Example sentences of "but at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board also said that there was a substantially greater potential , but at a higher cost . |
| 2 | In this scenario present employment and income patterns continue , but at a higher level of unemployment . |
| 3 | At the seaward end , it is no more than a good stone 's throw from the Atlantic beach but at a higher level , its issuing stream descending through a short wooded ravine to join the waters of the ocean . |
| 4 | Accordingly , income and expenditure will increase as a result of additional injections of spending until once again total injections equal total leakages , but at a higher level of income and expenditure . |
| 5 | Thus , when the UK figure rises the Scottish figure will also rise but at a higher rate and likewise decrease at a faster rate when the UK figure falls . |
| 6 | Such management has been recruited from a combination of civil servants with little or no commercial experience , individuals with limited commercial experience in , for instance , the co-operative movement , individuals with experience in foreign-owned enterprises but at a low level , or even ex-politicians . |
| 7 | We did , in the end , get the balance right , but at a serious cost to profitability , and with a result well below budget . |
| 8 | Soviet control was preserved — but at a terrible psychological cost . |
| 9 | In both they succeeded , but at a terrible human cost . |
| 10 | We are beginning to see that concern for the whole and concern for individuals are not alternatives , rivals between which we have to choose , but at a deep level belong together . |
| 11 | Today , at last , it was going ahead , but at a private hospital in London : |
| 12 | Slate is marvellous to look at but at a marvellous price , and there is an enormous choice in ceramic tiles which can be mixed in among the terracottas for an ethnic Mexican or Provencale , Italian , Spanish or Portuguese look . |
| 13 | It is impossible to imagine their ever retaking control , but at a philosophical level the estrangement of the party from some of the old landed values still seems more a separation than a divorce . |
| 14 | It implies that if one achieves a desirable end ( in terms , say , of pain prevented ) but at a greater cost of suffering than was necessary for it , one 's act was right , though not the best , even if one could have achieved that end by a less drastic means . |
| 15 | ( His record stood only until the 1988–9 season , when Martin Pipe trained the winners of 208 races , but at a lower strike rate of 37 per cent . ) |
| 16 | We will continue nuclear research , but at a lower cost . |
| 17 | Had it been the director with a retained shareholding of 30 shares who had died on 31 December 1986 , his estate too would have had the benefit of business assets relief , but at a lower percentage deduction . |
| 18 | Product revenues declined because of continuing weak economic conditions , highly competitive pricing and the negative impact of foreign exchange rate movements , although the company continued to ship more computer systems than a year ago — but at a lower average price per system . |
| 19 | The DHSS provide sick pay contributions to the self-employed , but at a lower level than that paid to an employed operative . |
| 20 | Once he has found a group , the male stays with it but at a reasonable distance of perhaps 30 or 40 m ( 100–130 ft ) . |
| 21 | The total spending on food still increases , but at a slower rate than the level of income itself . |
| 22 | The elderly population is expected to continue growing , in the foreseeable future , but at a slower rate than in the recent past . |
| 23 | Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish . |
| 24 | ‘ I am still doing exactly the same things as I did before the operation but at a slower pace . |
| 25 | Negative growth in Trinidad and Tobago 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) continued during 1989 and 1990 , but at a slower rate , leading to hopes that positive growth could be recorded in 1991 . |
| 26 | The Freers were equally prolific but at a slower rate , with eight branches after 200 years of residence . |
| 27 | The number of motor vehicles in the UK is still increasing , but at a slower rate than in recent years , according to a report by the Society Of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 28 | But at a 72-nation conference in the Netherlands yesterday , Britain , the United States , Japan and the Soviet Union , which between them emit 50 per cent of the world 's carbon dioxide , blocked a proposed freeze on emissions of the gas by the year 2000 and a 20 per cent reduction by 2005 . |
| 29 | Abrams himself , North remarked with some heat , did not need to ask ; he knew ; but at a certain point , knowledge became uncomfortable . |
| 30 | Knowledge is always presuppositional , but at a certain point it is no longer provisional . |