Example sentences of "but [adv] the [num] " in BNC.
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1 | But thankfully the two exters never got to me . |
2 | Land can be classified in a variety of ways , but perhaps the two most basic classifications are concerned first with its legal status and secondly , and of equal importance , its status under the Town and Country Planning Acts . |
3 | Everyone , but especially the two Lewises , loved the zoo , and Jack made friends with a bear whom he nicknamed Bultitude . |
4 | Whilst he has this weight advantage ( you get with youth ) Id let him run at defenders but especially the 2 central ones . |
5 | Thirteen parties fielded candidates , but only the eight represented in the outgoing parliament secured the minimum 2 per cent of the vote required for representation . |
6 | But already the 11.54 was steaming into the station , and Perks was looking in all the windows . |
7 | Nowadays they get in free and are given VIP passes ( access to all areas ) , but tonight the five mates with whom they 've driven the 150 miles from Southport have all been refused entry by the Ritzy 's management for being under 20 . |
8 | Hence , if a diet involves calorie restriction to 1000 calories per day , then not 980 , not 1020 , but exactly the 1000 calories should pass the lips . |
9 | The solo quartet was not always well balanced , but individually the two female voices were particularly striking . |
10 | We could talk about everything , but not the Five Chapters . |
11 | Janette Marshall discovers that you can forget the meat — but not the two veg |
12 | In this study it has been shown by two independent methods that histamine increases the in vitro proliferation of the two gastric tumour cells ; MKN45 and MKN45G but not the two colorectal lines ; C170 and LoVo . |
13 | Apparently Lothar received a majority on the first ballot , but not the two-thirds majority made necessary by the constitution " Licet de vitanda " of the Third Lateran Council of 1179 . |
14 | The P3U1 myeloma cell line expresses two distinct Oct-2 transcripts of 5 kb and 2 kb ( Figure 5b , lane 7 ) , whilst the other 3 myeloma cell lines all express the 5 kb but not the 2 kb transcript ( Figure 5b , lanes 4 , 5 and 6 ) . |
15 | It exceeds the 10½ inches , but not the 12 inches , and I was rather hoping it may be a record size . |
16 | After the war Saddam rapidly reduced in size the regular army , once a million strong , but not the ten Republican Guard divisions , known for their loyalty to the regime . |
17 | Well she is like mine but just the one window opens down side , you know . |
18 | But yesterday the two firms announced that the marriage was back on again , and a greater North TV station back on the agenda . |
19 | The knot gave but still the four horses seemed content to graze the clearing where they were . |
20 | It is not a mere means to X + Y , since it is a part of it , but still the 90 degrees of value are not its value . |
21 | There are a number of underlays on the market , but probably the two best general types are those made from solid sponge rubber — which should not be confused with foam rubber or ripple rubber , neither of which is suitable — and those made from a combination of animal hair and jute with a coating of rubber on both sides . |
22 | Meese was closely involved in the appointment of cabinet members and worked with Pendleton James , the White House personnel director , to ensure that not only sub-cabinet appointments but also the 2,000 lower level political positions went , as far as possible , to candidates who were both competent and ideologically sound . |
23 | For random instance , CBS/Fox has recently released ( £9.99 each ) not only Cronenberg 's 1986 The Fly and its far from negligible 1958 forerunner , but also the 1959 quick-buck sequel to the latter , Return Of The Fly , a collector 's item , though not necessarily in qualitative terms . |
24 | and that means colleagues , that means not just the two hundred thousand individual members , but also the four million trade union levy payers , who back the Party through those payments , strengthen Labour 's organization , and give invaluable support at election time . |
25 | But now the two men have changed places , and the boat has worked its magic . |
26 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
27 | Kim also felt hurt initially , but now the three are the best of friends . |
28 | He also reached the 1944 and 46 finals losing to Jimmy Adams and the great Fred Daly but surely the '31 decider must go down in history as one of the most one-sided ever . |
29 | It was a Herculean task , and she 'd died just as she was beginning the nineteenth volume , with no end in sight , but even the one book in Godolphin 's possession was enough to guarantee that he would search for the others until his dying day . |
30 | The first point to be made about recent rural population change is that the broad spatial processes of the 1970s and early 1980s can be traced back into not only the 1960s , but even the 1950s ( Compton , 1983 ) . |