Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is also [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother Hilary may well be the one to shed those tears , but she is also a realist who realises that for her daughter to achieve at the sport she loves , she needed to leave home . |
| 2 | But she is also a keen listener . |
| 3 | But she is also a mother : she has a baby at her feet , and a further child , a three-year-old girl , whose hips we have decided to destroy . |
| 4 | Mrs Satterley is unfortunately disabled by illness but she is also an avid knitter with Brother chunky and Silver Reed fine gauge machines . |
| 5 | But she is also the symbol for a return of life into that darkness . |
| 6 | But he is also a writer of remarkable ability who has managed to capture and to keep the readership he has bewildered and delighted and offended , and whose work is strong in an intelligent and generous-hearted awareness of public matters , some of them quite remote from the Family Roth : The Counterlife , for instance , carries a telling serio-comic critique of the hard line in Israel , the Israeli toughness , that refuses to ‘ give ground ’ . |
| 7 | Dante is a political poet but he is also a great deal more than that . |
| 8 | Volkmar is a zealous preacher utterly devoted to the destruction of Chaos , but he is also a mighty warrior who is not afraid to face the peril of battle . |
| 9 | He is head of the judiciary , but he is also a politician and a member of the Cabinet . |
| 10 | Not only is starting a new career in accounting , but he is also a lead singer in a group called ‘ Cellardwellers ’ and will be starting a tour of 30 dates this summer , including Hamburg and America . |
| 11 | Hogan not only controlled vast funds — subject of course to the complaisance of his superiors , a number of whom were also deeply interested in marketing — but he is also an extremely intelligent , able , shrewd , engaging and , if desperately shy , perceptive Australian . |
| 12 | As you may have gathered , Max Henery seems to possess an inexhaustible supply of self-deprecating deadpan humour , but he is also an extremely determined individual . |
| 13 | But he is also an American and before he guns you down in cold blood , in the manner you so justly deserve I might add , I 'm sure he will see his way clear to giving you a dying request . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Major may be chancellor of the exchequer but he is also the member of Parliament for Huntingdon and is on most short-lists to succeed Mrs Thatcher as Tory leader . |
| 15 | But it is also a more general process describing the interactive skills of policemen and women : the knowledge of when and in what situations it is appropriate to show sympathy , tolerance , and understanding rather than aggression and force . |
| 16 | Capital is thus not only a political critique of society but it is also a criticism of the terms in which the economy was discussed at the time when he wrote , and a demonstration that these terms are moulded to the purposes of the system they pretend to analyse . |
| 17 | This gas is better known to dental patients as laughing gas , but it is also a mainstay in the operating theatres of many hospitals . |
| 18 | This feeling owes a lot to all the novels and films and to actual practice with condemned men being ‘ granted their last wish before they die ’ , but it is also a strong expression of trying to anticipate impending loss . |
| 19 | The Green Book claims universality , and so names no names ; but it is also a book written in the first instance for Libyans , to encourage them to create popular democracy . |
| 20 | HORSE racing may be the sport of kings , or more recently sheiks , but it is also a business — and it is remarkably unprofitable . |
| 21 | Thus the affective is deeply embedded in everything a scientist does , but it is also a process of ‘ unselfing ’ . |
| 22 | This is a horrifying story , but it is also a moving testament to the courage of the child who grew up to become a man surprisingly free from bitterness or hatred . |
| 23 | But it is also a saga of human avarice and the abuse of power . |
| 24 | As a cultural practice it is embedded in national traditions and subject to institutional constraints , but it is also a multi-interpretable art form , which may be opaque in its meanings , or a window on the world ( for feminist windows are different ) . |
| 25 | But it is also a difference of a fundamental nature , similar to that between Old and New Testaments . |
| 26 | Glycollic acid could be a precursor for the petrochemical feedstock , ethylene glycol but it is also a useful chemical in its own right , serving as a descalent and as a mordant in the dyeing industry . |
| 27 | When we are fat , losing weight is important for our health but it is also a great boost to morale to feel more attractive because we have managed to shed surplus pounds . |
| 28 | This may seem a macho way to treat the hair but it is also a sure way for pulling the hair out . |
| 29 | This may be something intuitive , but it is also a matter of visual ‘ rightness ’ . |
| 30 | I include netting as a sport since in my view , it is undoubtedly that but it is also a very professional method of getting to grips with the stock . |