Example sentences of "[noun prp] but a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by these Soviet standards of judgement not only Afghanistan but a number of African and Asian states in the Non-Aligned Movement have breached the principles of non-alignment in the 1980s through various forms of military cooperation with the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | And what was Greenham but a phenomenon of the 1980s ? |
| 3 | Passenger ferry to Craignure on the Isle of Mull for a tour not only of Mull but a visit to Iona . |
| 4 | The most significant of these was the substitution of a wooden table for a stone altar , a move that gave a visual emphasis to the Protestant belief that the eucharist was not the re-enactment of Christ 's sacrifice on Calvary but a remembrance of the Last Supper . |
| 5 | It was argued on Mrs Flint 's behalf that the transfer of property order was not a disposition by Mr Flint but a disposition by the Court and therefore s 284 did not apply . |
| 6 | He found nothing on Josie but a couple of folded Kleenex and a Tube ticket , but then when he rolled her over he heard a faint clink of metal on stone . |
| 7 | Here there will need to be not one module in EP but a variety of modules each geared to a particular path and each with a different set of prerequisites . |
| 8 | There are the comic characters like Wopsle , Mrs Pocket , Mr Pumblechook but a lot of the humour comes from Dickens ' words on paper , not just his invention of characters . |
| 9 | The two staff turned detective after a retailer , unknown at Higher Broughton but a customer with Manchester Rusholme Branch , paid in two vouchers for amounts in excess of £13,000 . |
| 10 | The scheme is based primarily on the use of beds at a Nursing Home near Oxford but a number of other Homes have also been used . |
| 11 | Gill lost contact with Vernage but a month before his killing spree he reappeared . |
| 12 | A first for Derrick but a second for George ( 4 ) |
| 13 | He added : ‘ We have the spectator Prime Minister -not a power at the heart of Europe but a void at the heart of the British Government . |
| 14 | No occupied France but a target into Germany . |
| 15 | Provided people assess their own utility by the quantity of goods that they themselves receive , B is a better allocation than A which in turn is a better allocation than C. But a comparison of A with points such as D , E or F , requires us to adopt a value judgement about the relative importance to us of David 's and Susie 's utility . |
| 16 | In the event , it secured a grant from the Cassell Trust to appoint an Organising Secretary for Norfolk and Norwich but a bid for adequate finance for a similar appointment in Essex foundered . |