Example sentences of "but is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The community is not only again in mourning but is increasingly terrorised by the spiralling deterioration through bombings and killings , and feels impatient with a government which seems almost paralysed . ’ |
| 32 | The principle developed in the United States , but is increasingly used elsewhere , notably in the European Community — although the EC exempts many areas of business to allow them to compete effectively in market sectors where the United States and Japan are strong . |
| 33 | the different principle of reducing the scope of capital punishment to the minimum necessary for that preservation of law and order , and confining it to those forms of murder for which it is not only a particularly necessary , but is also believed to be a particularly effective , deterrent . |
| 34 | The unofficial theory is revealed not only in the accounts by pupils of perceived offences against them by teachers , but is also seen in other images of school . |
| 35 | We suggest , however , that the tiredness experienced by young couples in the first months of a baby 's life is not just the result of broken nights , change of role , anxiety as to the well-being of so small and vulnerable a being , and doubts about being a good enough parent , but is also related to the strain of exercising a defence against envy of the baby to whom so much care and comfort is offered . |
| 36 | Meantime Ing C Olivetti & Co — which has an interest in the ARM RISC via its 80% holding in Acorn Computers Plc , is developing its own personal communicator , but is also looking at the AT&T Hobbit , and may join the alliance with Eo ; its own product would be the next generation of the 2.2lbs Quaderno portable , which uses the 16MHz 8086-compatible NEC Corp V30HL chip . |
| 37 | In the second case , however , compulsory acquisition at less than market price involves an actual loss since the owner is not only deprived of his property but is also compensated at a price which might be less than he paid for it and would almost certainly be insufficient to purchase a similar parcel of land in the open market . |
| 38 | Mill analyses material objects into ‘ permanent groups of possibilities of sensation ’ and reports finding , among these groups , ‘ one ( my own body ) which is not only composed , like the rest , of a mixed multitude of sensations and possibilities , but is also connected , in a peculiar manner , with all my sensations ’ . |
| 39 | This is partly due to the different religious and cultural traditions , but is also influenced by the fact that it is extremely difficult to produce curved and flowing lines unless the knotting is reasonably fine . |
| 40 | The dominant role is closely linked to particular reasoning abilities and personality characteristics , but is also affected by the priorities and processes of a manager 's job . |
| 41 | Suppose a propensity to react more or less negatively to the environment is inherited , but is also affected by environmental circumstances . |
| 42 | The key man of the new venture is Ryoji Yamazaki , a 42-year-old who is not only financing the project through his business activities in Japan but is also acting as chief designer . |
| 43 | Well the door frame , I mean the bricks 'll be alright , but they 'll maybe just t sag down , and that , that , that 's what 's happened , the door frame has , has taken the weight , it 's sagged , but is also bulging , |
| 44 | But if the reality is allowed to stand but is also understood as a metaphor for the experience of all women , then I believe Mary can speak to our condition . |
| 45 | This means an older relative , but is also understood to refer to incessant complaining — doubtless an allusion to the bird 's raucous call . |
| 46 | Other sources confirm that he was a voracious reader and Jane Wyman , a notably intelligent actress , not only married Reagan , but is also said to have ‘ admired his mind ’ . |
| 47 | The dolphin in Minton 's design for Ralph Bates 's The Dolphin in the Wood ( 1955 ; Hart-Davis ) is not only poorly integrated with the drawing of the wood but is also drawn by a different hand . |
| 48 | This question is for the railway specialists , but is also included because quizzes are a way to learn odd railway titbits . |
| 49 | If is followed by a plosive , as in ‘ Wilton ’ , the pronunciation is possible , but is also found regularly . |
| 50 | Raspberry vinegar makes a wonderful salad dressing but is also used extensively in nouvelle cuisine for sauces and trickled over soft fruits ( sometimes with a little black pepper ) . |
| 51 | This not only helps to prevent heart attacks but is also used to aid the recovery of those who have already suffered them . |
| 52 | Clonidine is generally used to treat raised blood pressure and also migraine , but is also used to lessen the effects of withdrawal . |
| 53 | This type of illustration is not confined to buildings , but is also used for structures such as bridges , frontier defences , ships , and even for people . |
| 54 | For example , if the economy is in the deflationary gap situation illustrated in Fig. 9 , but is also suffering from a 15 per cent rate of inflation , an increase in government spending or a cut in taxation designed to combat the unemployment is likely to worsen the rate of inflation . |
| 55 | Mr Koorosh Khodabandehloo , the Director of AMARC , believes that research in this area will not only provide the technology for more successful and precise operations , but is also making a direct contribution to medical science . |
| 56 | It involves the transformation of an object that is meaningful but structured at the level of the signification to an object that is still meaningful but is also structured at the level of the signified . |
| 57 | A TALENTED teenager gets a kick out of football but is also hitting a high note as a singer . |
| 58 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 59 | As the only boat in Division C she wins that but is also expected to take the joint C and D prize . |
| 60 | Throughout their range black iguanas are hunted for the pot ; their meat not only tastes good , but is also reputed to cure impotency . |