Example sentences of "[noun] but [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This applies not only to the Christian religion but to all others as well . |
| 2 | There 's still much about meningitis which remains a mystery — why , for instance , cases of the disease come not in isolation but in localised clusters . |
| 3 | The formal discipline can sometimes tidy up muddled thinking but at other times it can interfere with the creatively developing interaction between trainer and trainee . |
| 4 | Perhaps the bat detects echoes not with its ears but with sensitive regions close to the ears , the functioning of which was impaired when the bat 's ears were plugged . |
| 5 | Sometimes the relationship is one of co-existence — two cultures exist side by side but in separate compartments . |
| 6 | By the late 19th century many northern populations were decimated ; the survivors lived half-starved in squalor and disease , unable to continue their traditional lifestyles but without viable alternatives . |
| 7 | They are a frontal assault of the Devil not only upon believers but on human beings everywhere . |
| 8 | These may seem obvious steps but in many cases aspects of the detailed planning for quarry development have been missing and delaying progress . |
| 9 | He describes the tour of Wales as ‘ a joke ’ , not meant as a jibe at the opposition but at Australian officials for keeping them on a whistle stop that would daunt American tourists . |
| 10 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 11 | Members of the Irish Dail feel pressure , they say , to look after constituents , because their support may slip away not only to rival parties but to other members of their own . |
| 12 | The democratic forms of the Council and committees and the rigid hierarchical structure of the service have some great strengths but in many ways are not geared to the modern task of managing thousands of people and hundreds of millions of pounds of assets . |
| 13 | Miliband 's position led to serious criticisms , not just from traditional instrumentalist Marxists but from other structuralists who recognised the importance of updating Marxism to take account of ideological hegemony and the pluralistic nature of politics in modern capitalism . |
| 14 | The Citroen BX has long been Britain 's most popular diesel-engined car but in recent months it has been overtaken by another model from the same French stable the ZX . |
| 15 | The Christians believed that by the death of Jesus , the suffering servant of Isaiah , God had formed a new covenant not only with the Jews but with all peoples of the earth . |
| 16 | I say publicly that they are mistaken in trying to push this Bill through in the face of severe and fierce opposition , not just from committed Labour supporters but from rank-and-file Conservatives and from people who have no particular political We were lucky enough to see my hon. Friend the Minister of State a couple of times , and we tried to explain to him how we in Leicestershire would lose out . |
| 17 | Registration costs £1 but for further details , leaflets and registration forms , write to Peter Briggs , BAYS Office , Fortress House , 23 Savile Row , London W1 X1AB or telephone 01–734 6010 . |
| 18 | True , the issue may be complicated by tax and other considerations but for most choices this very basic analysis helps greatly to clarify the financial arguments on both sides . |
| 19 | In the first chapter of his autobiography , we have an interesting record of this struggle , which he wrote down in English words but in Greek characters , in order that his thoughts erm should n't be accessible to his family . |
| 20 | For , if pressed , many are likely to say that they feel more in common with others in the same discipline in other institutions — even on the other side of the world — than with academics in the same institution but in different subjects . |
| 21 | The initial strategy planned by APU was to examine pupils ' performances not in the recognized school subjects but in certain areas of development — the verbal , mathematical , scientific , ethical ( subsequently changed to social and personal ) , aesthetic and physical . |
| 22 | It 's impossible to say if this element affected the Asian research scientist 's vote but in General Elections it is the issues , usually , which dominate . |
| 23 | Is not it about time that the Government stopped this practice of recruiting and exploiting young people who are deemed not old enough to cast a vote but in some cases are being forced to continue in the Army and can be put into armed combat , as they were during the Gulf war ? |
| 24 | Many have been homeless , not just for the past six months but for several years and they have been pushed from pillar to post within that area . |
| 25 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 26 | ‘ Not only are serious problems encountered with clinker but on some occasions spectacular displays of ‘ black glass ’ have been produced , lining the firebox tube plates — a situation not conducive to free steaming ! |
| 27 | Hampden Babylon is unmistakably Scottish in its love of football but like all love-affairs , Scotland 's relationship with the game has been stormy and impetuous . |
| 28 | ‘ Attempts were made to conciliate between Diameter and their clients but in many cases the bureau suffered the same frustrations experienced by the complainant , ’ he said . |
| 29 | The nautilus feeds not only on carrion but on living creatures such as crabs . |
| 30 | Looking back , almost everything about Mrs Thatcher 's 12 years seems touched with gothic melodrama — the political landscape was illuminated not by daylight but by periodic lightning-flashes . |