Example sentences of "the [noun pl] but [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A common institutional response is to be intolerant , not of the circumstances but of the patients and their families . |
| 2 | There is always interest in all aspects of the show — not just in the dogs but in the displays , the trade stands and special events . |
| 3 | The drives we put on against New Zealand were things that we had worked on and it was very satisfying to see them coming off , not just for the forwards but for the backs as well . |
| 4 | ‘ Remember what Nikos said : apply the analysis not to the Moslems but to the Copts . |
| 5 | This is what has made some people think that in this work the distinction between good and bad is simply arbitrary , residing not in the nature of the characters but in the needs of the plot . |
| 6 | The greatest single expenditure on a Nonconformist chapel came not from the Congregationalists but from the Baptists and not in England but in Scotland . |
| 7 | In theory , then , we could use black holes as a way of travelling not just between the stars but between the galaxies . |
| 8 | The numbers were vast and this was very largely because the movies were not just appealing to sections of the masses but to the masses in general . |
| 9 | Life is sacred , not just for the humans but for the androids as well . |
| 10 | The next action , however , was taken not by the Protestants but by the Catholics ; and a very puzzling one it was . |
| 11 | It is a telling commentary upon parliament but even more so upon the church 's limited political potency : at that stage , the clergy needed the support not just of the commons but of the peers as well in order to defend effectively their privileges and franchises ; repeal was effected in the council and chiefly through the agency of the lords ; when the prelates contemplated a riposte in convocation they were instantly quelled by writs of prohibition . |
| 12 | THE MOST interesting reaction to the Labour Party 's abandonment of the closed shop is not that of the Left or the unions but of the Conservatives . |