Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise the Legacy is a decent but not notably quiet cruiser ; significant engine , wind and tyre noise are all there . |
| 2 | however , on examination this becomes less clear cut , since there seem to be three categories — the voluntary ; the required but not closely monitored ; and the fully enforced . |
| 3 | The impression had been conveyed to him , he noted , that Burun had seen one of their attackers — but not closely enough to identify him . |
| 4 | The process is known as convection , and it is widely , but not universally , believed to work on a huge scale in the mantle . |
| 5 | A few principles are widely , but not universally , accepted , but no coherent phylogeny for the roughly 35 metazoan phyla exists . |
| 6 | They must , of course , take calculated risks from time to time to achieve objectives which they perceive to be right but not universally popular . |
| 7 | This is commonplace enough but not theoretically interesting . |
| 8 | The re-organization of the courts of justice , long recognized as necessary but not previously attempted , owed much for its implementation to the perseverance of Gardiner . |
| 9 | The church again seemed very quiet , but not completely empty . |
| 10 | Census showed that in the wards which closely ( but not completely ) correspond to the jurisdiction of Easton 's police , there is a total population of just over 50,000 , a mere 2.5 per cent of which is Catholic , compared with 22.6 per cent as a whole in the two district council areas over which Easton straddles . |
| 11 | Political attitudes were very largely determined by partisanship , but not completely . |
| 12 | A useful but not completely reliable indicator of potency . |
| 13 | The markings should be located as follows : a spot over each eye ; on cheeks ; as a strip around each side of muzzle , but not on the bridge of the nose ; on throat ; triangular mark on either side of prosternum ; on forelegs from carpus downwards to toes ; on front of rear legs from hock to toes , but not completely eliminating black from back of rear pasterns ; under tail ; black pencilling on toes . |
| 14 | The heat was going but not completely gone . |
| 15 | When you have made your selection from this menu , a second menu will appear on top of ( but not completely covering ) the first menu and you will be asked to select from this one . |
| 16 | It is an ancient body of law , largely customary in its origins , which , since the mid-nineteenth century , has come to be largely but not completely codified in the form of binding multilateral international conventions ( Schindler and Toman , 1981 ; Roberts and Guelff , 1982 ) . |
| 17 | Since the car will be ‘ still intrinsically an Aston , but not completely coach-built ’ , it will also have to acquire relatively speaking , mass-production skills . |
| 18 | Add the tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes until they are soft but not completely disintegrated . |
| 19 | But not completely different , an inner voice amended doggedly . |
| 20 | ‘ But not completely insane . |
| 21 | This nearly , but not completely , cancels out the effect of early softening . |
| 22 | It has been shown that measuring these antibodies to establish the diagnosis of coeliac disease is helpful but not completely reliable as a few cases would be missed . |
| 23 | He sometimes had sex with girls when drunk , he believed , but not otherwise . |
| 24 | If it was clearly intended that the ex gratia sum should include an element to cover the basic award , it will be set off against that award , but not otherwise . |
| 25 | The choice of subsection is of practical importance as defences are available to the defendant in respect of proceedings brought under s.92(1) ( c ) and ( d ) but not otherwise . |
| 26 | Right in the lead , where the air was stale but not otherwise malodorous . |
| 27 | Mrs Singh said she would go if I came too but not otherwise . |
| 28 | Urwick also poured cold water on the idea , believing that boys ' clubs , could only cure Hooligans if there were ‘ a separate club for every one or two , but not otherwise … |
| 29 | ‘ ( 3 ) Subject to sub-paragraph ( 4 ) below , a scheme may preclude the adjudicator , in his determination , from questioning the merits of any decision taken by the society or associated body with reference to … ( b ) the creditworthiness , for the purposes of any advance or other service or facility , of the complainant … but not otherwise . |
| 30 | It is common ground that Winchester was an appointed representative of Norwich and as such but not otherwise was an exempted person . |