Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noble rot is , as all wine buffs will know , nothing to do with decay in stately homes but simply the French way of describing botrytis cinerea , the mould that forms on over-ripe grapes to produce the smooth taste of Sauternes . |
| 2 | A short-term modification was made which forces into this framework not just the lexical ambiguity of single words but also the other candidate words for any given location in the input . |
| 3 | Staffing could legitimately include personal assistants competent to undertake not just secretarial duties but also the preliminary screening of constituents ' problems , any necessary investigative donkey-work and the drafting of correspondence . |
| 4 | In doing so , the committee had to look not only at the use of coal in power stations but also the increasing use of gas . |
| 5 | The charm of its old town is still at its heart — a treasury of ancient monuments , important archaeological finds and fine , venerable buildings but today the main focus is the resort 's shoreline of sparkling beaches stretching for more than 10 miles . |
| 6 | The trainers not only have to develop skills but also the professional maturity which enables the interpreter to use those skills responsibly to a defined code in the professional context and to confront and absorb in a positive way the inevitable stresses that come with the job — working in situations which may involve death , birth , bereavement , trauma or abuse . |
| 7 | These include not only perceptual-motor skills but also the basic language and social skills . |
| 8 | Conflicts in the countryside — especially between farming , forestry and conservation — have in places become so intense that they threaten not only the sound use of land resources but also the future prosperity of rural communities . |
| 9 | Unix System Laboratories Inc president Roel Pieper said in a talk with a bunch of software developers that he might license the tag ‘ Desktop Unix ’ to his COSE partners but never the unadorned word Unix . |
| 10 | Unix System Labs president , Roel Pieper , said in a talk with a bunch of software developers that he might license the tag ‘ Desktop Unix ’ to his COSE partners but never the unadorned word Unix . |
| 11 | In this report the mature Ramsey specially valued not only the word uncouth- nesses but also the pointed description of his nonconforming character in the phrase on his own lines . |
| 12 | But it is necessary to take into account not only the specific features of given industrial relations arrangements but also the environmental context which impinges upon them , and therefore the appropriateness of any transfer to a different context . |
| 13 | In the process it will be necessary to examine not only the extent to which geographic issues feature on the policy issues agenda in these fields but also the institutional context which governs decision-making and the extent to which data are available for research and policy analysis purposes . |
| 14 | It is worth noting that all members of the Campaign against Toxic Waste were unpaid volunteers but nevertheless the total expenditure incurred on the successful prosecution of it was in excess of £350,000 . |
| 15 | The feminist challenge threatens to upset not only existing assumptions and findings but also the whole way in which knowledge is produced and valued . |
| 16 | There may be some value in examining not only the differences between the two approaches but also the common ground since each is part of one and the same process . |
| 17 | Batsmen not only ignore the defence of their stumps but also the very presence of the wickets behind them . |
| 18 | Some of the houses stood out by dint of their brightly painted front doors but mostly the only sign of decoration was the washing on the lines and hanging from windows . |