Example sentences of "[n mass] but [art] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a male is rarely limited reproductively by his capacity to produce sperm but a female is restricted in her output of eggs . |
| 2 | In the United States , the encyclopaedia was launched early in 1991 at US$399 but the price is expected to fall to about US$299 by the end of the year . |
| 3 | I know people read my books and try to find identifiable people but the truth is that five or six people , and a great deal of myself and a great deal of invention , go into minor characters . |
| 4 | Of course , they will retrieve some of those balances from their own security sales but the message is clear . |
| 5 | Its supply business , to customers outside its geographical area , showed an increased loss of £18.3m but a profit is expected in the full year . |
| 6 | There are two types of locust , for example , the solitary and migratory types , that are so different in form and behaviour that they were once mistakenly classified as different species but the difference is environmentally triggered ( by the degree of crowding ) and the two types are not genetically different . |
| 7 | Borrowings increased during the last year to £932m from £760m but the company is in the process of disposing of businesses , including Sola glass , in an effort to cut debt . |