Example sentences of "but [adv] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question addressed in the judgment was not whether the use of atomic weapons generally was forbidden , but rather whether the particular bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were illegal under international law at that time ( Collier , 1979 , pp. 6–7 ; Falk et al . , |
| 2 | Of course , a rule permitting the directors to defend the company from a poorly-managed predator would be perfectly coherent ( and might be desirable ) , but this would not be because the entity has an intrinsic significance that merits protection , but rather because the rule would serve the rational purpose of protecting the interests of groups other than the shareholders who would be adversely affected by a change in control . |
| 3 | Trotsky ( 1971 ) suggested that fascist governments emerge not where class forces are ‘ balanced ’ , but rather when the bourgeoisie has already lost its battle with the working class ; only in these circumstances will capitalists concede a very high level of autonomy to a fascist political party or social movement which they can not control . |
| 4 | The comparison is relevant as people perceive noise not so much in terms of its absolute level but rather as the relationship of the noise to what exists normally . |
| 5 | We need to see teaching , therefore , not as the transmission of pre-existing knowledge to passive recipients , but rather as the provision of opportunities for children to continue to exercise their in-built drive actively to make sense of their experience and , thereby , to gain understanding of , and control over , the world in which they live . |
| 6 | Nizan 's refusal to empathise fully with his fictional characters was consequently envisaged not as part of a global strategy to adapt the novel to the demands of contemporary social experience , but rather as the ideological inability of a communist novelist to engage in a complicity judged by Sartre to be a fundamental aspect of the novelist 's art . |
| 7 | But presumably if the ‘ good ’ schools became , as a result of their location , their examination results , or by some other means , identifiable in the eyes of parents , then these schools would have to become selective . |
| 8 | This is not because the necessary legal result could not have been achieved using a legacy , but presumably because the composite wording creates a presumption that a trust was intended . |
| 9 | The emergence of more professional search consultants coincided with the increased need for headhunting services to help rationalisation and reorganisation ; but arguably as the search industry was maturing , headhunting could attract better-qualified candidates , and as their earnings rose and headhunting became more profitable , executive search was increasingly being seen as a viable alternative to a line-management job . |
| 10 | Puzzled by the incident , she went on , but less than a dozen paces further on came to a sharp stop . |
| 11 | They 're now saying four hundred jobs will go but less than a hundred will be made redundant . |
| 12 | I know it sounds silly , but perhaps if the ceilings was lower it would look big |
| 13 | It 's certainly absolutely dreadful and erm people complain when they come down and say , whatever 's happened to , it used to be such an attractive place , but obviously when the grass is knee high it does n't look very nice for anyone to see . |
| 14 | Oh well er , quality is more important than quantity , but obviously if the quantity is very tiny , i it is there 's not much room for quality . |
| 15 | Northern Ireland came into being , but only after the Protestants had decided to give three of the counties of historic Ulster to the new Irish Free State . |
| 16 | They could get hot water , but only after the fire had been going for a while and the back boiler had heated up . |
| 17 | Primitive mammals were known to have existed throughout the ‘ age of reptiles ’ , but only after the dinosaurs had gone did they diversify into a wide range of specialized forms . |
| 18 | In the end , what most people believed would happen did happen — but only after the manager had been led to think it would n't . |
| 19 | History will also record that Europe also shared the second series of Fourballs but only after the Americans came within a whisker of obliterating their lead altogether . |
| 20 | It also follows that in looking at whether to call in , Ministers do not consider the planning merits of the proposal , but only whether the kind of issues that need to be decided are more appropriate for consideration in a wider than local context by the Secretary of State . |
| 21 | The government still intends to introduce Islam 's sharia law , but only once the people have been ‘ educated ’ , a process expected to take at least three years . |
| 22 | Most artists use graphite , but only as the preliminary means to a further end , for a simple sketch to then cover with paint . |
| 23 | Most artists use graphite , but only as the preliminary means to a further end , for a simple sketch to then cover with paint . |
| 24 | In an attempt to secure such a reduction , national guide-lines were issued in October 1990 , which identified a number of offence-specific factors that would justify a committal , but only where a magistrates ' court feels that its sentencing powers are insufficient . |
| 25 | ‘ Opting out ’ will also be permitted , but only where a school seeks ‘ grant-maintained integrated status ’ , and chooses to progress towards full integration of Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils . |
| 26 | Whilst the experiment was limited to trainee engineers and by the type of microcomputer used , the results of this investigation indicated that : 1 ) the mode of man-machine interaction which was most popular and has the fewest dissenters , was one in which the user directed the course of action , as in the modular program ; 2 ) a fast design time was most likely to be achieved by the use of an optimization technique ; 3 ) an optimum design was most likely to be achieved by a preprogrammed optimization technique , but only where the problem , design parameters and constraints were understood ; 4 ) the technique thought most likely to allow some gaining of insight was one in which the user has control of the program , as in the modular program . |
| 27 | Bosworth Unionists agreed to accept " an assisted candidate " , but only if no " man of means " could be found . |
| 28 | Bar owners will usually insist on being able to sell Guinness because of its popularity in Indonesia and generally the brewers will agree — but only if no Guinness promotional activity takes place in the bar . |
| 29 | The ideal tactics should be a mixture of both , but only if a clear message can be communicated to the Hong Kong people that someone is standing up for them somewhere . |
| 30 | Effective vaccines prevent such hazards , but only if a social organization ensures that all potential mothers are vaccinated in good time . |