Example sentences of "but not on " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why , instead of taking the weakness of his desires to himself , Stavrogin continues in figurative , musing vein , sad and free , very beautiful in context : ‘ You can cross a river on a tree-trunk , but not on a chip of wood . ’ |
| 2 | On issues like unilateralism or the economy , papers like the Guardian and Telegraph did seem to influence their readers as much as the tabloids , but not on the question of voting choice . |
| 3 | Highbrow papers like the Guardian or the Telegraph were able to influence their readers at least as much as the tabloids on issues ( like unilateralism or the economy ) but not on voting choice . |
| 4 | It contains some fascinating material , but not on the central issues of twentieth century British secret service history . |
| 5 | Pennies and Singing Detective raised interest and expectation , but not on anything like the same scale . |
| 6 | One may condemn such a reaction on grounds of hygiene , but not on any other grounds . |
| 7 | But not on camera . |
| 8 | Thus Adalbert 's monastic background , so far in geographical distance from the Slav missions ( but not on that account far from people who needed to be taught the basics of Christianity ) , shows pastoral awareness . |
| 9 | But they do n't care that the only honest answer to the West Lothian Question — which is to deny the right of Scots MPs to share in legislating for England and Wales on those subjects which in Scotland have been devolved to the Scottish parliament — would render any British government unstable , since it might possess a majority on some issues but not on others . |
| 10 | ‘ The surveyor would take a judgment as to whether the test was professionally sound , but not on the suitability of the test , ’ Britton said . |
| 11 | A heavy tax burden would fall on certain sectors of the middle classes , but not on others . |
| 12 | Officials said similar damage had been observed in the past , but not on anything like a comparable scale . ’ |
| 13 | Lenin was willing to make concessions , but not on the centralized unity of the party — ‘ we must not weaken the force of our offensive by breaking into numerous independent political parties ; we must not introduce estrangement and isolation and then have to heal an artificially implanted disease with the aid of these notorious ‘ federal ’ , plasters ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On a new house one expects to see shrinkage cracks in the plaster on walls and ceilings , but not on the outside . |
| 16 | Some other time , yes , but not on this walk . |
| 17 | The slate is still worked but not on the scale of former times , Welsh slate having monopolized the roofing market in the Victorian age . |
| 18 | The hiss was clear on MW and LW while the calculator was within a few feet of the set , but not on FM . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Poor Charles Bradlaugh , returned time after time by the electors of Northampton was first found by the courts ( on the application of an informer for a penalty ) to be disentitled to affirm ( since , having no religion , he had no religious objection to taking the oath ) ( in Clarke v Bradlaugh ( 1881 ) 7 QBD 38 , reversed but not on this point in Bradlaugh v Clarke ( 1883 ) 8 App Cas 354 ) . |
| 21 | Yes , just about — but not on a production line . |
| 22 | In the same way , it is possible to screen explicit safer-sex videos from abroad at the Institute for Contemporary Arts ( ICA ) as part of a one-off cultural event , but not on a routine basis to punters in gay bars . |
| 23 | Reductions on men 's , women 's and children 's clothes but not on skiwear . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , they are , but not on you . |
| 25 | But not on Saturday 's . |
| 26 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
| 27 | Aeromagnetic surveys over the United Kingdom and the North Sea provide plentiful data on the intensity of the crustal anomaly field down to wavelengths of about 1 kilometre , but not on its direction . |
| 28 | Tim Webb , of the aerospace union MSF , said : ‘ We suspected the news would be bad — but not on this scale . |
| 29 | There are some regrets — but not on my side . |
| 30 | ‘ They had to be believable as the kind of kids you 'd see on the streets , but not on TV . |