Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Institute of Personnel Management says there would be job losses but puts the figure at 100,000 . |
| 2 | McKibbin , in particular , acknowledges the strengths and weaknesses of the new constituency and party organizations but stresses the overall general improvements which were achieved . |
| 3 | First is a simple reductionist view , which would neglect the way in which culture not only shapes but constitutes the vast mass of human behaviour . |
| 4 | This idea finds an echo in many African countries but assumes a Marxist-Leninist view of the economic and social order found in only a handful of African ruling élites . |
| 5 | If an additive is present in one of the ingredients but serves no real function in the final product , it need not be declared . |
| 6 | This species is the main alternative to spruce in much of the Uplands but has a much reduced capacity to take up sulphur compounds than any forest when assessed on the basis of weight per unit area . |
| 7 | As Tynyanov puts it , ‘ Since a system is not a free interplay of equal elements but presupposes the foregrounding of one group of elements ( ‘ a dominant ’ ) and the deformation of others , a work becomes literature and acquires its literary function through just this dominant' ( O'Toole and Shukman 1977 : 34 ) . |
| 8 | The Bivvy Dome is a proven and firmly established shelter in use throughout the camping world which offers superb protection against the elements but saves the angler the need to carry a umbrella around with him . |
| 9 | It is run by the National Association of Funeral Directors but has no set packages . |
| 10 | A harvest which removes the cobs but leaves the dead plants standing is not like a harvest at all . |
| 11 | The system does not take a zero-based view of needs but has an incremental approach as the formula is replicated from year to year . |
| 12 | Ideally the initial investigation should be total colonoscopy as this will not only examine for malignant lesions but offers an opportunity to assess the mucosa for angiodysplasia . |
| 13 | A north facing conservatory will be cooler on summer days but offers a perfect growing environment for lush ferns , alms and other foliage that requires less daylight and less maintenance . |
| 14 | At first the Egyptians did not realize that the astronomical year does not consist of exactly 365 days but contains an extra fraction ( about one-quarter ) of a day . |
| 15 | This department , together with the Treasury , deals with the main financial and legal links with local governments but has no responsibility for education or social services . |
| 16 | Company 1 does have lower costs but has a flatter experience curve than the declining price schedule . |
| 17 | As usual , the Minister makes a lot of statements but gives no real facts , It would be useful if he followed the Prime Minister 's example and supported the concept of targets for the number of women that he expects to see in grades 1 to 5 of the civil service in one , two and five years ' time . |
| 18 | NCp7B , which lacks both zinc fingers but retains the three regions of basic amino acids , was found to bind to and protect DNAs from nuclease digestion about as efficiently as NCp7 while NCp7C showed a slightly reduced ability to protect the DNAs . |
| 19 | In this respect this is not a ‘ pure ’ trust clause , for it does not merely confirm bequests but adds a new element to their payability . |
| 20 | The local MP says he 's pleased with the security improvements but believes the terrorist threat is far from gone |
| 21 | The monster Calibos , a half-divine man who has been deformed as a punishment by the gods but retains the power of speech and other human characteristics including a curiously ineffectual lust for the pretty Andromeda ( Judy Bowker ) is doubly cast as a Dynarama ( or Dynamation , ie stop-motion ) model and as an actor ( Neil McCarthy ) , a decision not only unprecedented but unwise . |
| 22 | A conventional ‘ project school ’ modifies trial curricula but undertakes no fundamental changes . |
| 23 | Addition of sucralfate to bFGF does not influence the gastroprotective properties but augments the ulcer healing action of this drug . |
| 24 | Nearby , Quickstep , a pleasant VS 4b , lacks the stature of its more imposing neighbours but has the rock and the moves to prove more than a match for many a celebrated limestone VS . |
| 25 | Frontier search results in small trees but finds a feasible solution late in the process . |
| 26 | Another case of comparatively recent vintage , Re Bell 's Indenture [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1217 , confirmed that a solicitor in the ordinary course of his business has the implied authority of his partners to accept trust moneys as agent of the trustees but has no such authority to accept office as trustee and so make his co-partners liable for any misapplication of trust property . |
| 27 | Discipline is the foundation of the Force and means not only the performance of specific orders but implies a willing and prompt obedience , proper respect to senior officers and loyalty to the service . |
| 28 | The island has survived Viking , Scottish and British occupations but maintains an endearing independence . |
| 29 | Venezuela too has serious debt problems which were largely caused by OPEC production cuts and falling prices but has the distinction of being the only Latin American country to reschedule its foreign debt without an IMF loan . |
| 30 | It has no dial or hands but strikes the hours . |