Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er of others that may benefit from this but only if and we er you find this of particular benefit , er to yourself . |
| 2 | It is rotproof but then if hemp nets are properly dried after every occasion when they get damp or wet there will be no problem . |
| 3 | Not out of any idea that taking drugs was morally wrong but simply because I was already enjoying myself and did n't feel the need of any chemical additions to that enjoyment . |
| 4 | ‘ That poor old woman was murdered , ’ Benjamin declared , ‘ not because she had said or done anything wrong but simply because of what she might know . |
| 5 | This is not to say that the position is wrong but only that it is arguable , or in other words , open to conceptual evaluation . |
| 6 | , the ‘ weak ’ unemployment trap , may be typical of many low-paid workers who face high but less than 100 per cent replacement ratios . |
| 7 | You can make a move in 1993 but even if it is to bigger and better things , there may be some apprehension , possibly even sadness , attached to it . |
| 8 | This does not mean that the group is clandestine but rather that it has other characteristics of a conspiracy ; in particular , common purpose and internal communication on significant issues . |
| 9 | Many animal killers like their prey to writhe and scream , not because they are sadistic but simply because that is the way they can ensure that they are about to eat fresh , healthy food . |
| 10 | In vitro data show that sulphate reducing bacteria outcompete methanogens for H 2 but only if sufficient sulphate is available . |
| 11 | Clearly living in a pensione for a short time was acceptable but only until something better came along . |
| 12 | But since the actors concerned are ordinary members of the community , who probably conceive of themselves not only as kinsmen to one another but also as kinsmen of the supernatural beings whose mythology is being enacted , it once again becomes crucial that the investigator should fully understand the nuances of the kinship language in which the multifaceted relationships between the living and the dead are being expressed . |
| 13 | The number of days of practice needed before the patient has the courage to try and translate the visualization into action varies considerably , not only from one individual to another but even as regards the different stages of a person 's treatment . |
| 14 | Flight even more ponderous than Herring Gull , and voice similar but deeper and more raucous , with a deep goblin-like chuckle in nesting territory . |
| 15 | Such interior schemes were haphazard in design and sometimes incongruous but pleasantly and tastefully decorated . |
| 16 | It is further urged upon me that the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact with each other , and the justices being satisfied that there were grounds for believing that both the children were likely to suffer significant harm , which was a specific finding that they made , they were plainly wrong in refusing to make an interim order in that they first of all failed to have regard to the fact that the parents had colluded over the cause of D. 's injuries , and there was evidence to that effect ; secondly , that the mother had lied to social services , Dr. Barnardo 's and the guardian about having had at the relevant times no contact with the father — and that is indeed what the mother has done , she has lied ; and , thirdly , that the father had been in breach of a term of the bail conditions which had been imposed upon him , not only on 23 December 1991 but ever since his release in as much as he had visited and contacted the mother . |
| 17 | Tigers were declared vermin in China in the 1950s , and were slaughtered in droves not just because they were dangerous but also because they were valuable . |
| 18 | In creating artificial forms they were not only careful to ensure that their siting was appropriate but also that all the elements in the design , such as shape , proportion and size , respected Nature rather than acted against it . |
| 19 | What I have said to Neil and Neil is honest but once or twice he 's said things and I 've said , no Neil ! |
| 20 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 21 | In the Newport hundreds , where the level of lay assessments was low and left substantially unchanged by the subsidy , the proportion of wealth owned by the Church was much higher than in the more advanced Chilterns , not only in 1522 but also after the initial assessments had been scaled down for the subsidy . |
| 22 | This is not supposed to suggest that events can not be said to occur straightforwardly in the real but rather that when set up in any series , narrative , or history they are constructed as such events retrospectively by the historian . |
| 23 | In the quiet of his own skull he called it manly , but he would never have used such a word to her , not only because she was privately decorous but also because the way she talked about her children made him sense that she dreaded being thought lesbian . |
| 24 | A soft touch button and a series of small lights have replaced the conventional circular dial and pilot light , while the electronic thermostat indicates not only when the iron is cooler than required but also when it is too hot . |
| 25 | I did show in the Serpentine Gallery in 1975 but even that presented a problem of prudery which I did n't experience on the continent . |
| 26 | And then in this range , X will be greater than minus three but less than four . |
| 27 | Ion Pacepa , Ceauşescu 's chief intelligence officer who defected in 1978 , takes particular pleasure in his memoirs in exposing Stefan Andrei as both corrupt but also as well aware of the absurdity of the Ceauşescus ' pretensions , especially Elena 's academic titles . |
| 28 | Between 2000 m and 1600 m above sea-level , vegetation recovery is more rapid but only where erosion is at a minimum and even then it may take between 5 and 8 years after seeding . |
| 29 | Teacher says it 's disgraceful But even if I had the time , I feel too tired . |
| 30 | Yes , that , that bit of it is fine but surely if collectivization implies that you mechanize as well , you need industrialization in order to be able to mechanize . |