Example sentences of "but at the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 2 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 3 | Players certainly gained in terms of rising wages , advertising , and other sources of income , but at the highest level they often found there were new stresses to cope with as they were ‘ declassed ’ and lost touch with their old communities . |
| 4 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 5 | The woman 's eyes widened as she took it , but at the first taste she thrust it at Juliet , pulling a face . |
| 6 | It 's not hard to find bad ones with cubby-hole rooms , nylon sheets and towels like emery boards , but at the other extreme there are elegant houses with antique furniture . |
| 7 | But at the other extreme there are inner-city bureaux with a considerable need for a large staff , who struggle to recruit volunteers from a very small pool indeed . |
| 8 | But at the eleventh hour I heard that Nigel 's stepbrother would be attending , driving up from Somerset and coming straight to the crematorium . |
| 9 | The nature of the cellular changes responsible for tissue differentiation are not well understood , but at the cellular level they do qualify as hereditary changes : each kind of cell gives rise to its own kind at cell division . |
| 10 | He has lost twice , to Michael Watson and Eubank , but at the increased poundage he has been extended by Sugar Boy Malinga and Lenzie Morgan . |
| 11 | Erm , just picking little bits , I mean er , we when we say actually what it is erm , annual report do we say the annual report to parents , or is it annual report just I know that that 's minor but at the actual top what do we actually call the thing that we 're presenting ? |
| 12 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 13 | But at the front door I ran straight into a group of soldiers . |
| 14 | The Greens had planned to hold their 1989 rally in the Sorbonne , but at the last minute they were told they would have to go elsewhere and the only venue available at short notice was the Cité . |
| 15 | She 's not living in Plymouth as , she was gon na be but at the last minute they found a flat for her and |
| 16 | Despite everything she 'd said , her eyes fluttered closed in unspoken invitation , but at the last second she heard his laughter , low and mocking . |
| 17 | But at the last moment her courage deserted her and she ran , sobbing , away from the house into the arms of a friend . |
| 18 | I 've travelled with them all : had a lovely Villa in Tuscany one year through Villas Italia — I 'd organised a party of 14 to come with me , but at the last moment her Mum said no . |
| 19 | She really had made an effort to accept Rune 's invitation for the three of them to attend the firm 's party on the eve of their campaign presentation , but at the last moment her nerve had failed her . |
| 20 | He almost lost it as he came to rest , but at the last moment he twisted onto his back and with both hands pressed his prize thankfully against his frilled inside shirt front . |
| 21 | But at the last moment he changed his mind , and instead leaned forward again and took another cigarette out of the box on the table . |
| 22 | Newley might have been useful here , but at the last moment he had decided not to come . |
| 23 | But at the last moment she lost the desire to do so , because his face was not merely sad but forbidding , even hostile . |
| 24 | There was a buzz of excitement all around the room , but at the same time everyone had the same nervous look about their face . |
| 25 | But at the same time one can not help feeling that Proofs is the kind of story that would have been better off as a three-page essay in Granta . |
| 26 | It is rather like working with people from other countries ; there may be good communication at one level , but at the same time one has the sense of the difference of cultures . |
| 27 | In making an apology one accepts blame for what has happened , but at the same time one tries to convince the injured party if there happens to be one , or the world at large if not , that the error is not to be taken as representative of the real self . |
| 28 | It is fair to say , particularly when one is considering overseas relations , that there was some form of national sentiment , but at the same time one should guard against the assumption that this was a dominant force in determining men 's attitudes on all occasions . |
| 29 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 30 | But at the same time their concern with Eastern Europe is one more reason that they do not want West Europeans to do anything that weakens NATO . |