Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recycled the wheels a few times but still the lights remained on . |
| 2 | Orwell 's point can be extended , since these writers recognized not only the dissolution of public or social values but also the bankruptcy of private ones : it ought to be remembered that the notion of " personality " reached its apogee in Oscar Wilde during the same period of scientific and social optimism . |
| 3 | In April 1990 the town had 28 empty offices but now the figure stands at 52 , while the number of vacant shops has risen from 20 to 46 , not including 68 shops under construction at the Cornmill centre . |
| 4 | There are a few songs but mostly the show follows the stand-up format . |
| 5 | In fact there were only a few cars but quite a number of pack mules , some horse-drawn carts and one or two carozzelle , fine horse-drawn carriages , most of which had seen better days . |
| 6 | However , that is exactly what happened on the 7th of September this year when Christy , 65 , from Kelburne Drive , was reunited not only with his British comrades but also the Germans he bravely fought against . |
| 7 | We could have chosen the three least vascular areas but then the counts would n't have been , would have been much more difficult . . |
| 8 | To this end they have collectively built up an enormous fund of local knowledge and experience , not just of the water and its peculiar hydrodynamics but also the sides of the gorge as well , things like the best portage routes , where to escape out of the gorge in an emergency , where and how close you can get with transport , nearest telephone , helicopter landing sites , etc , a sad spinoff of being on call for river search duties in the event of tragic emergency . |
| 9 | Could afford a few drinks but not a meal . |
| 10 | This move towards legislation in the field of social policy that does not proceed from evidence or research by those professionals engaged in the field , but proceeds from the ideology of the political party in power , has doubtless significantly changed not only the structure of the social services but also the role of the legislative process . |
| 11 | We shall have occasion later to examine the evidence submitted to and conclusions of the Bullock Committee , and it is sufficient here to note not only the submissions from educational and public librarians but also the committee 's support for the work of librarians in schools , and its welcome for the now-emerging courses leading to people dually qualified as both teachers and librarians . |
| 12 | The development of a research programme will involve not only the addition of suitable auxiliary hypotheses but also the development of adequate mathematical and experimental techniques . |
| 13 | The results of these discussions , therefore , could have significant implications for authorised firms and the training needs of their members , who may well be asked to demonstrate not only their proven skills in handling such matters but also the level of their knowledge of the market and the products on offer . |
| 14 | Struggles and strategies in the fields have at stake not just the value of symbolic goods but also the degree of autonomy of a given field . |
| 15 | The 10 workshops trial tested were of varying lengths but collectively the time required for completion was 6 working days so a considerable degree of commitment was required from all concerned . |
| 16 | This means you must practise not only individual sentences but also the use of these sentences in larger contexts . |
| 17 | We would be able to do it more easily if we could not only accurately assess the reading performance of individual children but also the readability of particular texts . |
| 18 | Not the actual chemicals but just the sort of question , that you 'd get . |
| 19 | This increases not only professional costs but also the risk that important information embedded in the general mass becomes overlooked . |
| 20 | The lectures of the former and the associations of the latter appeared to be serving not only academic and economic purposes but also the promotion of political instability . |
| 21 | They all say there were no passionate affairs but occasionally the tempters must have been successful . |
| 22 | Probably the most attractive feature of self-regulation , however , is the fact that the regulated must obey not only the letter of the self-regulatory codes but also the spirit . |
| 23 | ‘ We very much regret these redundancies but overall the reorganisation will result in a more targeted and focused research effort . |
| 24 | The match looked set to be a close affair when the two neighbours were level pegging after three heats but then a run of four successive 5–1s for the home side virtually settled the issue . |
| 25 | Over the fifteen years that Motability has been established , there have been powerful disagreements but not a whisper of hostility . |
| 26 | Among this generation was Ralph Hengham to whom are attributed not only two short legal treatises but also the initiative for much of Edward 's legislation . |
| 27 | The term Earth Mysteries covers not just ancient sites but also the people who visited them and found them significant in their lives . |
| 28 | The department to examine their homework policy and look at what is being set to all pupils but especially the examination candidates . |
| 29 | However , the dependent wife receives only 60 per cent of the single person 's pension — a fact that reflects not only the dependent status of married women but also the failure of the social security system to adapt to the increase in economic activity ( particularly in part-time jobs ) among women since the Beveridge scheme was introduced . |
| 30 | The apparently fragmented organization of the state apparatus represents not polyarchic pressures but rather the outcome of intra-state conflicts or the deliberate fragmentation and disorganisation of policy-making by state officials . |