Example sentences of "in [num] but [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outside of the building is decorated in fine style , but the eye is drawn to the centre of the facade , to the ancient tower of the city commune , built in 1272 but later remodelled in Baroque style . |
| 2 | Now , their main hopes rest on the striker Dariusz Dziekanowski , a deep disappointment to his countrymen when Poland lost to Gary Lineker 's hat-trick in Monterey in 1986 but lately revived by a transfer to Celtic , for whom he vainly scored four goals in that extraordinary roller-coaster of a European tie against Partizan Belgrade at Parkhead 13 days ago . |
| 3 | Figure 5.3 shows support for the Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) to the United States Constitution , proposed in 1972 but never ratified because although it passed through both houses of Congress it did not receive the positive vote of three-quarters of the State Legislatures within seven years , as required by the Constitution . |
| 4 | A BELA Lugosi horror classic , derided when originally released back in 1932 but now hailed as his finest role . |
| 5 | And that there were tourists is shown by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice , published finally in 1813 but mainly written in 1796 : in it Elizabeth Bennet is invited by her aunt and uncle to accompany them to the Lakes , and exclaims : ‘ My dear , dear aunt , what delight ! |
| 6 | This strategy revived the division-project that Charlemagne had adopted in 806 but never implemented . |
| 7 | Mundesley in Norfolk was intended to be a new resort town in 1900 but never succeeded . |
| 8 | Basquiat 's estate , administered by his accountant father , still faces lawsuits from a dealer asking for $900,000 for three paintings Basquiat had promised her in 1982 but never delivered . |
| 9 | Gardeners from the National Trust at Petworth Park , Sussex , have used Capability Brown 's original designs to plant a four-acre plot for which Brown had sketched out a plan in 1750 but never carried out . |
| 10 | Conservative Party rules , first drawn up in 1965 but partially modified in 1974-75 [ see pp. 26989-91 ] , provided for the possibility of an annual election for the leadership of the party . |
| 11 | The latest round of re-organisation , launched in 1990 but only completed this month , should provide a framework and spur for further improvement . |
| 12 | Some of the major old herds still exist today , including the Welsh Dynevor ( now in southwest England ) , Scottish Cadzow , Staffordshire Chartley ( originally from the Welsh Lamphey herd and dispersed in 1905 but recently re-established in south and southeast England ) and the feral Northumberland Chillingham . |