Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former uses a brand new casing while the latter retains the old full-height chassis but with a modernized front panel . |
| 2 | The flight had left London originally on Christmas Eve in another aircraft but after an hour 's flying time it had developed trouble with its undercarriage and had to return to London . |
| 3 | ‘ I think it was good to meet lots of different people but on the other hand , I have never really felt settled or had lifelong friends like most people , ’ he says . |
| 4 | When you begin to think about it you grow dizzy , your stomach turns over , not just at the commercialism of it all , but at the aestheticism of it all , not just at the chequebooks but at the Intelligent Conversations , not just at the fifty percent but at the Sensitive Responses , not just at the winks and nods but at the Hushed Silence in the Presence of Art . |
| 5 | The message of the Rio summit has been ( as if we did n't already know it ) that this is a small and fragile world and where conservation is concerned , everything is everybody 's business and that does n't just apply to the white rhino but to the artistic patrimony as well . |
| 6 | The subject was taken from contemporary life and the chief musical interest lies in the treatment not of the amorous gentry but of the hero 's four comic servants and their sons , and the peasants at a fair , who sing partly in dialect : and in a quick recitative with many repeated notes which must have been performed quasi-parlando . |
| 7 | Protection is granted , in the context of a trade dispute , to interference with contract ( and not merely a contract of employment ) , to intimidation or conspiracy to injure and to interference with trade by unlawful means but by the Employment Act 1980 this protection was to a large extent withdrawn in case of ‘ secondary action . ’ |
| 8 | Er you know erm the letter , the reply went back from Dave saying that every you know , possible thing was done to get bilingual staff but at the end of the day you know they could n't come up with the goods . |
| 9 | With a crown cover of 20 — 30 per cent , average erosion was 15.9 kg but with an 80 — 90 per cent crown cover it was reduced to 7.0 kg . |
| 10 | The attempt by the Court of Appeal to prevent Touvier from coming to trial may succeed but the verdict has led to an alarming rhetorical question posed in Le Monde : ‘ Should not these crimes be judged , not in the name of a single people but of the whole of humanity … and should it not be in Strasbourg , under European jurisdiction and not in Paris or Lyon that they be judged ? ’ |
| 11 | For the sake not just of the American people but for the whole world , we pray that Mr Clinton will fulfill his promise . |