Example sentences of "but at [art] [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 True , my eyes did the selecting that guided their evolution , but at every stage I was limited to a small clutch of progeny offered up by random mutation , and my selection " strategy " , such as it was , was opportunistic , capricious and short-term .
2 She sat facing me : calm , sympathetic , but at a distance I had no way of negotiating , as I listened dismayed to what she revealed of those islands , that lost continent .
3 But at the finish I could n't stand up . ’
4 ‘ There must be something radically wrong with the play if it pleases everybody , ’ he wrote , ‘ but at the moment I can not find what it is . ’
5 Lilwall said : ‘ Obviously I am delighted and flattered , but at the moment I am just concentrating on playing for West Brom .
6 I have added the Constable , but at the moment I can not buy anything .
7 But at the moment I 'm so caught up with our construction problems I do n't see myself having the time for months ahead .
8 I suppose you get used to it , but at the moment I have n't got to do it .
9 There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and I certainly could n't fake it — but at the moment I relish people putting their hands round the door and saying , ‘ You call that music ? ! ’ .
10 ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can .
11 But at the moment I 'm having enough difficulty trying to master Hindustani . ’
12 ‘ Some day , perhaps , ’ she said , ‘ but at the moment I 'm far too busy enjoying my single life . ’
13 But at the moment I 'm really pushing on the er erm portrait photography cos I 'm quite good at that .
14 There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and I certainly could n't fake it — but at the moment I relish people putting their hands round the door and saying , ‘ You call that music ? ! ’ .
15 But at the moment I 'm still freelancing . ’
16 I just wonder erm , if this could n't be helped if you like , by increasing them rather than decreasing them , taking over perhaps some of the , not absolutely statutory , but some of the extra use of staff , and I do n't know if it 's possible , but at the moment I worry because some of the homes are only being inspected and visited by members anyway .
17 Smiling at Luce , she added , ‘ I run a gallery in New York , but at the moment I 'm taking a holiday from the art world .
18 I would love to play at Molineux , but at the moment I do n't have even a slight hope .
19 It would be a great honour but at the moment I want to concentrate on my game and just be one of the members of the team . ’
20 But at the moment I get thirty pounds a week
21 But at the moment I think there 's lots and lots of seeds .
22 Yeah , where , look see where this light is up here , look , as soon as I 've parked I 'll get it for you but at the moment I ca n't reach it
23 But at the moment I seem to have done a lot of stuff with foam so
24 But at the moment I would say that if there are a hundred people receiving the programme across all of Europe that 'd be pretty impressive .
25 But at the time I took her , the bushes had grown across the path , and we got stuck , with her widow 's weeds entangled in branches and thorns until she could move no more .
26 But at the time I do n't think Kylie or anybody else had any idea of the phenomenal success she would have .
27 But at the time I felt rejected and useless , because I was n't needed in the way I had been for so long. ,
28 But at the time I had not realised what it was .
29 I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway .
30 But at the time I still saw him as all-powerful , especially sexually .
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