Example sentences of "[num] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By reserving a right for the landlord to carry out the works in the event of the tenant 's default , the landlord does in fact run a slight risk pursuant to s 4(4) of the Defective Premises Act 1972 but the risk is small compared to the relative advantage of the re-entry provision . |
| 2 | Under the terms of the Pretoria Minute , all political prisoners were to be released by April 30 but the deadline had passed with more than 1,000 people with claims to political prisoner status still in custody , according to the group Lawyers for Human Rights . |
| 3 | The mine is to become operational by 1985 but the cost of producing the coal in conditions where the hydraulic systems of the excavators freeze and burst in the intense cold is such that only by CPE ( Centrally Planned Economy ) economics would the project be viable . |
| 4 | It is a messy , complicated business dating back to 1985 but the essence of the charge is : |
| 5 | By the mid 1960s , not only was this area experiencing acidities less than pH 4.0 but the area of acid precipitation with values below pH 4.5 had expanded to include most of East and West Germany , northern France , eastern England and southern Scandinavia . |
| 6 | Robert had once put his ear to the door during one of his colleagues ' classes and had been able to hear nothing from Class 2 but an eery silence . |
| 7 | Officials feared last night it will be at least 300 but the crash area is notorious for sheltering illegal immigrants . |
| 8 | The Congress ( I ) claim to form a government headed by V. Vaithilingam was accepted by the Lieutenant-Governor , Har Swarup Singh , on June 22 but a government had not been formed as of early July . |
| 9 | Parry had attempted a quick drop-out from his 22 but the kick was charged down by Boobyer . |
| 10 | The water closet had been patented in 1775 but the widespread use of water carriage for sewage needed abundant water supply and good leakproof glazed drains . |
| 11 | His regular visits to the hospital for treatment finally ended in 1991 but a psychiatric nurse still visits him every fortnight to help him with the bouts of depression he suffers . |
| 12 | It announced a 27 p.c. fall in profits to £28.4m for 1991 but the first quarter of 1992 showed a ‘ significant recovery ’ . |
| 13 | AI has repeatedly expressed concern about the case to the Tunisian Government since October 1991 but the Tunisian authorities have continued to insist that Faisal Barakat had never been arrested and that he died in a road accident . |
| 14 | The region 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) had shown a growth rate of 6 per cent in 1991 but the figure for 1992 was expected to be only 5.7 per cent . |
| 15 | More than 65,000 grey squirrels were poisoned in 1991 but the law forbids bait to be laid in woods inhabited by both species . |
| 16 | He recalled that Venables and Sugar had been hailed as the ‘ dream ticket ’ team to run Spurs when they took control in 1991 but the relationship turned sour . |
| 17 | A powerful bomb extensively damaged a Civil Guard barracks in Llodio near Bilbao on June 26 but no one was injured . |
| 18 | And thus , not anonymous among hundreds but the centre and focus of a tight little group of a dozen guards , Harry crossed the drawbridge and made his entry into Parfois . |
| 19 | Rigge v. Bell ( 1793 ) 5 Durn. & E. 471 a parol agreement for a seven-year lease did not comply with the Statute of Frauds 1677 but the tenant entered and paid a yearly rent and it was held that he was tenant from year to year on the terms of the agreement . |
| 20 | Powerful material for 1963 but a sample of how the show should have developed its characters to make them more rounded and believable . |
| 21 | In the 1800s there were two large ash trees growing inside the chancel , these were cut down in 1892 but the stumps are still clearly visible . |
| 22 | Gothin et al , studying six adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and growth failure ( three with Crohn 's disease and three with ulcerative colitis ) , showed a normal sleep related serum growth hormone response in all six but a blunted response to arginine in one patient and to insulin in three patients . |
| 23 | Donegal in December 1979 but the story of uranium mining actually begins three years further back . |
| 24 | Thus for example , the proportion of total social service department expenditure upon elderly people increased from 38.1 to 45 per cent between 1973 to 1979 but the percentage of expenditure on community services remained the same and continued to be so into the mid 1980s ( Parker , 1990 ) . |
| 25 | The 1989 review of the NHS allowed tax relief for private health insurance for the over-60s but the rejection of other means of finance rules out any fundamental change in the near future . |
| 26 | In 1988 the old effective exchange rate had absolute values in the 70s but the new index is in the 90s . |
| 27 | Entering into investment transactions that have been induced by misleading statements is not a contravention of section 47 but the result of a contravention . |
| 28 | There has been a church on this site since 1170 but the present building dates from 1430 , with the famous hexagonal and crocketed spire being added in the early fifteenth hundreds . |
| 29 | George Fawcett may be in his seventies but the will is obviously as strong as ever . |
| 30 | Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize and Nelson Mandela was jailed for life ; Winston Churchill was 90 but the only fighting on the beaches was between the Mods and Rockers . |