Example sentences of "[noun] but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that only groups identifiable by their religion but not race , or national origins etc. , are not protected by the Act . |
| 2 | It needs a powerful machine to run it at a reasonable speed but even if you do n't have such a machine you need to know about it as a sign of things to come . |
| 3 | By not only relieving David Gower of the captaincy , which was inevitable , but omitting him altogether the selectors provoked an uproar ; they came up with a party that had only two specialist openers , an inexperienced middle order , and some fast bowlers who were virtually untried , injury-prone and had a reputation for speed but not accuracy . |
| 4 | I pulled up underneath the e/a and gave him two bursts … the e/a was last seen at sea level eight miles away heading towards Sicily with some speed but apparently little concern . ’ |
| 5 | When choreographers wish to be patriotic by displaying the national origins of a company , school or ballet , they must not only be thoroughly conversant with that country 's uniquely traditional folk arts but also be very sensitive to the way that native performers play in the popular theatre . |
| 6 | Isabella d'Este , was not merely an enthusiastic instrument collector and patroness of the arts but also an accomplished singer , lutenist and keyboard player . |
| 7 | This exhibition examines his impact not only on the visual arts but also on literature and science . |
| 8 | The clinician , clearly out of her depth with the arts but still determined to do her best , had prepared a selection of vid snips from Daine 's source flatties . |
| 9 | Insurers are supposed to insure risks but not to take them . |
| 10 | Firstly , the imperative to examine not only disabilities , needs and risks but also abilities , strengths and resources may , of itself , create an important climate of empowerment which will influence the manner in which assessment is conducted and the methods used to collect information , particularly from older people themselves . |
| 11 | There should be produced to the tenant not only a copy of the policy and/or a summary of the insured risks but also evidence of the payment of the last premium . |
| 12 | What Gunn means by this is , I think , that everyone realises the risks but yet we all feel a tendency to delude ourselves of any possibility that it might happen to us . |
| 13 | Systematic evaluation and forecasting can minimize risks but never eliminate them . |
| 14 | ‘ I do take risks but very calculated risks , ’ he says . |
| 15 | The British Isles linger off the shores of continental Europe , uncertain whether to be apart or a part , and their cattle have developed to some degree in isolation but also with many strong two-way links with the cattle of the Continent . |
| 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 | It is difficult to form any clear conception of what these activities would be like if undertaken in isolation but so far as one can form such a conception it is of something essentially futile . |
| 18 | This depends on such considerations as whether the wider context includes an indication of negation or counterfactuality , and also on the lexical character of the verb with which the adjective is in immediate construction , since the property of the adjective is not applied to the entity in isolation but only as part of the property complex constituted by the adjective and the verb properties taken together . |
| 19 | She argued that , if she could show that what was regarded as normal behaviour in the United States in fact varies from one society to another , then it followed that such behaviour could not be the result of people 's biological characteristics but rather of their culture . |
| 20 | The demand for particular assets depends not only on their characteristics but also on the institutional make-up of the financial system . |
| 21 | Goldney garden , which appears to have developed to the whims and fancies of the women in the family , has the first two characteristics but not the last . |
| 22 | ‘ tend to share a number of social characteristics but most important among these is the fact that their behaviour , personal qualities , and/or position threaten the social relationships of production … . |
| 23 | Taking the ingredients of the cloak-and-dagger historical novel current in his time , he gave his imaginary country certain recognisable Central European characteristics but only one or two passing references to Vienna and Dresden gave it anything like a real location . |
| 24 | It seems that the evolution of his remedy preparation was fuelled by the desire to create , not only , a highly dynamised remedy but also to give it in the smallest dose ( quantity ) possible to effect a curative response . |
| 25 | The AJR is not itself a remedy but rather a procedural umbrella under which any of the prerogative orders can be sought . |
| 26 | Modern Tarquinia ( earlier known as Corneto but now re-named after the Etruscan Tarquinii ) is built near to the original city . |
| 27 | When similar restructuring exercises have happened in industry a core group of policymakers has met , initially to produce policy guidelines but then to take the issues identified by personnel managers on the ground and to develop policy guidelines to deal with them . |
| 28 | An attempt was made in Parliament to restrict the power to intercept for security reasons to cases where this was necessary for the defence of the realm or to prevent subversion , terrorism , or espionage — still wider than the guidelines but much closer to their spirit than the statute . |
| 29 | and luckily that the , the song that we did was funny and so people enjoyed it , but they did n't understand it and they did n't have a visual image of the artist 's work , so I now have to take erm a couple of pictures , er prints with me if ever were going to read it and we sing those songs but not everybody does , and then they do become excessible you know , they can see , you know , that erm , yes erm if it , if I was going to publish a book of poem I , it would have to be stated that this related to this picture and presumably it 'd have to be , it would be with it , with it |
| 30 | There are a few songs but mostly the show follows the stand-up format . |