Example sentences of "[n mass] but [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earnings per share more than halved to 10.2p but dividends are being held at 10p with a final of 6p payable on July 3 . |
| 2 | Prices have come down by between 30% and 50% but dealers are simply not exposing major works which they know will not find a buyer and may become unsaleable as a consequence . |
| 3 | ‘ It would only have cost us 16p but banks should provide a service for the public and not make life difficult for them . |
| 4 | Earnings per share fell from 24.4p to 17½p but dividends are up 0.2p to 10.2p with a final of 6.2p payable June 10 . |
| 5 | Although they work for advertising agencies they are not strictly advertising people but specialists in their particular field , such as photographers , illustrators , printers or film technicians . |
| 6 | I know there 's an attitude at home — men are people but women are only women — but that 's not the same things as putting your women in purdah . ’ |
| 7 | Characters , for example , are not ‘ real ’ people but effects produced by the semic code through its naming of qualities , which are then given an appearance of individuality and reality through the attribution of a proper name . |
| 8 | The pride taken not only by many staff but passengers in their more clearly identified ‘ Lines ’ is paying handsome dividends . |
| 9 | In 1986 , smoking among boys fell to 7% with girls at 12% [ 3 ] ; in 1988 , in England , boys ' smoking remained at 7% but girls still smoked more at 9% [ 4 ] . |
| 10 | By about 1000 BC much smaller cattle began to appear and they came to be called the Celtic oxen , their different skull shape giving rise to the term Bos brachyceros or Bos longifrons , though they were not in fact of a separate species but members of the Bos taurus species like other longhorns and shorthorns in temperate regions . |
| 11 | The deal will cost Rovers between £350,000 and £400,000 but Rovers directors have told Allison that cash is available for new players . |
| 12 | UK exports UK exports in 1991 : £103,804m But imports have grown even more , to £113,770 million . |
| 13 | Brewers also met downgradings and Bass closed 8p lower at 563p but pharmaceuticals rallied . |