Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the dictionary aims not at completeness but rather at covering the more usual words of the language and avoids rare usages of these words . |
| 2 | It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface . |
| 3 | It has not just been a question of choosing between state action and individual responsibility , but rather of finding the means to link the two effectively . |
| 4 | Reading the popular music press helps build a picture of which record companies deal in the different styles of music , but only by reading the trade papers will you identify the key individuals in each company who should be invited to your gigs and sent your tape . |
| 5 | Data in erasable programmable read-only memory ( EPROM ) chips can be updated many times , but only by removing the chip , erasing the original program with ultraviolet light , and then reprogramming . |
| 6 | ( Note that it is possible in such models to alter the natural rate , but only by altering the structure of the labour market . ) |
| 7 | The last travel journal ends with Gide back in Cuverville dreaming again of a loss of self — ‘ to be rid of oneself , so that one blue breath , in which I am dissolved , might journey on … ! — a dissolution which would redeem loss , but only by disavowing the recognition that what is most intensely desired is lost to the past . |
| 8 | We might be able to pay for Jason Donovan , but only by cancelling the new computer stuff … ’ |
| 9 | Then Joe unlocked the door and picked up my sister , who had dropped unconscious to the ground , but only after watching the fight through the window . |
| 10 | The agreement was based on a Luxembourg proposal , which suggested that EC governments should set general guidelines on exchange rate policy , but only after consulting the Eurofed with the aim of " trying to reach a consensus [ with the bank ] compatible with the objective of price stability " . |
| 11 | With much difficulty the Doctor and his party escape , but only after surrendering the real core . |
| 12 | The privatization of state assets is channelled into a gradual process trying to attract foreign investment but slow in helping the emergence of a new middle-class of small entre-preneurs . |
| 13 | But just before leaving the path , I looked back . |
| 14 | In one sense CBHPs are not about building a grass roots community health movement but more about broadening the popular understanding of the root causes of ill health . |
| 15 | We should note finally a separate strand in Galbraith 's argument , to the effect that advertising and associated activities serve the purpose not only of promoting the products of individual companies , but also of shaping the ‘ attitudes necessary for the performance and prestige of the industrial system ’ . |
| 16 | The software configuration should thus be capable not only of handling geometry and running analysis programs on the data , but also of selecting the appropriate models for these activities according to the design requests and the functionality specified for those elements . |
| 17 | after 40 years , is not only a matter of improving the buildings , but also of winning the hearts and minds of those who create and control them . |
| 18 | A number of English Protestants were , however , more ideologically motivated than their queen and campaigned vigorously for the adoption of an offensive Protestant alliance , with the aim not simply of protecting English security , but also of furthering the gospel and destroying the forces of Antichrist . |
| 19 | However , the exercise highlighted the value of the Procedure Audit approach for not only identifying procedural flaws , but also for encouraging the commitment of staff to making improvements effective . |
| 20 | The CV method is particularly useful not only in detecting the presence and ratios of both isometric forms ( due to the 0.4V separation ) but also for monitoring the conversion rate of one radical form into the other . |
| 21 | In this situation the kin network operates not only as a means of finding work but also for assisting the process of migration . |
| 22 | The devices are particularly suited for almost eliminating the very high beta-radiation doses normally received by the operator 's hands , but also for reducing the amount of diffuse gamma-radiation which is otherwise disseminated through the laboratory environment . |
| 23 | Ironically , it was a severe injury that first brought Carvill 's Hill to Martin Pipe 's stables in Somerset where , working closely with the Bristol vets , he has established an enviable reputation not only for helping horses to recover but also for avoiding the injuries that plague racehorses , especially jumpers . |
| 24 | The campaign to fill the container was aimed not just at assisting Nicaraguan educators , but also at raising the problems they faced with their UK counterparts . |
| 25 | Symbols are useful , not only in mathematical work , but also in obviating the necessity for repeated explanations . |
| 26 | Only if an intervention is effective not only in eliminating this factor , but also in transforming the person 's lifestyle such that he or she is removed from this conveyor belt of risk , can the effects of the intervention be expected to be apparent ten or twenty years later . |
| 27 | I have the impression that the arts should be first and foremost about developing pupils ' autonomy , not only in terms of the artistic skills which were being achieved , but also in valuing the vital quality of independent thinking . |
| 28 | However the total cost of providing the school is incurred not only in connection with the provision of the benefit to the employee but also in providing the school with fee paying boys . |
| 29 | No matter how securely the front door might be barred with entry codes and passwords , American operators , holding the key to the secret back door , could break into the PROMIS systems operated by Cyprus , Egypt , Syria , Pakistan , Turkey , Kuwait , Israel , Jordan , Iran and Iraq whenever they wished , access the data stored there and get out again without arousing the slightest suspicion that the security of those systems had been breached — an incalculable advantage , not only in collecting and verifying intelligence data from those countries , but also in assessing the actual , as opposed to the professed , level of cooperation extended by their governments . ) |
| 30 | The value of the model is not only in recasting the traditional notion of the Co-operative Principle ( from Grice 1975 ) , but also in describing the resolution of meaning as a principled negotiation between text and reader . |