Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Microsoft Graph offers 84 graphing styles but a number of commonly required types are supplied among PowerPoint 's Time Savers . |
| 2 | Around two-thirds of works on show have been drawn from British public collections but a number of other exhibits have not previously been published . |
| 3 | The skua colony turned out to be impressive , with few eggs but a host of great and Arctic skuas all intent on protecting their chosen nest site at all costs . |
| 4 | He is not just the Pope of the Roman Catholics but a symbol of human beings striving to create institutions and practices which bring them closer to the ways of God . |
| 5 | There was no easy solution to these problems but a number of alternatives could be considered . |
| 6 | Again , there are no national figures but a number of local studies indicate a high incidence of certain physical and sensory impairments amongst black and Asian communities ; the high incidence of sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia among people of Caribbean and Mediterranean origin is also well known . |
| 7 | As one of them related to Yakovlev , he had tried to get straw from his brother in a nearby village when he ran out of lighting-fuel , but officials had stopped him , since he was stealing ‘ from the poor … there 's sucilizm ( sic ) for you ’ , Ivanovka Soviet on the other hand was managed by no obvious clique , and the very few rich peasants had no general influence in the village , which contained no poor households but a lot of middling ones . |
| 8 | The great grey owl assemblage has a deficit of isolated molars but an excess of incisors , and this may be considered significant . |
| 9 | In contrast pen-based systems have received much less attention than voice-based systems but a number of commercial products are currently emerging on the market ( e.g. Penpoint , Paragraph and PenWindows ) . |
| 10 | It was most of them was local men but a lot of the Westray men and used to come too and help out . |
| 11 | It is an acquired taste for sensitive palates but a lot of hungry people are only too happy to tuck in . |
| 12 | This could be relative to a dramatic decrease in antral tumours but a number of studies , including the present one , suggest that the increase in proximal lesions is absolute . |