Example sentences of "[num] but [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mine is to become operational by 1985 but the cost of producing the coal in conditions where the hydraulic systems of the excavators freeze and burst in the intense cold is such that only by CPE ( Centrally Planned Economy ) economics would the project be viable . |
| 2 | It is a messy , complicated business dating back to 1985 but the essence of the charge is : |
| 3 | By the mid 1960s , not only was this area experiencing acidities less than pH 4.0 but the area of acid precipitation with values below pH 4.5 had expanded to include most of East and West Germany , northern France , eastern England and southern Scandinavia . |
| 4 | The region 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) had shown a growth rate of 6 per cent in 1991 but the figure for 1992 was expected to be only 5.7 per cent . |
| 5 | Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . |
| 6 | Donegal in December 1979 but the story of uranium mining actually begins three years further back . |
| 7 | Thus for example , the proportion of total social service department expenditure upon elderly people increased from 38.1 to 45 per cent between 1973 to 1979 but the percentage of expenditure on community services remained the same and continued to be so into the mid 1980s ( Parker , 1990 ) . |
| 8 | The 1989 review of the NHS allowed tax relief for private health insurance for the over-60s but the rejection of other means of finance rules out any fundamental change in the near future . |
| 9 | Entering into investment transactions that have been induced by misleading statements is not a contravention of section 47 but the result of a contravention . |
| 10 | He was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery towards the end of World War I. He obtained a third class in literae humaniores at Oxford in 1921 but a pass with distinction in the LLB at Edinburgh in 1924 . |
| 11 | You will note that my Local Search reveals a repair grant of £704.48 registered on 3rd January 1984 but the period of three years requiring payment have now lapsed . |
| 12 | Poverty compelled a return to advertising in the early 1940s but the work of this period is essentially derivative in that it borrows from the artist 's own paintings . |
| 13 | The Communist Party still had less than 6,000 members at the end of 1934 but the balance within the Left was beginning to move towards it and away from the disintegrating ILP . |
| 14 | Twenty years later the population had risen by 478 but the proportion of the workforce employed in footwear had grown more dramatically , so that not only were 301 men and boys working at the trade but also 123 women and 118 girls . |
| 15 | John was still only sixteen years old soft is probable that the real initiative for the invasion came from the unscrupulous Geoffrey , now apparently restored to his duchy ; Richard and Geoffrey had been formally reconciled in the summer of 1183 but the memory of the struggle for Limoges obviously still rankled . |
| 16 | Lloyd made 52 but the rest of the batting disappointed , and , with rain reducing the game to fifty overs each , West Indies managed only 179 . |
| 17 | For years the market has been dominated by Lotus 123 but the development of Windows has enabled other products to move into the market — notably Excel from Microsoft . |
| 18 | At 139p , the forward multiple for 1992 is in the upper twenties but the yield of 5.3 p.c. is sustainable and the next six months offer a once-in-a-lifetime chance for bidders to grab Tarmac 's £3 billion plus of sales cheaply . |
| 19 | W.N. and L.A. Kellogg adopted the then revolutionary idea of rearing an infant chimpanzee in their own home in the 1920s but the experiment with Gua was abandoned after a year because no signs of vocalisation resembling human speech were observed . |
| 20 | She has been in the hat business since 1982 but a devotee for far longer . |
| 21 | Mr. Ian Hunter , Secretary General of the Association of Optometrists , wrote in reply to the Minister 's letter : ’ To restart national health service eye examinations for the over 60s would now cost about £25 million but the cost for not doing so will be two or three times as much because eye disease will remain undetected until treatment is less effective and more expensive . |
| 22 | Home Office figures put the total of offences at a record five point seven million but the rate of increase showed a sharp drop on the two previous years and more than half the recorded crime was either theft of or from vehicles . |
| 23 | Home Office figures put the total of offences at a record five point seven million but the rate of increase showed a sharp drop on the two previous years . |
| 24 | The depressed post-war state of the countries ' economies meant that little progress was made until the 1950s but the experience of modern warfare had at least convinced government circles that the old security arguments against a tunnel were redundant . |
| 25 | Overall , the number of complaints and inquiries fell by nearly 10 p.c. to 1,206 but the number of complaints was ‘ slightly above the 1990 level ’ . |
| 26 | Not only are the young maidens of India swooning in their thousands but a host of saris , long married , have suddenly developed the mothering instinct . |
| 27 | There is a cast of 100 and a stage crew of 20 but every pupil in the school was involved in the artwork , costumes and hall decorations . |
| 28 | The project was originally scheduled to end in August 1990 but the Department of Trade and Industry asked SCDI to extend this by 7 months to March 1991 . |
| 29 | Both scored 24 but the rest of the night belonged exclusively to North and more specifically pace bowlers Alan Donnelly and Simon Corlett . |