Example sentences of "in [adj] but the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water closet had been patented in 1775 but the widespread use of water carriage for sewage needed abundant water supply and good leakproof glazed drains . |
| 2 | After parting from Madame Gebrec , Melissa returned to the library with the intention of working there for the rest of the afternoon , but time and again she found her mind straying from the accounts of former religious wars and the acts of unbelievable cruelty committed by both sides to the more recent clash of ideologies which , it seemed to her , differed from the old in little but the relative sophistication of the weaponry . |
| 3 | Because experience of a child death is casually associated with non-use of contraceptives , where infant mortality is high among first births , as in all but the Western Hemisphere region and in developed countries , the first experience of a child death tends to occur when the woman is young , and she is then less likely ever to use contraceptives . |
| 4 | Dependency levels rose between 1979 and 1990 in all but the geriatric sector , the greatest increases being found in private residential homes where the largest percentage increase in the number of residents had occurred . |
| 5 | Theodora noticed the blinds were drawn in all but the central block . |
| 6 | But the lack of finance in all but the commercial sector is inhibiting . |
| 7 | He appeared in all but the initial match of 1919–20 to make the left-back position his own , and then in every one of the 3rd Division championship seasons of 1920–21 . |
| 8 | None the less , unison doublings should be very sparingly employed in all but the full orchestra . |
| 9 | It was begun in 1380 but the tall tower was not built until after 1500 . |
| 10 | Control was lost in four of them in 1977 but the Labour Party regained its monopoly of these strategic authorities in 1981 before they were abolished in 1986 . |
| 11 | Unemployment is one third lower than in 1987 but the key point is that the number in work keeps going up . |
| 12 | In the former , the DoI budgeted to spend £24 million in 1982–83 but the true figure will be about £ 14 million , an underspend of 40 per cent . |
| 13 | Kelly 's outstanding win in Milan-San Remo last month was one of the most courageous since the event was first run in 1907 but the uphill finish in the Belgian classic will favour the younger men . |
| 14 | The treaty had been renewed for 20 years in 1974 but the Yemeni government had indicated that it would oppose renewal in 1994 . |
| 15 | Earth tremors caused structural damage in Angra village in 1988 but the nuclear plant 's operators , state-owned Furnas Centrais Electricas , denied that the reactor had been damaged , although it has since been closed several times for " repairs " . |