Example sentences of "but [adv] [subord] [pron] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the station in which the unit is based ( not Easton ) , the attitude of the policemen towards it is not positive , partly as a result of their ambivalent attitudes toward sex crimes , but mostly because it is policed by women , who therefore are said to spend their time in Boots and Marks and Spencer , making it an easy duty ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 2 | He held back at first , but only until she was confined in the hospital at Leyden . |
| 3 | There is no reason why computer systems should not have these features but only if they are designed into them . |
| 4 | These differing objectives can be balanced , but only if they are resolved at the outset , before money is committed or spent . |
| 5 | I am not against physical punishment if it is needed , but only if it is called for . |
| 6 | One might ( perhaps ) be able to teach a dolphin to peel a banana , but only if it was incorporated into a sequence of actions required to achieve some goal considered meaningful to the mind of the dolphin — food , affection , play or whatever ! |
| 7 | The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action . |
| 8 | There will be a few multiples but only because they are finished works which exist essentially in that form . |
| 9 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 10 | Top public sector earners such as judges , senior officials and forces top brass will get a 2.9 per cent rise but only because it was negotiated last year as part of a phased increase for 1992 . |
| 11 | But nevertheless if it were handled properly the high-yielding seeds of African maize , upland rice and cassava which are on the way could make a real difference . |
| 12 | But not after it was sold . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Everyone stares at you but not because they 're attracted to you . ’ |
| 14 | The Ministry of Defence says : ’ Bomb disposal experts clear former military land for building but not if it 's used for agriculture . |
| 15 | Public-sector borrowing ( item 1 ) will lead to a direct increase in the money supply , but not if it is funded by selling bonds and bills to the non-bank private sector . |
| 16 | Presumably you 'd find that ethically acceptable if the abortion were natural or legal but not if it were induced for the purpose of providing the tissue . |
| 17 | You need to ask not only whether the actual care is specifically designed for that individual , but also whether it is given at a time that is chosen to suit the person , and possibly family and friends who may be involved . |
| 18 | The deviance of ‘ mouths ’ was in this instance amplified by direct provocation by the police , in part because one member of the force wanted some ‘ skulls ’ , but also because they were elevated into ‘ gougers ’ : the ‘ lip ’ was typical of that of gougers and they fitted the social class from which gougers come . |
| 19 | Some groups were not favourably received partly because they had little to offer the council but also because they were seen as making ‘ unreasonable ’ demands on the local authority — that is , demands which did not square with the councillors ' own policy predispositions . |
| 20 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 21 | The new permissive society differs from its Victorian predecessor not only by virtue of its sexual and moral freedom , but also because it is characterised by lack of agreement over questions of morality , and over the role of the state in the enforcement of morals . |
| 22 | The Government promoted Swahili as a national language not only because it was useful in administration but also because it was seen as an instrument ‘ for uniting the people of the nation 's different tribes ’ . |
| 23 | The book was an immediate success , not only for its sexual interest and its association with the notorious Maundy Gregory [ q.v. ] , but also because it was seen as introducing a new mode of biography . |
| 24 | Colin Blakemore was pilloried in 1987 and 1988 not just because his work was considered ( wrongly ) to be excessively cruel but also because it was thought to be useless . |
| 25 | Lapis lazuli was probably valued in the ancient world not only for its colour , but also because it was derived from a single source and thus always signified its origins as distance . |
| 26 | The original limestone consisted of calcium carbonate , but sometime after it was formed , water rich in dissolved magnesium percolated through the rock . |
| 27 | It 's a great feeling when a wild animal shows you affection , but even though she was born in captivity she 'll always be a wild creature with the instincts of a killer . ’ |
| 28 | But even though it 's run by a private company I see no reason to worry |
| 29 | But even though you 're endowed with all the wealth , all the push , I 'm still — ’ |
| 30 | But even where it was extended from churches to houses , a spiritual asceticism seems to be its distinguishing characteristic . |