Example sentences of "were [adv] [adv] [vb pp] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children were less directly affected but there were considerable indirect effects , in terms of the time their mothers had for them and the effect of the grandparent on daily living . |
| 2 | The new laws were generally well received but Bradford found the stamping and use of the boot intolerable . |
| 3 | There is evidence to suggest that the walls which carried these pictures were not normally plastered but panelled , though plaster is used in the tombs of Etruria and Paestum , as it had been in Bronze-age palaces and was to be in Hellenistic tombs in Greece ( below , p. 176 ) . |
| 4 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |
| 5 | They did , but for the most part within their family economy — that is to say they were not separately waged but included within the household . |
| 6 | The 12 Palestinians were not immediately deported but were given the opportunity to appeal against the order , and on Jan. 23 the government revoked a deportation order against one of five Palestinians from the West Bank . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the Department said later that the documents were not illegally leaked but were inadvertently sent to the Press Association because the two fax numbers were similar and the operator had mistakenly hit a wrong key . |
| 8 | In the following years he began to propound diffusionism , the doctrine that cultural traits were not independently invented but carried from one area to another . |
| 9 | Within the map all of these judgments were not only recorded but also grouped and related , so that the broken and sequential account afforded by conversation was presented in an immediately available visible format . |
| 10 | Confrontation with the enemy and violence done to him when necessary were not only justified but appeared as ends in their own right . |
| 11 | Under the Bill introduced by Abse , these controls were not only maintained but extended , so that , in addition to the Army Act , section 66 , it would be possible to take proceedings under section 64 , with reference to ‘ officers who behave in a scandalous manner ’ ; or under section 69 of the Air Force Act , with reference to air force discipline . |
| 12 | The result was that the Ops inspectors were not only permitted but actually put under pressure to qualify and remain current on at least one large modern public transport aircraft while at the same time flying club and private aircraft as well . |
| 13 | The UCD [ Union of the Democratic Centre under the leadership of Adolfo Suárez ] government consented to things which were not totally justified but which were necessary so that the mass of the workers could see that the country had changed and that dialogue was beginning . |
| 14 | Though not wishing to detract from Campling 's writing , I wish to point out that many of the reactions , feelings , and transferences that she mentions also apply to those who were not sexually abused but ‘ only ’ emotionally abused . |
| 15 | He says fortunately they were n't badly hurt but one girl has a collar and those with neck injuries will stay in over night . |
| 16 | The only difference they were very well written but they were signed you know Mohammed and which were names I used to go there . |