Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but [not/n't] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could afford a few drinks but not a meal . |
| 2 | Over the fifteen years that Motability has been established , there have been powerful disagreements but not a whisper of hostility . |
| 3 | It might be that this season will be his last chance , that he is a manager who can win Cups with short sprints but not the silverware that goes with marathons . |
| 4 | For Opposition Members to suggest that we should have nuclear weapons but not the ability to test shows how little they understand the responsibility that lies with a nuclear power . |
| 5 | Control subjects experienced the critical cues but not the sucrose . |
| 6 | The equations in ( 6.20 ) embody the hypothesis of rational expectations but not the assumption of structural neutrality . |
| 7 | Appeals to Bloomsbury House to support job training and applications throw up some curious details : ‘ Ruth needs 2 prs. knickers and 1 apron ’ — she got the first items but not the apron . |
| 8 | We 've got some small ones but not a lot I do n't suppose . |
| 9 | Domestic technology affects particular tasks but not the job of housework as a whole . ) |
| 10 | The teaching has given the pupils the necessary facts but not the help to consolidate understanding in writing ( or indeed in talk ) , nor to master the compositional abilities to realise the understanding successfully . |