Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a few songs but mostly the show follows the stand-up format . |
| 2 | It is hoped to include , not only the smaller of gauges , 3½ins–5ins but also the larger 7½ins gauge . |
| 3 | In April 1990 the town had 28 empty offices but now the figure stands at 52 , while the number of vacant shops has risen from 20 to 46 , not including 68 shops under construction at the Cornmill centre . |
| 4 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 5 | Noble rot is , as all wine buffs will know , nothing to do with decay in stately homes but simply the French way of describing botrytis cinerea , the mould that forms on over-ripe grapes to produce the smooth taste of Sauternes . |
| 6 | The point here is not to exonerate the violent behaviour of certain Liverpool supporters but rather the reverse , i.e. to emphasize the potentially fatal risks which are being run each week in stadia where large and rowdy confrontations of young spectators take place . |
| 7 | Children need not only a ‘ lexicon ’ of images but also the ability to cope with a number of conventions . |
| 8 | A short-term modification was made which forces into this framework not just the lexical ambiguity of single words but also the other candidate words for any given location in the input . |
| 9 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 10 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
| 11 | That the young Prince , or Gaveston , or both , not only murdered hapless ladies in convents but even the Lord 's anointed ? |
| 12 | Libraries will not only provide a carefully-selected and well-displayed collection of books but also the opportunity to hear stories , paint , draw and make models , make and use puppets , take part in drama sessions , and so on . |
| 13 | The development of a research programme will involve not only the addition of suitable auxiliary hypotheses but also the development of adequate mathematical and experimental techniques . |
| 14 | We 've thrown in lots of youngsters but really the players ’ budget has basically been the same for five years , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Thus , we need to know not just the shape of the pre- and post-distributions but also the location of families within the distributions . |
| 16 | The term Earth Mysteries covers not just ancient sites but also the people who visited them and found them significant in their lives . |
| 17 | All nurseries keep records of work with parents but often the information is lost in daily dairies and in files including a lot of other information . |
| 18 | This was true of the industrial areas but also the rural communities which had ancient Catholic communities . |
| 19 | We could have chosen the three least vascular areas but then the counts would n't have been , would have been much more difficult . . |
| 20 | Any of these could be used as rollers but only the circle has a constant centre , permitting a hub . |
| 21 | This framework must be agreed in partnership with industry , and not just the large companies but also the many thousands of smaller companies that form such an important part of our industrial base . |
| 22 | The head bears not only the senses but also the machinery for integrating information and organizing appropriate responses . |
| 23 | A responsibility chart can indicate not only decisions and duties but also the information needed to discharge these duties ( Table 1 . |
| 24 | Staffing could legitimately include personal assistants competent to undertake not just secretarial duties but also the preliminary screening of constituents ' problems , any necessary investigative donkey-work and the drafting of correspondence . |
| 25 | However , that is exactly what happened on the 7th of September this year when Christy , 65 , from Kelburne Drive , was reunited not only with his British comrades but also the Germans he bravely fought against . |
| 26 | The results of these discussions , therefore , could have significant implications for authorised firms and the training needs of their members , who may well be asked to demonstrate not only their proven skills in handling such matters but also the level of their knowledge of the market and the products on offer . |
| 27 | If the EEC is to compete in post-GATT world markets , it is not the number of farmers which matters but rather the quality of their output . |
| 28 | At first the hotel was encumbered with the inevitable stone bankers but soon the ground was laid out with a delightful garden ‘ where a respectable band of musicians , formed in this place , meet every Tuesday and Friday evening ’ . |
| 29 | After all we knew that subsidy did n't exist to subsidise empty seats but rather the necessary and new ideas that were wanted at the time . |
| 30 | Meese was closely involved in the appointment of cabinet members and worked with Pendleton James , the White House personnel director , to ensure that not only sub-cabinet appointments but also the 2,000 lower level political positions went , as far as possible , to candidates who were both competent and ideologically sound . |