Example sentences of "but [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two completely anonymous respondents agreed with this view of overall high-quality work , one confidently but paradoxically remarking that the firm would not have been hired otherwise ! |
| 2 | He was Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean for only five years , between 1984 and 1989 , but besides organising a number of exhibitions and doing all the other things that Keepers do , he managed — quite extraordinarily — to produce this massive three-volume catalogue of the 785 later sculptures then under his care . |
| 3 | But besides offering an interpretation of the content of the art , Sylvester performs an equally necessary task in rehabilitating Magritte as a painter . |
| 4 | The Washington Post of Feb. 12 commented that Israel and Syria were " effectively but unofficially cooperating " in neutralizing PLO forces in south Lebanon . |
| 5 | It 's a simple , but powerfully affecting message . |
| 6 | Brian was shocked : this was not the usual journalistic inaccuracy but downright lying . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is possible to reconstruct some of the clothing in part through the textile remains in graves , but mostly using the position of dress fasteners such as brooches and buckles ( Cook 1974 ; Bell 1981 ) . |
| 9 | Then the man would go to bed for the day , and Boy would stay up , dozing but mostly watching the television . |
| 10 | This involves putting on weight , but mostly talking . |
| 11 | For several minutes they drove in silence , then Tom began to speak his thoughts aloud , glancing briefly at Belinda every now and then but mostly keeping his narrowed eyes firmly fixed on the road . |
| 12 | CAFOD , on behalf of the church in this country , are asking people to write to their MP to stress that this country should not be cutting aid , but rather seeing how we can increase it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And now he was here , a different life , learning not to forget his past and not trying to hide or run away from it but rather learning how to hit back , to use the overwhelming anger he had in him to both constructive and destructive ends . |
| 15 | Clarity is anticipating a major new release in the new year but according to Smith its emphasis does n't seem to be added features but rather providing the means for customers to integrate Clarity with their other applications , or letting third parties do it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But for a committee of aristocratic do-gooders , who are in the business of saving children from violence and abuse , to summarily dismiss a massive cash injection on the flimsy grounds of taste suggests they should n't be in a life-and-death business but rather running their local Girl Guides or church fete toffee-apple stalls . |
| 18 | These loops have a mind of their own , seldom , if ever , appearing on the side seam under the arm , but rather placing themselves right in the middle of the front of a garment ! |
| 19 | Bob summed up : ‘ Bringing quality into the way we work does n't mean working harder , but rather working smarter . |
| 20 | But somewhere hiding in the core of you , is there not a little worm of insecurity ? |
| 21 | But diagnostically speaking , Cauterets is not so particular : its slogan , in the local dialect , reads ‘ A Cautares , tout que garech ’ , or ‘ In Cauterets , we cure the lot ’ . |
| 22 | This rapid response is followed by a region of creep , A to B , initially fast but eventually slowing down to a constant rate represented by the section B to C. When the stress is removed the instantaneous elastic response OA is completely recovered and the curve drops from C to D , i.e. the distance . |
| 23 | The issue was not resolved by the Organising Committee , but eventually Hacking retreated from the CEB view and accepted the arguments for fourteen generation areas coterminous with the distribution boards . |
| 24 | Marathon 's East Brae field will also come on stream in December , initially at 30,000 b/d but eventually reaching a plateau of 120,000b/d . |
| 25 | This is the origin of a great number of ‘ green lanes ’ on the map which run for a few miles , separating parishes on either side but eventually petering out . |
| 26 | There was to be great a embankment across the Welland Valley to carry the canal southwards well to the east of Barnes 's line but eventually joining the Grand Junction again very near to Long Buckby . |
| 27 | He was elected MP for North Belfast in 1887 , moving to London but rarely speaking in Parliament . |
| 28 | She may be portrayed with lions , bulls , birds , serpents , or other creatures , and she is shown dominating them , but rarely struggling with them or slaying them . |
| 29 | Without those pieces Leapor appears relatively innocuous ; she is talented , perhaps tragic , but rarely challenging . |
| 30 | The pushing started first gently but slowly progressing to hard pushes . |