Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | A field where the sign no longer refers back to real objects or persons but instead constructs what is to be perceived within the system of signification . |
| 2 | To say either that someone acts authoritatively or that someone is responsible for his actions may depend upon the possibility of ascribing mental states or capacities but neither is merely a shorthand way of ascribing them . |
| 3 | What was under test was not my skills or abilities but my moral judgement . |
| 4 | The employment they take may have no connection With their previous skills or employment but serves as a temporary measure to raise self-esteem by doing something positive . |
| 5 | Orcadian dialect it 's often said has no words of endearment no dears or darlings but I think perhaps came as near to it as any word . |
| 6 | This means that the accuracy of our picture of God is not shown in the orthodoxy of our creeds or testimonies but in the truths which we assume and count on in the concrete situation ; those moments when the heat is on , the chips are down and reality seems to be breathing down our necks . |
| 7 | Carpet is acceptable in town houses or flats but it must be the best quality you can afford because hallways take a lot of through traffic . |
| 8 | People are influenced not just by political parties or candidates but also by national , regional and local considerations . |
| 9 | They began by collecting information as traders or colonists but by the end of the sixth century B.C. they were already writing books on ethnography and geography to satisfy their taste for enquiry — for historia , as they called it . |
| 10 | He started not only to print his addresses or charges but to review books of general interest ; to consider a book on diplomacy and war , and not to lose a chance of holding up the character of Asquith to admiration , or to contrast the laziness and drift of Stanley Baldwin as prime minister with the crusading fervour of a Gladstone . |
| 11 | Its evocative power derived not only from its biblical roots , but also from the fact that it did not evoke clergy or hierarchy but rather the basic equality of all the baptized . |
| 12 | We shall if you request , negotiate in the capacity of professional advisers on your behalf within pre-agreed negotiating parameters or instructions but it is our policy not to take decisions on your behalf . |
| 13 | ‘ I knew nothing about shops or garments but I was an Englishman in France who spoke French and they trusted me , ’ recounts Marangos . |
| 14 | Translating language meanings and obtaining the desired effect , i.e. a wording immediately intelligible to listeners , is impossible , not because there are doubts as to the intended meaning of words or phrases but because the resulting translation of such words and phrases would fail to carry sense adequately in the other language . |
| 15 | Dear children , let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth . ’ |
| 16 | Lasers , helium balloons , streamers , flags , dry ice , disco lights , computer graphics are great at election rallies or festivals but inappropriate at most serious commercial conferences . |
| 17 | The government responded to such pressure not with concessions or negotiations but with outright repression . |
| 18 | They are designed by individual schools or colleges but have to follow a formal framework of core studies , vocational options and ‘ additional ’ elements , and are subject to approval by the joint board . |
| 19 | The peoples who survived in the northwest area gained greatly from the mixture of arts and race but retained their individuality also until the tide turned once more and the northwestern island increased its influence eventually over the whole of Spain . |
| 20 | He was educated at the Canongate Burgh School , Edinburgh , and the University of Edinburgh ( 1845–7 , 1851–7 ) where he read arts and divinity but did not proceed to graduate . |
| 21 | The crucial distinction to be drawn within the curriculum is , as I have argued , not between arts and sciences but between the practical and the theoretical . |
| 22 | It seems to be almost a perception of physics as an ‘ arts ’ subject ; indeed , Jane told me that she had been equally good at arts and sciences but had chosen sciences because of the job and university prospects . |
| 23 | The field outside is full of foxes and rabbits but none of them will be preserved because you need the right conditions . |
| 24 | I would have liked brothers and sisters but I do n't remember that I was ever lonely . |
| 25 | Many a time I had the hand-brush and so did my brothers and sisters but it never did us any harm . |
| 26 | A general strike on Oct. 15 closed shops , offices and schools but no confrontations with the army were reported . |
| 27 | Vaccines which consist of a small part of the virus , such as the envelope or core proteins , are being tested in animals and humans but may not be as effective as the whole virus . |
| 28 | Theoretical ambition is perhaps less obvious amongst journalists and writers but , in a way , this is no less true of sociology , where a lengthy tradition and major career constraints keep most research and theory well apart . |
| 29 | For while it was happy for the advisory team to devise policies which went into considerable detail about aspects of classroom practice which are surely for schools and teachers to determine , it remained relatively aloof from one area of school life — home-school links-where policy might usefully and helpfully have stipulated not just goals and commitments but also a range of procedures from which schools could choose . |
| 30 | There were individual meetings between tutors and teachers but no general meetings for all the staff involved : ‘ There was a meeting with me . |