Example sentences of "but [conj] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although upset by the discrepancy between what voters told them and the way they actually behaved , the pollsters do not admit defeat . |
| 2 | For example , remedies available against one body may not be available against another ; procedures or standards applied by one quango may be legally sound but if utilized by another they may not , and so on . |
| 3 | Left to their own devices , the chances are the Trolls will go wild or become soporific , but if led by a more intelligent creature they can often prove to be dangerous foes . |
| 4 | There is no enjoyment in climbing Whernside in mist or rain but if overtaken by bad weather , a perfect lifeline to safety is provided by a five-mile ridge wall that leads infallibly back to the environs of Ingleton . |
| 5 | But when built by a large firm of builders employed via an architect acting as contracts manager , £50+per sq ft . |
| 6 | In front of adults pupils will not openly admit the fact , but when asked by fellow pupils ( eg myself ) they do actually like attending school . |
| 7 | But when asked by the coroner is it the obvious conclusion that the damage was done by the forceps … he answered probably yes . |
| 8 | There were no Jews for them to complain about , but when questioned by Timewatch the modern Master Race considered the Paraguayan natives to be lazy good-for-nothings . |
| 9 | One of the members of this commission and principal of the Lycee , Monsieur Landes , was rather worried by events , but when interviewed by the local newspaper , made a cautious , noncommittal statement , and warned that some of the areas nearest the volcano should be evacuated . |
| 10 | As used by men , garments form a communicative channel from which women are excluded ; but when used by women , garments function as communicative devices between the sexes . |
| 11 | Full definition will be included in the purchase and sale contract of the accounting standards and policies that will apply to the Completion Accounts , which will be those accounting standards and policies adopted in the accounts for the year ended [ date ] but as amended by any discussions between the parties following due diligence , in order to avoid subjective judgements . |
| 12 | But as demonstrated by a variety of research — including both internal police studies and external work like the 1985 Islington Crime Survey — more damaging still is the accumulation of the public 's direct and disappointing contacts with police . |
| 13 | These two images , however irreconcilable they may be on the surface , are , nonetheless , merely variants of a single conception of human beings and human behaviour , exemplars of a paradigm within which the character of human relations is seen not as growing out of human purposes and choices , but as determined by some natural state of human beings . |
| 14 | This had been substantially rewritten since publication of the first draft in February [ see pp. 37234-35 ] , some of the revisions reflecting conservative criticism of the party leadership , but as delivered by Gorbachev it still came across as a spirited defence of his perestroika reform policies . |
| 15 | At Glanvilles Wootton in Dorset , there are nearly two hundred acres of neat rectangular fields in an area which was mapped as woodland in 1839 but as enclosed by 1847 . |