Example sentences of "in [adj] but [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were 448 players registered with the Football League in 1891 but this figure rose to around 5,000 by the Edwardian period . |
| 2 | Matrimonial legal aid cost £61 million in 1983–84 but little money was available for independent conciliation services or to help couples to consider the options available to them and to separate , if necessary , without severe conflict and distress . |
| 3 | A fightback to fitness was cut short by a road accident in 1989 but this year , at the age of 30 , she beat Katarina Maleeva , ranked ten in the world , in a tournament in California . |
| 4 | Oil accounted for over 60% of demand in 1983 but this proportion will fall to some 55% by the end of the century due to the faster rate of increase in demand for gas and coal . |
| 5 | Curtis is now confined to a wheelchair after a stage accident in 1990 but this album — great value at £7.99 for CD and £4.99 for cassette — reminds us how good he was . |