Example sentences of "but at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at every turn it caught up with her , here to laugh belittlingly , there to make a venomous comment , about Katherine 's hair , her clothes , her French accent . |
| 2 | True , my eyes did the selecting that guided their evolution , but at every stage I was limited to a small clutch of progeny offered up by random mutation , and my selection " strategy " , such as it was , was opportunistic , capricious and short-term . |
| 3 | Not just at Whitely , but at every prison in the country . ’ |
| 4 | The markets will provide this money , but at a cost . |
| 5 | But at a cost . |
| 6 | They said they could do the same cake but at a cost of £103 , ’ she said . |
| 7 | A US$145,00,000 surplus was achieved on the $2,070 million 1990 budget , but at a cost to foreign creditors who had not received payment on their loans since 1987 . |
| 8 | I do n't believe that 's because people are being treated better , or more people are being treated better , but at a cost of eighty million pound , there are four thousand more managers or accountants , people brought in from business , people who will do business , people who will sort out privatisation . |
| 9 | I do n't believe that 's because people are being treated better , or more people are being treated better , but at a cost of eighty million pound , there are four thousand more managers or accountants , people brought in |
| 10 | That raid was probably foiled , but at a cost ; a damaged business , a damaged police car and an injured officer , who was lucky to escape more serious harm . |
| 11 | It 's certainly convenient … but at a cost . |
| 12 | The 1996 Challenge is again open to amateurs , with or without sailing experience — but at a cost of almost £19,000 apiece . |
| 13 | It propelled capitalism up the longest and steepest economic incline in history , but at a cost . |
| 14 | In the context of the discussion , however , this disagreement is not treated as face-threatening : it is not directed at Brenda 's personal position but at a proposition ( that the existence of " halfcastes " has confused racial boundaries ) which she has articulated and which is now " up for grabs " . |
| 15 | But at a quarter past one Sister Benedicta took over . |
| 16 | I had n't expected to be able to speak to Alan before the end of the week , but at a quarter to five Sylvia de Groot telephoned to say that he was free now if I still wanted to see him . |
| 17 | Boeing did offer Japan 's big three airframe makers ( Mitsubishi , Kawasaki and Fuji Heavy Industries ) a chance to learn some of the tricks about selling big commercial jets — but at a price . |
| 18 | These two problems can be overcome but at a price in terms of the overall precision and accuracy of the result . |
| 19 | Money-Go-Round : Protection but at a price |
| 20 | When you have reached the prime of life and acquired a home and possessions to be proud of , you want to be sure that you have reliable insurance — but at a price that you feel recognises and rewards the care that you take . |
| 21 | A solid choice , but at a price . |
| 22 | The newly founded School of Communication Art , Woodbridge House , 9 Heyward 's Place , Clerkenwell Green , London EC1 is offering something more comprehensive and conceptual — but at a price . |
| 23 | This objective has been met , but at a price ; an increasing number of poor families are faced with high marginal tax rates . |
| 24 | You are only looking at it from our point of view though are n't you , I mean they , they 're going to look at it from the point of view that they can possibly obtain sixteen zero zero fours , although they 'd obviously like to get them cheaper , but at a price that makes the the overall package that contains that bearing and a six eight O seven cheaper than than the package that we would like them to use which inc would incorporate six zero zero fours , and er whatever after . |
| 25 | The treatment has good results but at a price . |
| 26 | The treatment has good results , but at a price . |
| 27 | Tina Bowler and Tony Kerr have a happy family life , but at a price . |
| 28 | Thus good title is conferred upon the purchaser but at a date later than it should have been . |
| 29 | We had ample occupation watching the play of the clouds over the sides of the hills , and the bits of rugged moor and moss and flowing stream that enlivened the way ; but at a turning within some three miles of the inn of Kinlochewe , as we were about to pass the east-going mail gig with its complement of travellers , our driver jerked the horses into a ditch , which upset our machine and broke one of the springs . |
| 30 | The Convention is confined to international financial leasing , that is , to leasing which in economic terms is equivalent to a sale or purchase-money loan , the equipment being leased to a single lessee at whose request it was bought and the rentals being fixed not by reference to the use-value of the equipment as such but at a level which , taking into account cash-flows , tax-reliefs , and the like , will guarantee to the lessor the reim-bursement of his capital costs and desired return on capital . |