Example sentences of "but also [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie Mears emerges as the reincarnation not only of a galley slave from ancient Egypt , but also of a seaman from the Vinland Sagas . |
| 2 | This has been the result partly of monetary deflation , but also of a muddle-headed confusion about the meaning of economy — namely . |
| 3 | Bald , and with an attenuated El Greco face , he looked like a victim of chemotherapy — but also of a Transylvanian vampire , for his chin and neck were covered with what seemed to be bite marks . |
| 4 | In medicine , we talk in general terms of a patient 's ‘ right to know ’ , but also of a doctor 's liberty , sometimes not to tell a particular patient for good reason . |
| 5 | But attempts to encourage family planning encounter obstacles not only of an economic nature but also of a religious , cultural , and possibly also political nature . |
| 6 | Catholicism as an ideology and the Church as an institution were central to the strength of Spanish conservatism both before and during the Republic , thanks to the power not only of school , pulpit and press , but also of a large and comprehensive network of church-sponsored social , professional and farmers ' organizations within which much of the Catholic population was enmeshed . |
| 7 | In his study of collective bargaining in an international context , Clegg ( 1976 ) regards differences in the level at which agreements are concluded as an important determinant not only of membership density but also of a number of other aspects of union behaviour , at least in those countries where collective bargaining is the main method of trade union action . |
| 8 | Their intricate scheming spoke of defiance , but also of a love of conspiracy for its own sake , conspiracy prompted by group living within a regimented and closed institution . |
| 9 | The frequent changes resulting from postings and the demands of the duty roster make it difficult to ensure the continuity not only of a ‘ uniformed ’ organist , but also of a choir . |
| 10 | Unresolved mourning has the capacity to erupt as an overwhelming crisis when a further bereavement is faced , not only of a death , but also of a loss to one 's life-purpose , like redundancy or retirement . |
| 11 | Nothing , as both men knew , could be quite as sombre and sickening as a suicide ( or , as here , an attempted suicide ) , for it spoke not only of unbearable suffering but also of a certain misguided fortitude . |
| 12 | For a good reason , but also for a bad one , this latest change in Iran 's persona is being looked at seriously . |
| 13 | Most people who made the pilgrimage found it well worth their while , not only for the quality of the music-making but also for a quality of staging and design that pointedly bypassed the often musically ruinous fads of post-war directors ' opera in order to re-establish contact with an older and still valid tradition that goes back , with a passing glance at the work of Wieland Wagner , through Gründgens and Reinhardt to Roller and Mahler and , in some respects , Wagner himself . |
| 14 | Corbett should apply for the purpose not only of marriage but also for a charge under s. 30 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 . |
| 15 | If it is accepted , as I believe it should be accepted , that certiorari goes not only for such an excess or abuse of power but also for a breach of the rules of natural justice there is even less reason in principle for excluding other established grounds . |
| 16 | Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards . |
| 17 | By January 1856 he was asking not only for the relaxation of censorship but also for a constitution , various political amnesties , the gradual emancipation of the serfs , non-interference in the domestic affairs of European nations and assistance for national-liberation movements . |
| 18 | The court held that the rule that the welfare of the child is to be the first and paramount consideration applies not only to disputes between parents , but also to a dispute between parents and a third party . |
| 19 | No doubt the evocation of a specific and well-known moment of the twentieth — century past corresponds to the needs , not only of the author — whose reactionary views are amply documented in his frequent interviews — but also to a public that does not necessarily share those views , but appears to be fascinated by the spectacle of a culture in decline or at its end . |
| 20 | Not only is it close to the coast but also to a large river , the Kumbukan . |
| 21 | Where the force of the challenge has been felt in theology , it has led not only to a more sober evaluation of man 's spiritual and ethical potential , and to more serious reflection on the meaning of human sin , but also to a widespread doubt whether theology itself could really be solidly built on the basis sketched by a Ritschl or even a Schleiermacher . |
| 22 | But make sure you pay attention not just to the basic impulses and enthusiasms , which are sound and fine ; not just to the incidental portrait of a consummate mountaineer in the passages about Dave Breashears ; but also to a strange sort of instinctual third dimension which Blessed 's larger than life character seems to entice into play : |
| 23 | Such a breach not only leaves the company ( or rather those individuals who act on its behalf ) open to criminal liability under the CSA 1985 and civil liability under the FSA 1986 , but also to a claim by a corporate client for breach of its obligation of confidence . |
| 24 | While capitalist states elsewhere have had to deal with high levels of inflation , balance of payment crises , low productivity and increasing demands put on State expenditure , Britain has had to respond not only to these problems but also to a decline in its manufacturing base : profits from industry have not gone back in sufficient volume to sustain the long-term investment in new technology that Britain has needed . |
| 25 | Nowadays , however , specialists often restrict themselves not only to a particular type of find , but also to a specific archaeological period . |
| 26 | These changes are not solely due to different marriage patterns but also to a change in the age structure which results from alterations in fertility , migration , and mortality . |
| 27 | This points not only to a severe differential in the quality of jobs between north and south but also to a differential in their rate of job growth over time . |
| 28 | A solution involving the secession of Eritrea , he said , " would not only bring a great deal of difficulty to Ethiopia , but also to a large number of other countries in similar positions " . |
| 29 | But the shows triumph has been its appeal not just to the unaddressed , naff masses , but also to a fashionable audience of discerning clubbers who never set foot in the kind of clubs the programme broadcasts from , and to the extremist yuppie subgroup that reads both the Sunday Times and the Sunday Sport . |
| 30 | In our study autoantibodies detected in ulcerative colitis are not only directed towards neutrophils , but also to a very small percentage of monocytes ( Ellerbroek et al ; submitted ) . |