Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus , whether or not total surplus under monopoly ( AREG ) is greater or less than ( ACPc ) under perfect competition depends whether the gain ( PcKEG ) is greater than the loss ( RCK ) . |
2 | Although there is actually little that is novel in ‘ sociobiology ’ , for the key elements have been in the air since the writings of Sir Ronald Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane , the extensive if not exhaustive application of population genetics to social evolution means that the relevance of evolutionary biology in the social sciences can no longer be ignored . |
3 | A vice is a useful but not essential piece of equipment . |
4 | The practical effects of this regulation were to cause many students to register for 12 modules but participate seriously in only 10 ; to cause them to stack their choices , so that modules which they needed or intended to pass were taken in terms 1 and 2 , and to bias apparent but not real demand towards term 3 . |
5 | There is an important but not complete relationship between class and partisan support . |
6 | Ablation of capsaicin sensitive afferent nerves impairs defence but not rapid rapair of rat gastric mucosa |
7 | At the same time , however , there must be evidence sufficient to make belief in God an act of commitment representing risk but not foolish defiance of reality . |