Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With having such a long time off , I 've lost a lot of speed but the endurance is still there , which of course is the key for anyone on the ultra scene . |
| 2 | Treacle sponge , £1.50 , had custard but no vinegar . |
| 3 | First , judicial review may be allowed in cases where the applicant has pursued the alternative remedy but the procedure appears unlikely to produce a satisfactory outcome ; or if it has become seriously delayed . |
| 4 | Not a cow or horse but the size of a sheep or goat . |
| 5 | Nobody was in any danger from the horse but the plaintiff entered the field and tried to calm the horse and was injured . |
| 6 | The tower is of rough workmanship of mixed flint and stone ; having a door on the west side but no window ; there is a large buttress on the same side , and just below the eaves of the spire are rude square openings for the belfry which are double and foliated on the west side only . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you sure , though , ’ the man continued , desperately , ‘ a fine young woman , rather on the thin side but a lady , no doubting it , and a terrible young scoundrel , a thief of a man who looked as if he should be hanged . ’ |
| 8 | Impact Approaching impact , the body weight is surging through to the left side but the see-saw has n't hit the ground . |
| 9 | He had sat far back and to one side but the congregation was small for the early morning service and he had seen everything clearly . |
| 10 | Initially symptoms were well controlled after radiotherapy but the mucus discharge became troublesome again after two months . |
| 11 | She had a history of recurrent eczema but no exposure to toxic products . |
| 12 | The Government that has been formed is not a Coalition but a co-operation between individuals who are banded together to avoid the disaster . |
| 13 | IT WAS a beautiful , sunny , crisp winter 's day with spring but a whisper , summer a rumour . |
| 14 | Most dealers are content but some have expressed alarm not only about the expense but the difficulty of showing large objects such as tapestries in an enclosed space and the inconveniences of artificial lighting . |
| 15 | In the late 1980s Bluetts agreed to a mangement buyout and capital investment but the firm 's inability to meet the cost of the rent on its new premises opposite Claridge 's Hotel , and the slackness of trade as perceived by Chesfield , has meant that they are no longer willing to go on supporting the company . |
| 16 | Some people might say I do n't show any emotion but every time a goal went in there always seemed to be a picture of someone jumping up from the bench . |
| 17 | ‘ poetry , ’ he argued ( 1920 : 52–3 ) , ‘ is not a turning loose of emotion but an escape from emotion ; it is not the expression of personality , but an escape from personality . ’ |
| 18 | Of more than 40 witnesses , only he had positively identified the defendant but the jury could still convict on his evidence alone if it was convinced by it . |
| 19 | The plaintiff has invoiced the defendant accordingly full particulars of which have already been received by the defendant but the sum of £3000 ( exclusive of VAT ) remains due and unpaid . |
| 20 | In such a perception , the world is not physical geography but an arena inhabited by individual countries . |
| 21 | The Commission affirms , therefore , that music in worship is not an extravagance but a necessity if people are to receive the special blessings which God gives through it , and if they are to offer to him their best and their most . |
| 22 | It means that the starting point for the plan is not a strategic concept of the future but an assessment of the resources of the present . |
| 23 | For some branches it may not be possible to offer vacancies in the immediate future but the enquiry process will include advice about suitable Navy career options and timescales . |
| 24 | It insists that what is important in law is not the fact of command but the end at which that command aims and the way it achieves the end . |
| 25 | At last weekend 's ICA conference on screen censorship and sexuality , even Gus Van Sant 's experimental My Own Private Idaho , which stars River Phoenix as a gay rent boy and Keanu Reeves as his slumming bisexual friend , was condemned by one speaker as ‘ not a queer movie but a chance for straight actors to prove how lib-eral they are ’ . |
| 26 | Director Joel Schumacher has referred to his tale of love and death as an AIDS-era movie but the coyness of using a ‘ safe ’ illness like leukaemia as a metaphor for the terrors of AIDS is just another example of Hollywood 's penchant for skirting the issues . |
| 27 | The single image is like a photograph but a schema is a film that blazes in the mind 's theatre . |
| 28 | Lovell is emphatic that it is not a fast-track management programme but a way of offering highly motivated individuals the chance to fully develop themselves in technical , business and behavioural areas . |
| 29 | NP officials , however , claimed that the election was " definitely not " a response to the government 's reform programme but a response to local issues . |
| 30 | Highway Maintenance Priorities Edinburgh Sub Region Quarterly programme but no section on Juniper Green is included . |