Example sentences of "but was not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Seifert 's NatWest Tower , which has suffered superficial damage , looks 1960s but was not completed until 1981 . |
| 2 | It was begun in 1825 by the Brunels , father and son ( q.v. ) , but was not completed until 1843 due to various delaying factors which included disastrous floods . |
| 3 | A Gothic choir was begun in the fourteenth century to a design similar to the contemporary one at Augsburg Cathedral , but was not completed till 1513 for lack of funds . |
| 4 | Of southern and western ports , Weymouth was ranked tenth in 1765 and ninth in 1770 but was not ranked in 1775 ; St Ives was eighth in 1765 , fourth in 1770 and tenth in 1775 ; Gloucester was ninth in 1765 . |
| 5 | Sir Denys , a 58-year-old Scot and a lawyer by training , took over from Sir John Harvey-Jones in 1987 ( who is now chairman of The Economist but was not consulted for this article ) . |
| 6 | This building ( 7/901 ) was planned as early as 1914 by Kotěra , but was not finished until 1929 , by his pupil , Machoň . |
| 7 | There 's another one as well , and it was actually from this side , given away , but was n't received by this side . |
| 8 | Its design , like Dot 's , was of crossed flags but was n't made of scratchy tin with rusting edges . |
| 9 | The Bass V reviewed in ‘ Oldies ’ , April ‘ 91 belonged more obviously to the dedicated bass side of the Fender family , but was n't introduced until 1965 , whereas the Bass VI appeared on the scene directly after the Jazz bass , which itself appeared during the tail-end of 1960 . |