Example sentences of "but [be] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Universities and colleges are looking to expand their intakes , but are drawing on a shrinking population of 18-year-olds . |
| 2 | The sixth company , which does not identify key environmental issues in its planning guidelines , does not do so because strategic issues are not discussed as part of the planning process but are considered on a continuous basis . |
| 3 | The listing which contains specific variable parts is not stored in the main data base , but is recorded on a secondary storage medium . |
| 4 | ( W ) is a women 's model , which usually has the same features but is built on a narrower last . |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the anxiety that still persists in Staffordshire about the fate of the Staffordshire regiment is not mere local and parochial concern but is based on a wider concern for the strength of the infantry ? |
| 6 | The new formula is very complicated , but is based on a notional income figure for each authority — the grant-related poundage ( GRP ) — which it is assumed will be raised by rates or community charge . |
| 7 | Self-confidence is not a childish show of bluster or conceit ( similar to that of Toad of Toad Hall ) but is based on a quiet serenity founded on your own self-image . |