Example sentences of "[adj] but [not/n't] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quantum mechanics may be peculiar but not to the extent of allowing one to obtain the square root of minus one as the result of an experiment ! |
| 2 | The Jokers said much about Sixties London , still swinging but not at the pace depicted by the media . |
| 3 | To ask a child to get dressed is a reasonable requirement of a seven-year-old but not of a two-year-old . |
| 4 | However , a number of United States courts have considered cases in which service has been effected by registered mail upon defendants in Japan , a state which has objected to the other modes of service listed in Article 10 but not to the use of the postal channel . |
| 5 | Her clothes are extravagant but not beyond the means of , say , Russian stars of stage and screen . |
| 6 | Danzig was a party to the Treaty of Paris of 1920 but not to the Treaty of Versailles , which was held to be the source of the rights conferred upon Poland and the organic limitations on Danzig . |
| 7 | I 'm disappointed about that but not about the standard , it was a great game . |
| 8 | May be fussy and irritable but not like the tantrums of Chamomilla or the touchiness of Hepar . |
| 9 | The gully is steep and rough but not beyond the ability of an average walker , and leads unerringly to the depression on the ridge , whence a simple climb up to the right leads to the summit cairn of Caisteal Liath . |
| 10 | The figures demonstrate something about the characteristics of people with dementia referred to psychogeriatricians : that they are on average around 80 years of age , mainly women , mainly widowed or single , quite likely to be living alone but not without the involvement of relatives or friends , and with fairly advanced dementia ( assuming that this is the implication of a score of nearly seven on a scale , running from one to ten , designed mainly to measure impairment of memory ) . |
| 11 | The authorities subsequently declared , however , that there had been a single assassin , who had been captured on June 29 but not at the scene of the crime . |
| 12 | In other words , if the legal discourse had exactly paralleled the everyday discourse it would not have been possible to achieve a solution in one but not in the other . |
| 13 | Individuals may perform either role by itself ; or they might be active in both roles , and successfully at that ; or they may be strong in one but not in the other . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm disappointed but not with the performance . |
| 15 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 16 | CREDIT CARD BOOKINGS : Tickets can be booked using ACCESS , AMEX , DINERS or VISA credit cards , using the Postal Ticket Booking Form or by telephone or 031–225 3661 BUT NOT ON THE DAY OF PERFORMANCE . |
| 17 | They may each act alone and without the agreement of the other but not in a way which is incompatible with the order ( s2(7) ( 8 ) ) . |
| 18 | Office parties or casual occasions call for an outfit that 's special but not over the top ; smart , but not dull . |