Example sentences of "but [adv] that [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is ethologically implausible about Ullman 's hypotheses is not that they involve some ( unconscious ) knowledge about material objects and normal viewing conditions , but rather that they assume the perception of rigid objects to be basic , while perception of non-rigid movement is taken to be a more complex special case . |
| 2 | This is not to say that the right and left are necessarily the same , but rather that they converge at key points and share an understanding of what is involved in the politics of ‘ race ’ . |
| 3 | The striking thing about cases such as these is not that they failed — that is only to be expected — but rather that they contain suggestions that a proper claim might meet with success , although difficulty might attend mounting it . |
| 4 | The point is not that the theological pronouncements of scientists are to be discounted but rather that they do sometimes have to be seen as efforts at mediation . |
| 5 | This does not mean that victims are consciously playing this game , but rather that they have learnt to live this way , not realising there is any better alternative . |
| 6 | The true position is not that the directors must take account of the interests of future shareholders , but rather that they have a discretion concerning the time-scale over which existing members may be benefited . |
| 7 | I do not propose that we enter new markets at this stage , but rather that we seek strategic alliances with practices that offer professional services that we do not , and can bring to us the benefits of their expertise and client base on a reciprocal basis . |
| 8 | That we look not for detailed application of single techniques in a piecemeal fashion , but rather that we look for the general developments from which we can build school specific approaches which translate the experience into usable school practice . |
| 9 | It is not therefore assumed that people have a' consciousness ' ( false or otherwise ) or a system or knowledge about the outside world , but only that they have a more or less adequate collection of competences in dealing with particular instances of it . |
| 10 | This does n't mean that I have slopped believing , but only that I believe in my own way . |
| 11 | A downward spiral of drink and drugs eventually affects both twins — Elliot believes that not only are they partly telepathic but also that they share chemical effects in their blood streams . |
| 12 | But now that we 've changed the thing we 've got to this is something we 've got to add into it |
| 13 | We toyed with the idea of having one on the twenty first of this month , but if we did , but now that we 've got someone interested in the house |
| 14 | ‘ My first aim has to be success with Llanelli but now that I 've accepted this position I 'm going to be totally committed to developing Welsh rugby ’ . |
| 15 | So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility |
| 16 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I just was n't sure what this mystery was all about , that 's all , but now that I know , I — ’ |
| 18 | ‘ No pressure , but now that I know about Francisco it makes sense to leave them as soon as I find something suitable . ’ |
| 19 | But now that I look at her , I 've changed my mind . ’ |
| 20 | But now that I think further about it , I am not sure Miss Kenton spoke quite so boldly that day . |
| 21 | ‘ But now that I have made myself available for England again it 's important to be part of this Championship . ’ |
| 22 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 23 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
| 24 | ‘ But now that you mention it , it could be the Special Calf-Skin Carry-On Bag . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But now that you mention it , I think I 've discovered something very odd going on around here . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't logged them all , ’ she retorted , ‘ but now that you come to mention it — ’ |
| 27 | The reply was , ‘ Not Rs5,000 , Your Ex cell ency , but Rs25,000 , but now that you speak to me about it I will not take it . ’ |
| 28 | The case for R&D agreements is partly that they avoid wasteful duplication of research , and allow complementary skills and risks to be pooled , but mainly that they internalize the information spillovers which mean that a single firm is unable to appropriate all the returns to its R&D efforts . |
| 29 | It does n't mean they in themselves could not be profitable but simply that they have these cash flow problems . |
| 30 | I am not claiming that the belief is wrong , but simply that we have no facts on which to judge the issue . |