Example sentences of "[vb base] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forms of thought are bounded ; they occupy but a portion of intellectual space . |
| 2 | have got totally banished , and , and they , they grow but the parents are being discriminating , because it pays the parent to discriminate and feed the ones who really need it , but pays the offspring to , to demand as much food as is possible . |
| 3 | It is a device for securing a make-believe absolute majority where no genuine absolute majority exists , and the winner is not the candidate most voters want but the candidate most voters are willing to accept . |
| 4 | The right one they say but the left one is |
| 5 | Individual writers may differ in their exposition of how these two mental activities interact but a classic exposition of the dynamics of the whole spiritual exercise involved in the contemplative process is found in the twelfth-century Scala Claustralium ( The Ladder of Monks ) by a Carthusian , Guigo II . |
| 6 | John Stuart Mill remarks in A System of Logic ( Book VI , Chapter 7 ) : ‘ It is not the empirical generalisations that count but the causal laws which explain them . ’ |
| 7 | At the moment it 's mainly gall bladder and gynaecology patients who benefit but the skills the Leicester General will be passing on should mean more toddlers will be having operations through the keyhole too . |
| 8 | ‘ Wait but a moment , Shih Tong . |
| 9 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 10 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the principal attraction of grant-maintained schools is not the additional funding that they receive but the greater independence from the LEAs that they then enjoy ? |
| 11 | It is obviously more convenient to blame the situation and especially other people for the way you react but the truth is that you , and you alone , are responsible for your behaviour . |
| 12 | If the actions taken are brutal not only does the performance of the remaining staff deteriorate but the level of staff turnover also increases dramatically once good times return . |
| 13 | Feelings of doubt and uncertainty abound but the exhibition also evokes memories of the light and colour of the ‘ Nympheas ’ , the last paintings of Monet , the grand old man of Impressionism , plagued by cataracts but still wielding the brush with a rousing bravado . |
| 14 | I 've told you that 's because he 's erm leggings or whatever they call them th they wear but the |
| 15 | ‘ It is not a police matter but an immigration matter , and he is being interviewed , ’ a Home Office spokesman said . |
| 16 | In the case where the inelastic curve S LI applies , the initial market wage W O and supply of hours L 1 obtain but the net of tax wage becomes W T and the whole of the tax paid ( distance 12 ) is paid by the factor labour . |
| 17 | Aggregate economic indicators give but a partial insight into the extent of devastation after the war because of the shattering emotional impact of Japan 's unconditional surrender . |
| 18 | Numbers vary but a total of 40 is the highest recorded in recent springs ; parties of up to 10 together are sometimes seen . |
| 19 | Systems vary but the essentials are a detergent reservoir or reservoirs , solution pumps , dosing injector and control valves . |
| 20 | Attitudes to wasteland vary but the official view is that it is unsightly and depressing , contributing to an air of dereliction and offering an example to vandals . |
| 21 | Reductions vary but the bestselling satin range will be reduced . |
| 22 | The detailed provisions of convertible capital bonds vary but the following is typical . |
| 23 | Above all , it is a sensitive arena of our national will and mood , in which the dogs bark but the caravan does not always move on . |
| 24 | For example , a two-handed axe deducts -2 from your armour save but a Savage Orc protected by his tattoos still gets a save of 6 . |
| 25 | I hope you will not be one of those who suffer but the increasing chance makes your Home Risks Insurance more essential than ever and I am very pleased that you have chosen to buy your protection from Legal and General . |
| 26 | The employer appealed to the EAT but the EAT agreed with the Industrial Tribunal . |
| 27 | The unsatisfactory policy of the GMC on advertising is further illustrated by the fact that general practitioners can include conventional allergy desensitisation as part of the services they advertise but an NHS hospital with consultants trained in allergic diseases can not . |
| 28 | Truly I make but a stammering companion , I have no graces , and as for the wit you may have perceived in me when we met , you saw , you must have seen , only the glimmerings and glister of your own brilliance refracted from the lumpen surface of a dead Moon . |
| 29 | Obviously your personal situation will affect the choices you make but a sound principle to follow was laid down by William Morris who wrote ‘ have nothing in your home which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful ’ . |
| 30 | If you want to add a drive of the same make but a different size you probably wo n't have any problems . |