Example sentences of "[noun] but on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The columns are ornamented in geometrical designs but on the apses , domes and walls are depicted biblical scenes with the Christ Pantacrator , apostles and saints .
2 He heard him speak some words , but he could n't make out what they were ; he then saw him bend and kiss her , not on the cheek but on the lips .
3 But decision making was also now , to a large extent , outside his control , for his livelihood was no longer dependent on the vagaries of nature but on the vagaries of the market .
4 In Kong Cheuk Kwan v R , Lord Roskill referred to a risk of causing damage but on the facts that was a relevant risk because a collision between two hydrofoils did create such a risk .
5 These taxes are levied not on particular households or firms but on the goods they buy or sell .
6 De Gaulle , however , defended it not just in economic terms but on the grounds that inflation would imperil the franc and throw France on the mercy of foreigners .
7 Most of the time it was rigid and still under the hot sky but on the occasions when it swayed , though no one noticed a breeze , there was a tiny ticking noise of brittle head against dry stalk .
8 In some respects this is a profoundly unreasonable book , focussing not only on scandal but on the scapegoats that the Scottish nation has turned on when its dreams have been badly short-changed .
9 Bonfires are built not in people 's backyards but on the streets outside their doors .
10 In March 1306 , Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scotland at Scone , so King Edward I again set out to meet the challenge but on the sands of the Solway , he died aged 68 , on 7th .
11 ‘ That study was based not on preconceived notions but on the observations of structure in the drawings themselves .
12 Our arguments are based not only on our national interest but on the risks we perceive to the competitive position of the Community as a whole .
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