Example sentences of "but [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survey found that numbers of Britain 's only native cat , Felix silvestris , have declined throughout Scotland , but most importantly in the north and west , where the cat is genetically purer than any other in Europe . |
| 2 | Marx argues in many places , but most clearly in the Preface to the Critique of Political Economy , that the source of the destruction of the capitalist system would come from the fact that the social system which itself had been created in order to work the factories and markets of capitalism would become increasingly incompatible with the technological requirements of these factories and markets , and that ultimately this incompatibility would lead to revolution . |
| 3 | The storm theme [ 11 ] hurls the minor second at us on various levels , but most powerfully on the root note E flat , suggesting the Phrygian mode ( i.e. E to E on the white notes of the piano , transposed down a semitone ) . |
| 4 | Steve hit his brother playfully but rather hard on the shoulder . |
| 5 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 6 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 7 | Free trade has worked in Germany , but less well in the US . |
| 8 | Similarly the efficiency of a hospital should not be judged just by the number of operations completed , but perhaps also by the effectiveness of the operations . |
| 9 | As Bourque and Grossholtz put it , ‘ that politics is a man 's world is a familiar adage ; that political science as a discipline tends to keep it that way is less well accepted , but perhaps closer to the truth ’ ( 1984 , p. 103 ) . |
| 10 | really very interesting but perhaps just for a start it might |
| 11 | Interpretation is the heading which is the most wide-ranging of the three elements , including questions of form or style , but perhaps additionally considering the work 's historical background , and technical , thematic or other questions , including the artist 's biography . |
| 12 | The concept of the spectacle is an effective term which now has a wide currency , but perhaps only in a sense which approximates its use by the Situationists . |
| 13 | The assistant commissioner reported troubles with the farmers , but much more with the labourers . |
| 14 | So fluffy to see but so hard to the touch . |
| 15 | That summer of 1984 was very hot , with successive weeks of clear skies and sunny days , but so early in the morning there was mist in the air and the grass was still wet . |
| 16 | The Greek civil war of 1946–49 — less than half a century ago in fact , but merely yesterday in the politics of south-east Europe — was the last great European left-versus-right convulsion ; by comparison , the Hungarian rebellion of 1956 was no more than a bloody skirmish . |
| 17 | Algal bloom , which smothers and kills aquatic wildlife , has become a familiar problem on many inland waters , but especially here in the Norfolk Broads . |
| 18 | But only up to a point , you see . |
| 19 | McFarlane took it to heart also , but only up to a point . |
| 20 | Burton 's local fame grew in contradicting this up to a point — but only up to a point . |
| 21 | The three businessmen-politicians can be lumped together , but only up to a point . |
| 22 | The answer is , yes it is , but only up to a point . |
| 23 | But only up to a point . |
| 24 | That is true , but only up to a point ; I have found the procedures laborious at times but usually vital , and SCOTVEC 's full-time officers invariably helpful and cheery . |
| 25 | He put it best , perhaps , when he said that the writer must wade into life as into the sea , but only up to the navel . |
| 26 | the person named can then write in the figures , but only up to the amount stated . |
| 27 | Butler 's examination of this policy from 1952 to the 1970s shows that the differences between the average list size of the four different areas have declined , but only slightly over the years and with a number of upward and downward fluctuations . |
| 28 | He makes a great deal , as we have seen , of the gift of the Holy Spirit to Jesus : but only once in the ministry does he speak of the disciples having the Spirit . |
| 29 | Evidence for this is so freely available even within a single language that it may be overlooked ; a random pair of examples from English , one abstract , one " concrete " , would be those in ( 40 ) and ( 41 ) , each showing the same notion present twice but only once in the guise of a noun : ( 40 ) the male ape has amazing strength the male ape is amazingly strong ( 41 ) Steve 's scarf was greasy there was grease on Steve 's scarf The question is not essentially affected by the need to enter certain caveats related to the superficial grammar of the language concerned ; thus in English , unlike for example Russian or Latin , there are relatively few nouns which can instantiate an entity without some article or other determiner playing a supporting part . |
| 30 | But only down to the tiles so mine 'd only be half way . |