Example sentences of "but [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authority spending per se is not included but grants to local authorities and their total capital spending are . |
| 2 | This enquiry is similar to the one above , but refers to those facilities that are jointly used by neighbours over a third person 's property . |
| 3 | He hears the rumbles of discontent — but points to concurrent rises in viewing figures and attendances . |
| 4 | Such an ideal does not stand isolated from the practices which strive towards it but interacts with those practices , helps to construct them , and is in turn constructed by them . |
| 5 | The creature is often seen on the Idwal Slabs in North Wales and Stanage and Laddow Rocks in the South Pennines but has of recent years migrated on to the Craven limestone . |
| 6 | Fingerspelling does not , therefore , stand alone as a system but has in most cases become part of sign language for adult deaf People . |
| 7 | Glaxo acknowledges the omission , but says at higher doses known cancer-causing agents do not promote DNA synthesis . |
| 8 | The charter covers not only salaries , a minimum wage and maternity benefit but deals with many issues . |
| 9 | The Environmental Geoscience degree aims to train professional geoscientists eligible for the traditional geoscience professions , but concentrates on those aspects which are particularly important for the study of the environment . |
| 10 | Their free range stock is farm bred , but originates from wild animals in Europe . |
| 11 | The section covers similar ground to a Class 4 transaction , but applies to all companies whether listed or not . |
| 12 | The full text is in Professional Standards Bulletin 6 and is therefore not reprinted here ; but notes on important provisions , with extracts from the current rules as amended , are to be found in Part III . |
| 13 | The action has nothing specifically to do with the technical content of the programmes but relates to wider difficulties between the Council of Ministers , the Commission and the European Parliament . |
| 14 | The object of study does not usually encompass the whole physical , biological or other field , but focuses on certain phenomena , problems , aspects or themes . |
| 15 | Algeria also has the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline to northern Italy , but exports by both methods have been hit by contractual wrangles and by the European gas glut . |
| 16 | The impurity is not confined to the actual time of bleeding , but continues for seven days beyond the last sign of vaginal blood , thus effectively confining women to this state of impurity for twelve to fifteen days of the month . |
| 17 | Ciba denies that Galecron causes cancer in humans but admits to other ill-effects , notably bloody urine . |
| 18 | The difference between the two types is their chemical make-up and whilst I do n't want to go into lengthy explanations about the proportions of carbon and hydrogen atoms that determine the types of fatty acid it is important to realize that fat is n't just a single compound but comes in many forms . |
| 19 | Many such institutions also have substantial libraries , not only about local places , people and conditions , but works by local authors , all of which can be of value in building a picture of a place , its people , and their social preoccupations . |
| 20 | A ban on strike action which was also proposed for the same period , with heavy fines for offenders , had been dropped by the parliamentary labour committee when it became clear that it would receive no support , but fines for unofficial strikes were increased . |
| 21 | But yields on long-term bonds have been edging up since the middle of March , a sign that investors expect inflation to rise . |
| 22 | The belt tension tends to increase the boom damage but makes for easier repairs . |