Example sentences of "but [Wh pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mikaela von Koskull , who had originally been selected to sail on Martela OF but who eventually sailed with Maiden , will lead a group that includes Dawn Riley , Claire Russel , Jeni Munday and Nancy Hill . |
| 2 | The most direct link between the Fabians and Spencer is Beatrice Webb , who was brought up under his tutelage , absorbed his scientific method of viewing ‘ all social institutions exactly as if they were plants or animals — things that could be observed , classified and explained ’ , but who eventually shook herself ‘ completely free from laisser-faire bias ’ . |
| 3 | A candidate who does not do well enough in the written examination for the Master 's degree , but who otherwise attains a satisfactory standard , may be awarded the Diploma . |
| 4 | When establishing the Editing Commissions responsible for drawing up the Statute of 1861 , the Tsar had recognized the need to appoint men who not only could cope with the intricacies of the legislation involved but who positively favoured Emancipation , who were convinced in their hearts as well as their heads of its desirability . |
| 5 | There are many committed Marxists who recognise the horror of the Soviet Union but who nevertheless feel that a Marxist state can be established without a loss of freedom . |
| 6 | Women who were inspired neither by feminism nor revulsion against the prescribed role of the middle class wife and mother , but who nevertheless found a sense of purpose in philanthropy , often wrote of their work with a cloying sentimentality and in terms that reveal a strange mixture of humility ( expressed in religious terms ) ; insecurity , class superiority and a grim determination to do God 's will . |
| 7 | I recall with particular pleasure the visit of the younger Edinburgh parish minister who insisted that his strength was of the superhuman variety , but who nevertheless collapsed , laughing , under the weight of a huge box of encyclopaedias . |
| 8 | National Maritime Museum laments ‘ smash and grab ’ approach of private salvage operations but who else has the funds ? |
| 9 | There are some experts whose advice you may seek , and whose fees you will not recover , but who easily justify their fee by the increase that they obtain in the damages awarded . |
| 10 | These were the Azems who had once served in the French army or even the French air force but who later turned against their French masters — and their minority supporters in Syria — and died fighting them . |
| 11 | The others pardoned were two intelligence officials — Duane R. Clarridge , the former head of the CIA 's European Division , who was awaiting trial on charges of having misled Congress [ see also p. 38428 ] , and Alan D. Fiers , a CIA official who had pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information from Congress , but who later co-operated with the authorities and served as the prosecution 's chief witness at George 's trial [ see p. 39043 ] . |
| 12 | postmistress of Steepways ; Hugh , her eldest son , at first believed to have been lost at sea but who later reappears ; Margaret , his wife ; their daughter ; Alfred , Hugh 's younger brother , who helps Captain Jorgan to solve the mystery about his late father 's life-savings ; Jorgan , his infant son by his wife Kitty . |
| 13 | To Arnold the term philistine implied the idea of something stiff-necked and perverse in its resistance to light — ‘ and therein it specially suits our middle class , who not only do not pursue sweetness and light , but who even prefer to them that sort of machinery of business , chapels , tea-meetings and addresses from Mr Murphy , which makes up the dismal and illiberal life on which I have so often touched ’ . |
| 14 | In the early 1900s , although there was a continued expansion of the traditional and more exclusive type of club , increasingly ( and especially in the north of England ) , there were groups emerging whose members would not only challenge the middle-class monopoly of the countryside but who also expressed a commitment to the principles of socialism . |
| 15 | There were four teachers fully committed to teaching Art , and one whose main responsibility was teaching Needlework but who also taught some Art . |
| 16 | Hilton was certainly conscious of writing for a wide monastic audience , but The Ladder is ostensibly written for a nun , who was enclosed in a convent and bound by traditional monastic disciplines , but who also seemed about to begin a more solitary life . |
| 17 | SHITO-RYU Hot on the heels of Funakoshi from Okinawa came Kenwa Mabuni , who had studied under the same master , but who also had two other teachers , named Itosu and Higaonna . |
| 18 | In the by-elections , I rapidly became disillusioned by the men who not only ended up taking credit for the Group 's existence but who also displayed a total lack of understanding about issues affecting Asian women in Britain . |
| 19 | On the other hand , there were those feminists represented by Josephine Butler who believed that prostitution was evil because it destroyed human dignity but who also believed the prostitute had a right not to be harassed , and if she was an adult she even had a right to choose to become a prostitute . |
| 20 | In deference to the opposition within the party , the abandonment of the referendum was kept secret until Law had been able to consult with Borden , who of course insisted that tariffs without food taxes would be no value to Canada , but who also refused to make a public intervention in British politics . |
| 21 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 22 | For example , a supervisor whose principal job is to plan tomorrow 's production assignments and next week 's work schedule but who also has ongoing responsibility for uninterrupted production supplies for the month ahead has a responsibility time span of one month . |
| 23 | The advertising vice-president who stays late every night working on next week 's layouts but who also has to begin making contingency plans for the expected launch of two new local advertising media campaigns three years hence has a responsibility time span of three years . |
| 24 | Napoleon 's Number One Fan , who during Abel Gance 's film was accused by the man in the next seat of masturbating underneath his hat and splashing his wife , but who stoutly defended himself by saying that the unfortunate staining would never have happened if she had n't nudged him and thus dislodged the titfer from his lap . |
| 25 | He merely strengthens the conclusions of the three wise men , who think that there may have been some recent decline but who certainly did not atribute it to the national curriculum , as the hon. Gentleman did . |
| 26 | At the south-western corner of the city walls two smaller castles were built , Baynard 's and Mountfichet , but never allowed to become great fortresses ; and they were finally removed from this strategic place by Edward I in the late thirteenth century : by a king whose mighty works at the Tower mirrored his determination to keep the Londoners under firm control ; but who greatly expanded the western end and formed a large new enclosure there for the Dominican friars , who could help him to ensure that no hostile presence met him when he came from Westminster to the City . |
| 27 | In August Najibullah claimed that the PDPA would even countenance ‘ settling up a government that would include representatives of the political forces now outside the country , but who sincerely want to participate in the nationwide process of building a new Afghanistan ’ . |
| 28 | He is a man who plays the game with huge heart but who always shares a couple of pints with the opposition afterwards . |
| 29 | Rock was a roly-poly detective who looked like a no-hoper but who always outwitted the opposition with sly brilliance . |
| 30 | David was one of those frustrating , enigmatic footballers who perform brilliantly in opposition against you , but who never reproduce such quality of performance when they become a player at your club . |