Example sentences of "[adj] but [adv] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rise in the oil price after 1979 was mainly responsible not only for the growth in the share of this group of products in total imports from 1979 to 1984 but also for its decline during the following three years . |
| 2 | The election studies constitute perhaps the most widely used social science resource in Britain , and one of their greatest strengths is their continuity — not only in their coverage of every general election since 1964 but also in their design and conduct . |
| 3 | Sir John , now fully awake but still in his cups , belched and gazed around the tavern , murmuring what an excellent place it was . |
| 4 | That " something " happened three hours later , when Martin , cold and tired but still with his Nikon FM2 and 300 mm lens around his neck , suddenly saw that the ship was about to explode . |
| 5 | Regardless of advertising , competition or gift sponsorship , even personal friendships , we shall continue to be firm but fair in our reviewing . |
| 6 | Cohen had no means of protecting himself ; he was an elderly Jew — well , perhaps not elderly but clearly past his prime — and it was most unlikely that he 'd have the guts or the strength to attempt physical resistance . |
| 7 | The wife 's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband . |
| 8 | Begun in 1446 by Henry VI as a private place of worship for just 70 scholars it took no less than 69 years to build , being completed in 1515 on the instructions of Henry VII but only after his death . |
| 9 | ‘ There are two successive movements of consciousness , difficult but well within our capability , by which we can have access to the superior gradations of our existence . |
| 10 | This is evidenced not only by his insistence on self-discipline but also by his insistence on the realization of Truth through the service of others , and by means of ahi sā . |