Example sentences of "but not [adj] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | A further risk that may be relevant where a purchaser acquires assets and assumes responsibility for some but not all of the creditors , is that the sale may be seen as a preferential treatment of creditors under IA 1986 , s239 . |
2 | Further , there are so many instances of what I call ‘ partial mens rea offences ’ , that is crimes in which mens rea runs to some but not all of the elements in the actus reus , that the alleged principle simply does not square with the data . |
3 | The Brixton Gang Rape case produced several complaints to the Press Council which upheld most but not all of the complaints . |
4 | The results cover most , but not all of the topics in the Cockcroft foundation list . |
5 | The third element , the presence or absence of which cuts across the manuscript relationships , is a short passage influenced by the teaching of St Augustine on charity which occurs in some , but not all of the manuscripts in Scale 1 , chapter seventy . |
6 | This is conceptually similar but not identical to the phenomena described by Matza ( 1964 : 33–68 ) as the subculture of delinquency : both consist of ‘ precepts and customs that are delicately balanced between convention and crime ’ ; both ‘ posit objectives that may be attained through ( crime ) but also other means ’ ; both ‘ allow ( crime ) but it is not demanded or necessarily considered the preferred path ’ ; and both consist of ‘ norms and sentiments ’ which are ‘ beliefs that function as the extenuating conditions under which ( crime ) is permissible ’ . |