Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 During the American War of Independence ( 1775–82 ) British troops were besieged for three weeks in the autumn of 1779 in Savannah , Georgia , by French and American troops , but successfully repulsed the attack .
2 He was Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean for only five years , between 1984 and 1989 , but besides organising a number of exhibitions and doing all the other things that Keepers do , he managed — quite extraordinarily — to produce this massive three-volume catalogue of the 785 later sculptures then under his care .
3 But besides offering an interpretation of the content of the art , Sylvester performs an equally necessary task in rehabilitating Magritte as a painter .
4 It is possible to reconstruct some of the clothing in part through the textile remains in graves , but mostly using the position of dress fasteners such as brooches and buckles ( Cook 1974 ; Bell 1981 ) .
5 Then the man would go to bed for the day , and Boy would stay up , dozing but mostly watching the television .
6 Far better , then , not to plant the worthless white mulberry , but rather to take the king 's money and plant instead the almost identical black mulberry , Morus nigra , which since Roman times had borne delicious crops of long , purple fruit .
7 The Guidelines issued by SCOTVEC to panel members explained that the main purpose of a validation event was not to scrutinise in detail the documentation but rather to use the information provided to enable an informed discussion about the proposal to take place .
8 If this interpretation is correct , curriculum managers who wish to manage the curriculum in the sense of modifying it so that it is better adapted to the needs of real children and a real society , will be best advised not simply to resist and criticise , but rather to use the power that many people at all levels of the system actually have .
9 Such anecdotes can not be a basis for generalisation , but rather illustrated the response of particular children to their own improved or deteriorating vision .
10 The " ontological " version , as we saw , involves an assumption that existential propositions , in the final analysis , can be reproduced in terms of propositions that do not explicitly assert but rather presuppose the existence of certain ontological objects .
11 My purpose in this series , however , is not to write about specialised shots , but rather to put the spotlight on faulty shots , and explain how to overcome them .
12 Todd 's work was not introduced here to present his conclusions as uncontestable ‘ facts ’ — for there is much to debate regarding the nature of his sweeping generalizations — but rather to illustrate the importance of aspects of diversity which are not directly linked to either or both of the physical environment and the world of work .
13 Less costly , but not entirely satisfactory , is the practice of making every fourth tankful leaded petrol , which protects the valve seats but rather defeats the object .
14 So sometimes they-will not carry-out the work themselves , but rather drive the car to a specialist centre and charge for the time .
15 Thus the shipyards were not ‘ location ally concentrated ’ when they were part of a nationalized structure , but rather represented an example of the ‘ cloning branch plant spatial structure ’ in which there is a separation between head office administration and control and branch administration and control .
16 In practice , the courts do not like to rely on unreasonableness alone but rather to base the decision on the fact that irrelevant considerations have been taken into account , etc. ( see Bromley London B.C. v. GLC ( H.L. , 1983 ) .
17 Not to encroach upon this paper 's wonderful racing pages but rather to hymn the beauty of the noble steeds .
18 We teach a subject not to produce little living libraries on that subject , but rather to get a student to think mathematically for himself , to consider matters as an historian does , to take part in the process of knowledge-getting .
19 Rather , ‘ the Museum does not intend to sponsor a particular aspect of modern art , but rather to make a report to the public by offering material for study and comparison ’ .
20 In Indonesia , Gabon and Syria LASMO has no ownership interest in oil and gas reserves , but rather has the right to receive production and/or revenues from the sale of oil , condensate , gas , liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas in accordance with PSCs and other agreements .
21 However , the controversy obscured the clear military fact that Operation ‘ Apache Snow ’ was not intended to hold territory , but rather to keep the NVA occupied and thereby prevent it moving into the coastal provinces .
22 They have often not promoted the idea that human nature is basically sound if encouraged , but rather emphasized the need for a concept of divine grace .
23 Here , Valium was prescribed not to substitute heroin as such , but rather to help the user overcome problems related to withdrawal , principally sleeplessness .
24 Consequently , Jessop argues , the extension of the welfare state had no effects on deprivation but rather encouraged the politicisation of various groups in urban areas , for example squatters , tenants ' rights and welfare rights groups .
25 Exclusive possession as a concept for identifying tenancies does not drive a coach and horses through the Rent Acts but rather puts the cart before the horse : a phrase used to describe the collective rights of the tenant is inappropriate as a test of whether a tenancy has in fact been created .
26 However , we had previously shown that a 2.3kb HNF-L promoter fragment linked to the Thy-1 gene was not expressed early in development , but rather mimicked the expression pattern of the Thy-1 gene ( 28 ) .
27 Gide 's mother , aided by others , fiercely resists the proposal ; with unprecedented tenacity Gide rebels against his mother but eventually loses the battle .
28 An important example is George Crabbe , who grew up in poverty but eventually became a priest ; although his poetry is deeply informed by the experience of poverty , he is alienated in many respects from the class into which he was born .
29 Marathon 's East Brae field will also come on stream in December , initially at 30,000 b/d but eventually reaching a plateau of 120,000b/d .
30 Dr Palmer had a horse and trap in the late 19th century but eventually had a chauffeur driven car .
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