Example sentences of "[noun sg] but the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selection still has to be approved by the next full meeting of the constituency association but the chairwomen , Ms Anne Peck , said last night that this appeared to be a formality . |
| 2 | She called the RSPCA and fire brigade but the birds were found dead . |
| 3 | The ventral interradial areas are similar to those of the dorsal side but the scales are usually more conspicuous . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're a young side but the players are growing in experience . |
| 5 | The ventral interradial areas are similar to the dorsal side but the rods are not as long . |
| 6 | He ca n't have been so crap otherwise he would n't have been picked in such a brilliant side but the mistakes I 've seen were just appalling , and in the most important games e.g. the first Chelsea 70 Cup Final game when the ball went right under his body . |
| 7 | For the moment , high interest rates have eroded people 's economic confidence in the future but the trends in savings and consumer spending scarcely suggest a lack of economic buoyancy after seven years of real income growth . |
| 8 | There was some attempt by friends of Highlander to purchase some of the books etc. at the auction but the buildings and most of the moveable assets were lost . |
| 9 | WHEN the Royal yacht Britannia berthed at Leith I went down to take a photograph but the police said no one was allowed in . |
| 10 | It aroused much local opposition but the directives came into force , technically at least , from I January this year . |
| 11 | Later in the session Noell had to defend himself against accusations of having made an illicit profit out of transporting captured Irish , Scottish , and English Royalist soldiers , political prisoners , and convicted criminals to Barbados ; he denied not the facts of such transportation but the allegations of cruelty and profiteering arising therefrom . |
| 12 | Chesarynth felt her own coarse fabric ripple with uncertainty but the bubbles , the prisms of meaning , twinkled cheerful and saffron , and she stopped vibrating . |
| 13 | She glanced towards the window to catch a glimpse of Mrs Hollidaye 's car but the windows , though clear glass , gave on to an enclosed garden with bare rose bushes poking up like black twigs through the slush . |
| 14 | I do the background briefing but the clients have to do most of the work , and so I always tell them . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ These people have the same rights as any private citizen but the demonstrations by Fr. |
| 16 | Death rates from cardiovascular disease fell with increasing birth weight but the relations were not as strong as with weight at 1 year . |
| 17 | The proceedings are usually recorded on tape but the recordings ( and any transcripts ) are not released unless the parties agree . |
| 18 | This was only a small-scale study but the results are so striking that it is worth speculating on some of the possible causes of gender bias in the classroom . |
| 19 | There is a lot of talk but the voices are calm . |
| 20 | On the high mountains there was still snow but the valleys looked hot and dry . |
| 21 | The later 1920s reflected a modest boom but the years demonstrated no great grasp of economic analysis ( these were pre-Keynesian days ) , and problems of currency stabilization and national debt management assumed greatest importance . |
| 22 | Er carrots are fifteen pence a pound but the potatoes th they 're different . |
| 23 | There 's a flower bed of sorts over by the fence but the flowers look to be on their last legs , as far as I can make out . |
| 24 | It is also used when there has been adultery but the parties prefer to present their break-up with less stigma and embarrassment . |
| 25 | The move had the desired effect but the Indians ' ‘ Friendship Tour ’ was also threatened yesterday by a sex scandal . |
| 26 | Nevertheless Cubism is not a system , and the differences which characterize not only the talent but the styles of these artists , are an obvious proof of it . ’ |
| 27 | Some of the old skill is perpetuated on the island as a cottage industry but the patterns are now used and often machine-knitted by mainland manufacturers . |
| 28 | It will affect not only the coal industry but the consumers who will have to pay an ever-increasing price for gas . |
| 29 | ‘ Cup-ties are a great realease from the staple diet of League football but the lads — especially the younger ones — have to grasp the importance of staying up . |
| 30 | Not only the boat but the lives of both Martin and Paula Varna — not peanut policies either of them as you can imagine . |