Example sentences of "but not [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But not even the contagion of disgrace had touched him through his king 's disastrous venture ; for he was in the north , far away from this débâcle .
2 But not even the prospect of experimenting with cooking samphire raised a sense of oppression that evening ; such conversations as were half-heartedly begun petered out .
3 But not even the acknowledgement of that could make the pain of losing him go away .
4 This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops .
5 The value of your investment will depend upon prevailing market conditions including but not exclusively the level of the FT-SE 100 Index at that time .
6 First we had the ACC 's Stephen Campbell , in our 1 April issue , announce in his best Churchillian tones that is was : ‘ The end of the beginning , but not yet the beginning of the end . ’
7 The Labour party has attracted largely but not wholly the support of the working class , and the Conservative party that of the middle class .
8 A mushroom disguised as an onion bhaji with flaking batter was a mouthwatering morsel , but not really a dish in its own right , more an interlude before the chicken à la British Airways , both accompanied by more Hellmans relatives .
9 Although the debate over whether the pre- or the postsynaptic changes are the most important is still raging as I write , it is likely to turn out , as is sometimes but not always the case in science , that both camps are more or less right .
10 Last but not least a shot of a baby .
11 Brown says NT exhibits a superior memory management scheme and is almost but not quite the equal of Unix at its best .
12 The authority will be purchasers and enablers of care , but not necessarily a provider of care .
13 It is embedded with some of the intelligence but not necessarily the wit of the author !
14 I thank my hon. Friend for that encouraging reply , but does he share my concern that certain Labour authorities , such as the city of Birmingham , carry out the letter but not necessarily the spirit of the law on competitive tendering ?
15 The Panopticon achieved this by facilitating the potential for , but not necessarily the practice of , constant surveillance by allowing supervisory staff to see without being seen .
16 Those who knew him remember an amiable man , but not necessarily the sort of person you 'd expect to end up in the White House .
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