Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 2 | Not living up to its size : 37,000 artists but only forty-nine illustrations |
| 3 | City equalised through Peter Costello after 49 minutes but then had Graham Bressington dismissed for a scything tackle on Tony Griffiths . |
| 4 | For an initial period ( usually up to 12 months but up to 2 years for some people ) , your line manager will closely monitor your progress . |
| 5 | My Lords , section 87 does not stipulate that the successor must have resided at a particular house for 12 months but only that he should have resided with the deceased tenant for that period . |
| 6 | 2 years but less than 3 years 18 weeks 18 weeks |
| 7 | A Munro , in climbing parlance , is a Scottish mountain exceeding 3000 feet in height : the name is a tribute to Sir Hugh Munro who , in 1891 , published his meticulous records of all the mountains in Scotland over 3000 feet , listing them in descending order of altitude and also arranged in districts , with all the subsidiary tops over 3000 feet but not considered to be separate mountains . |
| 8 | The adult horse has a maximum of 44 teeth but often has less . |
| 9 | Wilson had a good chance to level after six minutes but completely mishit his kick . |
| 10 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 11 | S 224(4) of the CA1985 states that a company 's first accounting reference period is a period of more than six months but not more than 18 months beginning with the date of its incorporation . |
| 12 | Your dog will need a check-up every six months but once EPI has been confirmed , he should n't need any more tests . |
| 13 | The words belong to Paul Highsmith , who taught in England and Wales for six years but now teaches in the liberated zone of the emerging East African nation of Eritrea . |
| 14 | Has been worked for over 100 years but currently under redevelopment and extension with a modernised shaft . |
| 15 | Both men were banned from Switzerland for 10 years but only SFr85,000 of their money was confiscated . |
| 16 | Sleeps 10 persons but more comfortable for 8 . |
| 17 | Coventry hotshot Mick Quinn arrived on a streak of 10 goals from six games but never got a sniff of the target . |
| 18 | so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short … |
| 19 | so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short … |
| 20 | This contains six letters but only three individual sounds ( phonemes ) . |
| 21 | And they were reacting not only against the art of the past fifty years but also against the techniques and traditions of vision that had shaped Western painting since the scientific discoveries of the early Renaissance . |
| 22 | In contrast , if you perform an anaerobic ( literally ‘ without air ’ ) activity such as squash for 45 minutes , then you will burn off up to 650 calories but only around 260 of these will be fat calories . |
| 23 | I 've been here three months but so far I have n't seen anything — I have n't had a chance , I 've had hardly any time off . |
| 24 | Normally our tours were confined to three months but occasionally , according to the availability of experienced officers , this might be extended to longer periods . |
| 25 | The patient in whom sphincterotomy was performed had a reduced analgesic requirement for three months but subsequently relapsed ; pain control remained a problem to death at 19 months , with progression of the cholangiographic abnormalities shown at 15 months ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 26 | Three dungeons but only two doors . |
| 27 | Chaffinches reared normally for their first 90 days but then deafened sing the customary crude song ( Figure 3.10c ) at the beginning of their first spring , but they do not improve . |
| 28 | Emma Freud , roving spokeswoman for Comic Relief , has just crammed 100 interviews and a country-wide tour into three days but still claims to be ‘ loving it ’ . |
| 29 | A short time afterwards Tom Dempsey pointed to stretch their lead to three points but remarkably they were not to score again until three minutes from the end . |
| 30 | Devlins Paddy did nothing special in his next three races but then suddenly seemed to get the hang of chasing over the barriers . |