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

  Next page
No Sentence
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 These taxes are levied not on particular households or firms but on the goods they buy or sell .
3 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 .
4 Bonfires are built not in people 's backyards but on the streets outside their doors .
5 ‘ That study was based not on preconceived notions but on the observations of structure in the drawings themselves .
  Next page