Example sentences of "of [n mass] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants paid in cash the balance of £250 but did not deliver the lorries . |
| 2 | Cater Allen 's High Interest Cheque Account , which currently pays a gross CAR of 7.76% , requires a minimum investment of £1,000 but pays interest down to £500 . |
| 3 | An understandable desire on the part of model proprietors to produce forecasts and assess their accuracy as quickly as possible leads to a situation in which relationships are estimated on one vintage of data but assessed on another . |
| 4 | The third uses a significant volume of statistics but uses an online service and public libraries as much as possible to obtain these . |
| 5 | ( Automation , computer systems , and so on , should not have been introduced to reduce the number of staff but to free qualified staff to work directly with the library users . ) |
| 6 | I saw that you must not only address the real needs of people but need to be genuinely open to new approaches and styles of work if you are ever going to make the rhetoric of involving communities in the planning and assessment of programmes a reality , or ensure active participation in health sector organizations . |
| 7 | Pergamon included an extraordinary charge of £38.7m but gave no further details . |
| 8 | The shares opened at a discount of 110p on the issue price of £3.50 but recovered strongly in the following months . |
| 9 | This common intention , which was not to agree a figure of £62,480,893 but to deduct group relief at whatever sum was agreed , held until the agreement was made . |
| 10 | Wimpey made a loss in 1991 of £16.1m but has restructured by selling off businesses and said earlier this year that it believed the worst was over in the construction industry . |
| 11 | He had caught loads of carp but missed five takes from the cats . |