Example sentences of "but [art] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 The current value of the land is estimated at one point five million , but the land at the time of any sale would be determined by the most favourable planning consent which can be obtained at the time .
2 The stair handrails extended to this stanchion , there was no upright rail at the corner of the dash , but the grab-rail at the centre of the platform step had an equally large fancy bracket on top .
3 ‘ We are expecting nobody , ’ I hear someone say , but the silhouette at the door , like an exclamation mark at the end of a command , demands attention .
4 In this example the charges are in motion and the charge density varies from point to point but the density at a given point z is not dependent on time .
5 If its home clock said the time was 12.00 a.m. but the sun at the release site indicated 6.00 a.m. the pigeon would infer it had been moved one quarter of the way round the world to the west .
6 But the conditions at the weekend were treacherous and he fell to his death .
7 Eva has always had a special relationship with Margaret , the younger , quieter sister but the ones at the top of the family are also high ill her esteem.Joyce was loved for the way she helped " mother " them and Beverley , the eldest boy , was another of her heroes .
8 But the ones at the back are n't .
9 That was very nice , the outlook there , but the outlook at the back was ever so , it was beautiful !
10 But the illness at the heart of the house quickly established itself as normal .
11 He could n't answer , but the second-in-command at the place appeared and said ‘ Mrs Desai , I have some work for you . ’
12 But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort .
13 But the comings-and-goings at the Pozsgay household did not stop .
14 But the man at the front had n't been told this of course , naturally enough and he could n't see that so suddenly with a jolt the wardrobe left him , two steps ' worth instead of one at a time .
15 But the incident at the US-controlled airport illustrated continuing security problems in a city ravaged by conflict and still stalked by muggers .
16 But the management at the Christian Salvesen warehouse at Warrington had received a tip-off and police were keeping watch .
17 Gentlemen may venture as far as the gun room , but the door at the end of the housekeeper 's corridor prevents an encounter with any but upper servants of their own sex .
18 As it fell , it hit on the corner and the door opened and the corner of the door was stressed , literally , you could see stress marks on the wood , but the mirror at the back was in one piece .
19 Kandinskaya put out a hand to switch off the visiphone but the speaker at the other end said hastily , ‘ Oh , and another thing . ’
20 ‘ It shows we have a good future , ’ said the manager , but the gap at the bottom was nearly insurmountable .
21 But the situation at the beginning was not a simple one : for a start , the interesting and convoluted Grade II listed building in Eye , Suffolk , that Kate and her husband Peter had acquired was distinctly derelict .
22 No classrooms or schools were closed , but the reality at the level of one village school was that eleven out of twenty-five teachers were ‘ empiricals ’ though nine were attending Saturday classes to upgrade their status .
23 It is the mystery of Creation , the God of all Jews not some new ‘ Christian ’ God , the God who is not a god but the mystery at the centre of all being who transcends all beings , He who Is , that hung in torment from the cross and died .
24 Some small-scale surveys suggest that some young girls do indeed become or remain pregnant with this in mind , but the impact at the national level is not known ( see Murphy 1989 ) .
25 As the lava cools , not only does the surface solidify , but the material at the sides does too .
26 As was the case with the West Coast main line , the Great Western sub-sector was also badly affected by recession , but the decline at the start of the decade was matched by a spectacular recovery which started from the second half of the 1980s .
27 Even in their heyday they had been fluid entities which could be dormant in specific areas for years at a time , but the decline at the turn of the century was much more widespread than earlier fluctuations .
28 Several recordings have used one or another of the work 's three parts as a filler , but the catalogue at the moment has only one recording of the entire opus ( in the original sonata version , by Lydia Mordkovitch accompanied by Marina Gusak-Grin , on Chandos , 3/87 ) .
29 Hector had hoped to catch Lachlan before he attacked Arivegaig , but the packings at the base of his galley 's mast started to shift .
30 I can totally agree with the woman here just now , what she 's saying but the woman at the back of me just now , she 'd said about lesbianism , this is a different thing entirely .
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