Example sentences of "but [adv] that it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kendall never claimed , of course , that this method could ever be accurate enough to pinpoint where the archaeologist should sink his spade , but rather that it could help in choosing between a number of possible locations to which the search had been restricted on other grounds . |
| 2 | This is not to say that we need take so unconscionable a time to establish industrial democracy , but only that it would be naive to suppose that there will be no doubts and difficulties — and that it would be a great mistake to let them deter us from starting from present worse to go to prospective better . |
| 3 | Papinian does not say that intention alone is what matters , but only that it must be considered . |
| 4 | There is no provision that a third party organisation 's assent can be presumed , but only that it must be governed by the rules of the organisation . |
| 5 | ‘ But not that it should be me who made it so . |
| 6 | The possibility of publication was raised by Thorneycroft who suggested not only that it would demonstrate the thinking that had been done , but tactically that it would ‘ in some degree pre-empt any White Paper which the Socialists may be thinking of producing based on Longford ’ . |
| 7 | Childebert 's tax inspectors then tried to institute the same reforms in Tours , but Gregory claimed that the city was exempt , and related the history of exemption since the time of Chlothar I. However , if reorganization had not threatened Tours , it is doubtful whether we would have heard of the perfectly sensible arrangements at Poitiers , which suggest not only that taxation was normal in the Merovingian kingdom , but also that it could be organized efficiently , and so far as one can see , fairly . |
| 8 | Presumably it had once housed families of civilian workers at the army camp , but before that it might have been the home of some isolated community of wild-fowlers or oyster-dredgers , with smuggling , probably , as their main source of livelihood . |
| 9 | Presumably the ability to attract good staff is , in itself , the mark of a good leader , but beyond that it can be said that Reagan himself was an indispensable part of the team . |