Example sentences of "not [adj] but [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our case the origin of the myofibroblasts is not clear but the presence of transitional forms of smooth muscle cells strongly suggests an origin from such cells rather than extension of pericrypt cells or infiltration of circulating blood cells . |
| 2 | Samuel Sharp 's vision of a ‘ monastic metropolis ’ is an exaggerated fantasy and the reason for the large number of churches in the town was not monastic but the result of early self-government and the absence of any single overlord other than the king . |
| 3 | I would remember the sunlight that I had thought was like wealth , redeemed and transformed beyond the reach of cupidity , and the shadows that were not black but the colour of great half-forgotten riches . |
| 4 | The petition was not successful but a deputation to Sir James Graham , Home Secretary , in April 1842 received some encouragement and an amended petition and a draft of a Charter of Incorporation was submitted to him on 24 March 1843 . |
| 5 | Even within one region economic and social change was not uniform but a fugue in which old voices do not cease to sound when new voices enter . |
| 6 | It likes to rent its chalets to whole groups travelling together for £500 to £1,000 each half-board — not cheap but a bargain for what you get . |
| 7 | Dashing through the rain behind her came not Bheki but a man in his thirties or forties , slight , dapper , with a moustache . |
| 8 | She said , I mean , she says I 'm not prejudiced here , and she says there 's obvious exceptions and they 're not bad but the majority of them are a waste of time ! |