Example sentences of "[num] but [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials feared last night it will be at least 300 but the crash area is notorious for sheltering illegal immigrants . |
| 2 | British Telecom has 70,000 but the Post Office only 28,500 on the road , with 30,000 fork-lift trucks and other runabouts used only in sorting offices . |
| 3 | King John of England , desperate for Otto 's support during his struggle with the pope and his old natural enemy , the king of France , granted Otto 9000 marks in 1213 but the Welf position was weak . |
| 4 | The reinvestment return is 55.74 but the reinvestment risk is that on 15 February the 1-month rate will have fallen from the 9.25 per cent expected to , say , 8.75 per cent . |
| 5 | It was reduced to only two dozen cows during the 1970s but a breed society was formed in 1984 and numbers have increased to about 100 , with a large bank of frozen semen ; it remains severely endangered . |
| 6 | Wattana secured frame seven with 55 but the world No 2 won through with another run of 44 . |
| 7 | The United Arab Emirates opened up its market for telephones , facsimile machines , modems and other equipment on April 1 but the state operator , Etisalat , is retaining its monopoly in telephone services . |
| 8 | He would still like a Spitfire , not another Mk XIV but the lighter Mk IX . |
| 9 | Clint may be the wrong side of 60 but the cowboy superstar is not about to throw in the towel with the ladies just yet . |
| 10 | The brewery was closed by Brent Walker in 1989 but a management team bought the site and restarted brewing a year later . |
| 11 | This articulated railcar was scrapped in 1959 but the passenger trailer was towed , on road wheels fitted in place of the bogie to Dunfanaghy where it commenced its 30 year career as a holiday home . |
| 12 | It is hoped the home will be open early in 1994 but a management committee is already being set up . |
| 13 | THE first Essex Senior Cup final , in 1884 , saw Colchester beat Braintree 3–1 but the garrison town has never set eyes on Signor Fattorini 's masterpiece since . |