Example sentences of "[noun prp] but [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bair does not blame Sartre in any simplistic way , nor does she construct de Beauvoir as an innocent victim , but the relationship seems nevertheless exploitative , not only of de Beauvoir but also of the other ( always younger ) women drawn in to the couple 's sphere of influence . |
| 2 | Throughout 1811 – 12 attacks on machinery took place not only through the stocking-making counties of Nottinghamshire , Leicestershire and Derbyshire but also in the woollen districts of the West Riding and the cotton districts of Lancashire . |
| 3 | I think the the key point about patriotism is one reason why perhaps people in , in Britain and so on should n't be patriotic too , but if you see the rather cynical attitude of the Western countries towards recent events , not just in Russia but right across the Eastern block , very good example was condemned , erm but when , following the massacres erm , the West has gone on to sort of do deals with the winners and cultivate links er with the people responsible for that massacre , the killing of the Soviet Union went the other way and consequently erm that 's where you know Western resources are directed . |
| 4 | The Bretton Woods arrangements tried to ensure cooperation in the international monetary system , not only through the institutional arrangements for the operation of the IMF but also through the widespread acceptance of certain rules of conduct . |
| 5 | The interest displayed here and at an earlier Scottish Industry Exhibition at which SCOTBIS also exhibited was very encouraging , thereby raising the profile not only of the SSL but also of the National Library . |
| 6 | However , Walker found that if the BFP algorithm was altered to reflect the first three levels of SPAR 's ordering given above , correct results were obtained by eight of the 21 pronouns resolved correctly by Hobbs but incorrectly by the original BFP . |
| 7 | The south-westerly wind carried the gas away from Northwich but directly over the nearby villages of Lostock Gralam and Wincham . |
| 8 | ( Previous page ) The cuscus , a phalanger , and relative of the kangaroo , is found mainly in New Guinea but also among the mixed fauna of Sulawesi . |
| 9 | One of the more important consequences of this action — a consequence , incidentally , that we are still feeling the effects of — has been that demand for UK goods has been reduced not only in the UK but also in the other major industrialised oil importing nations . |
| 10 | Balancing outflows of about 430 000 km 3 of water and 6000km 3 of ice pass southward , mostly along the eastern flank of Greenland but also through the Canadian islands . |
| 11 | For example , a 1979 thesis listed in BRTT but not in the 1979 edition of the Aslib Index , would be listed in the 1980 edition . |
| 12 | He would be defended not just by the best lawyers in Egypt but probably by the best lawyers in France . |
| 13 | Tells you nothing about Ancient Egypt but much about the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | As his determination to change his wife was motivated not only by his infatuation with Anne but also by the pressing need to produce a legitimate male heir to the throne , the papal stamp of approval for an annulment and remarriage was essential . |