Example sentences of "[art] [noun] but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People come from all over Darlington for some of the activities but in the Denes area the church is regarded as a genuine focal point for non-churchgoers as well as regular worshippers . |
| 2 | And teachers will try to ensure correct ‘ standard ’ English is spoken , not only in the class-room but in the playground and out of school , too . |
| 3 | Furthermore the court 's alternative conclusion that the profit arose in or derived from the places where these assets were licensed erroneously presupposes that the rights in question had a fixed situs outside Hong Kong whence profits accrued not to the sub-licensees but to the taxpayer . |
| 4 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |
| 5 | The discharges from its nuclear stations into the air and the sea were very strictly controlled , the effects on the environment were regularly monitored ( not only by the Board but by the Agriculture and Environment Ministries ) and the estimates of radiation doses received by the most ‘ exposed ’ people — living or working near the sites — were made ‘ with considerable pessimism ’ . |
| 6 | His vocabulary was curiously outdated : he went , not to a film or the cinema but to the ‘ movies ’ , and ha'penny was always by him pronounced ‘ half-penny ’ . |
| 7 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 8 | On the further consideration of the action , Macnaghten J. held that , as the plaintiff , under the agreement , was to pay not to the creditors but to the credit of their solicitors there was a sufficient consideration . |
| 9 | Therefore , gaining resources may not depend on the logic of the case but on a number of other factors . |
| 10 | Or did do mind you I I would n't think it now not for younger folk that 's not the case but for the older folk it very much worse . |
| 11 | The first- and second-person pronouns are typical examples in that they do not refer back to a nominal expression in the text but to the speaker and hearer ( or writer and reader ) respectively . |
| 12 | But the loss , damage or delay has occurred during the carriage by the other means of transport and was not caused by an act or omission of the carrier by road is determined not by the CMR but by the applicable international convention . |
| 13 | It 'll be be much more straightforward when they 've got the whole thing on the computer but at the moment it 's a transitional phase . |
| 14 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 15 | Do not copy the notes but underneath the stave write marks to show where the music gets louder crescendo marks and softer diminuendo marks . |
| 16 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 17 | Thus , unless otherwise agreed it is not for the seller to convey the goods to the buyer but for the latter to collect them . |
| 18 | This pore lies close to the surface of the jaw but within the mouth slit and has 2–3 tentacle scales . |
| 19 | As in O. vallinicola , the second oral tentacle pore lies close to the surface of the jaw but within the mouth slit . |
| 20 | He would talk not only of their vocation to the ministry but of the books which they were reading and the circumstances of their family . |
| 21 | Action which the exchange purports to take under existing rules will not be valid if , on the facts , the action amounts not to the exercise of an existing power contained in the rules but to the creation of a new rule . |
| 22 | I had already been part of the theatre working as an ASM at the Cambridge Arts Theatre , not with the University but with the |
| 23 | The first reaches a long ledge ( not on the route but on the landward face ) approximately 60ft ( 18m ) above the base . |
| 24 | Thenceforth he played many games not only for the MCC but for a variety of sides . |
| 25 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 26 | It may be questioned whether such elaborate surveillance ( engaged in not only by the KGB but to a greater or lesser extent by other security organizations ) is really necessary or produces results commensurate with the time , energy and expense involved in the operations . |
| 27 | Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air . |
| 28 | So our , our cost figures for the project will include the simulator but in the next phase of the programme . |
| 29 | Winston Churchill 's writings and speeches have the same quality of speaking not only to the mind but to the heart . |
| 30 | Where the plaintiff sues as an assignee the action shall be commenced only in a court in which the assignor might , under the above rule , have commenced the action but for the assignment ( Ord 4 , r 2(2) ) . |