Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a few songs but mostly the show follows the stand-up format . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 4 | They stress the often fragmented and piecemeal character of the racial hostility expressed by some white people in their survey : some of them blamed black settlers for housing shortages but not the loss of employment opportunities , for example . |
| 5 | John Simpson 's lucid report for Panorama , following groups of mujahedin through most of this year , attested to both the benevolent power of photography — cameramen Chris Hooke and Peter Juvenal courageouslycaught images of broken bodies and wrecked villages , of fire and snow — and the more dubious power of America and Russia , picking up the tab for the fighters but not the victims . |
| 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 | I remember the words but not the face . |
| 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 | That the young Prince , or Gaveston , or both , not only murdered hapless ladies in convents but even the Lord 's anointed ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We 've thrown in lots of youngsters but really the players ’ budget has basically been the same for five years , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Thus , we need to know not just the shape of the pre- and post-distributions but also the location of families within the distributions . |
| 15 | The term Earth Mysteries covers not just ancient sites but also the people who visited them and found them significant in their lives . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We could have chosen the three least vascular areas but then the counts would n't have been , would have been much more difficult . . |
| 18 | Any of these could be used as rollers but only the circle has a constant centre , permitting a hub . |
| 19 | ‘ Seeing only the whirlpools and counter-currents but not the progress of the long river of history only reveals the observer 's political short-sightedness . ’ |
| 20 | The head bears not only the senses but also the machinery for integrating information and organizing appropriate responses . |
| 21 | A responsibility chart can indicate not only decisions and duties but also the information needed to discharge these duties ( Table 1 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Control subjects experienced the critical cues but not the sucrose . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | Many cities and counties are little better placed , as each layer of government passes down the spending obligations but not the money to fulfil them . |
| 28 | The equations in ( 6.20 ) embody the hypothesis of rational expectations but not the assumption of structural neutrality . |
| 29 | Erm to curtail it 's competitive event er would be an absolute disaster shows that erm in simply because it is popular not just within the airlines but also the business er customers |
| 30 | I have n't cut the lawn for two days but tonight the garden smells of freshly mown grass nonetheless because next door have just done theirs . |