Example sentences of "the [noun sg] but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holywood 's best period came just before the interval , with Carl Anderson getting in behind the defence but just failing to pick out Colin Irwin . |
| 2 | Semi-ripe ( semi-hardwood or half-ripe ) cuttings are taken from current year 's shoots of shrubs when woody at the base but still soft at the tips , in mid-summer to mid-autumn . |
| 3 | It is now possible to study not only the direction but also the rate of shell evolution at an interspecies level over the entire history of the Earth ! |
| 4 | He knows his affair caused the split but instead of accepting responsibility he is trying to ease his guilt by upsetting you . |
| 5 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 6 | Gordon Cooke reluctantly accepted the change but only on the understanding that the DUP was not committed to encouraging local option votes . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , it 'll definitely be this Tuesday , ’ he told The Scotsman but then told the Irish Times it would be 1 April . |
| 8 | Meanwhile people went in and out of the pharmacy but only two women of conceivably Agnes 's age : one very tall and striding in a long ethnic-of-somewhere skirt the other short and waddling , flat-heeled long blonde hair dark jacket and beret and a huge shoulder bag . |
| 9 | Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , although it adds nothing to the established principles , is an example of inconsistent previous statements wrongly withheld by the Crown at the trial but properly , if belatedly , disclosed on appeal , so that a conviction depending on evidence of identification was quashed for want of a fair trial . |
| 10 | They 're not just for the beginner but also for people who want to brush up on their skills with or without an instructor . |
| 11 | ‘ There was a little celebration at the sentence but sadly there is every chance that someone else will take his place in this area . ’ |
| 12 | I think it 'll all go ahead and we 'll get the money but meanwhile before we knew about , we did do a lot of fund raising and we got some money in er I suppose something like a thousand pounds . |
| 13 | All these economies were necessary not because the women 's husbands were unwilling to share the money but usually because none was available . |
| 14 | Bill has n't actually finished his permanently in the drivers , but they ca n't so he choose the one that 's got to go , but in the meantime there 's these two other guys they closed down , and er , these two buyers they got redundancy money , they drive and they can go through there and still work so they 've got the money but still work at so there coining it in . |
| 15 | It is preceded by a prologue ( Genesis 1–11 ) , consisting of ancient records and traditions , which serve not only to introduce the main themes of the narrative but also to relate them to God 's purposes in the world of fallen men , of divided nations and of a created order which was originally good . |
| 16 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 17 | In more recent times the potential of bilingual education not only for a social elite as was traditionally the case but also for the disadvantaged and/or those already possessing a degree of bilingualism from pre-school experience has been much discussed and researched . |
| 18 | One suggested reason is to protect public bodies from vexatious litigants with no real interest in the outcome of the case but just a desire to make things difficult for the government . |
| 19 | My difficulty , however , is not just to show you that this is the case but rather to show you just what is the case ! |
| 20 | Articulated syntheses have vectorial qualities — not only a weight within the field but also a direction . |
| 21 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 22 | In May 1970 New Society looked at 359 judges including those offices surveyed by the Economist but also , amongst others , county court judgeships and metropolitan magistrates . |
| 23 | When a minor term of the contract , called a warranty , is breached , the plaintiff may not repudiate the contract but only sue for damages ; breach of a warranty is said to sound in damages only . |
| 24 | Almost £1.4 billion will be underwritten by the taxpayer but more than 2,500 manufacturing jobs would be created nationwide within the first six months , shown in the graphic above . |
| 25 | Wet or damaged timber is the appetising food for the insect but apparently sound wood may be equally badly afflicted . |
| 26 | Susan knew Stewart would win the election but never take office . |
| 27 | In Tirgu Mures , the HDUR candidate for mayor had been deemed ineligible to stand by a local court ; the party then supported an independent candidate , who won the election but then resigned after revelations that his nomination papers were irregular . |
| 28 | Out of more than 50 parties and associations established in the previous 18 months , 28 contested the election but only 12 at national level . |
| 29 | He says the enormous sums spent on advertising by political parties — in particular the Conservatives — have more to do with boosting party workers ' morale and with the fact that it would be deeply embarrassing and demoralising if they lost the election but still ended up with cash in the kitty . |
| 30 | It must be stressed that the courts are not challenging the merits of the decision but rather the power of the body in question to reach that particular decision . |