Example sentences of "of [noun sg] but [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Barham is a polymer scientist in the Department of Physics but is fast becoming more famous for his public lecture on The Physics of a Black Forest Gateau . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Annabel does n't understand why the trustees originally allowed her large sums of money but are now refusing relatively small sums . ’ |
| 3 | A TALENTED teenager gets a kick out of football but is also hitting a high note as a singer . |
| 4 | He was also aware that homosexuals in Britain at this time not only lived under the threat of illegality but were also regarded by many as deeply offensive . |
| 5 | These two groups provided the ‘ steady ’ leadership of labour but were always complemented by the unskilled and the seamen and by socialist intellectuals ( most of whom were manual workers in this period ) working around reproductive issues . |
| 6 | It has taken present-day governments some time to understand that a universal benefit is a bulwark against the disincentive effects of a largely means-tested system , and that , given that the benefit is paid irrespective of whether the household head is in or out of work but is nevertheless deducted from supplementary benefit , it helps maintain a difference between income in paid work and income on the dole . |
| 7 | This was not only a matter of pride but was also done to conform to the old City by-law which called for the cleansing of pavements by 3 p.m. each day . |