate the oppression of disabled people . |
| 17 | Having carefully observed the moon through his newly invented telescope , Galileo was able to report that the moon was not a smooth sphere but that its surface abounded in mountains and craters . |
| 18 | Once , after a particularly sharp contraction , she had a sudden wish to unburden herself to her mother , to tell her that her grandchild had nothing to do with John Carrow , but that its father bore a striking resemblance to Tom Tremayne . |
| 19 | The Independent of Aug. 19 reported that a second country was known to be developing the missile with Israel , but that its identity was being kept secret . |
| 20 | Portugal has not claimed that the treaty is void , but that its negotiation and conclusion are with a State that has no legal authority over the territory in question . |
| 21 | Sometimes women need to make an effort to stretch the circle wider , and a newcomer will have to enter it , knowing that she does not fit in easily , but that her presence may transform it . |
| 22 | Suppose that I expect a colleague to give me a lift home this evening , but that her car has a flat battery ; this wo n't stop us , however , because a friend 's car is parked conveniently near with some jump leads which we can use to get her car to start . |
| 23 | The jury found that she understood what she was doing but that her signature had been procured by her husband 's influence . |
| 24 | One survivor , as I have already noted , said that she did mind , mainly because she missed the company , but that her husband would not hear of her carrying on . |
| 25 | But that her Bloom is soon decay 'd , |
| 26 | Riven examined his leg and found that his boot had been ripped open like paper , but that his calf was only scratched . |
| 27 | We believe that his work of ‘ inspiration ’ is done in the sense that the canon of Scripture is closed , but that his work of ‘ illumination ’ continues both in every conversion ( e.g. 2 Cor. |
| 28 | She said Copper had a 50:50 chance but that his leg may break at any time , not to mention all the problems that come with keeping a horse standing up and not moving for what could be months rather than weeks . |
| 29 | On 21 March , he wrote that he had ‘ thought a good deal ’ about the book — which , bearing in mind the Spanish use the word ‘ servile ’ in contrast to ‘ liberal ’ , I had called Liberal and Servile Society — but that his Board had agreed that in its present form , which was in any case fragmentary , it was insufficiently co-ordinated . |
| 30 | On Jan. 20 , responding to further deaths caused by separatist action , Chandra Shekhar reiterated during a visit to Chandigarh that central government was prepared to hold talks with any group pledging to restore peace in Punjab , but that his government would make no compromise on violence . |