Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone remembered him as a big man in all senses but not as a good headmaster except that he liked everyone and everyone liked him and in chapel he was a superlative speaker . |
| 2 | New York-based Judith Barry 's installation is also uninspiring , didactically retracing familiar issues to do with the dehumanising implications of technology , its potential to control rather than serve humankind. computer generated references to the history of communications fleet across the floorspace between two walls of words , one written as mirror writing but not as a direct reflection of the other . |
| 3 | Atherton argues that the mass of the American people remain committed to support for the ‘ genuinely poor , sick , disabled and disadvantaged ’ , but not to a redistributive welfare programme . |
| 4 | Lesson observation has been used , but not to a great extent , by half of Oxfordshire teachers . |
| 5 | Owen had been to the Coptic Cathedral before but not to a Coptic church ; so he was surprised to find that most of the congregation appeared to be on crutches . |
| 6 | The concentration of phospholipids was also higher in the cholesterol gall stone patients but not to a significant degree . |
| 7 | Previous studies have shown that hepatic bile from cholesterol gall stone patients provides a greater total lipid concentration but not to a significant degree compared with controls . |
| 8 | The relative distribution of vesicular cholesterol in hepatic bile of the cholesterol gall stone patients was higher than that of the gall stone free patients , but not to a significant extent ( 42.3 ( 14.9 ) % v 21.9 ( 21.0 ) % ) . |
| 9 | Here , indications for hydrothermal activity along Hercynian striking fractures were found , so that a strong but short heat supply may be assumed , leading to local coalification maxima but not to a significant loss of reservoir porosity . |
| 10 | This does erupt , but not to a defined time schedule . |
| 11 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 12 | I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’ |
| 13 | He shrugged his shoulders , ‘ At times I like to speak English , but not for a long time . |
| 14 | ‘ Before , but not for a long time now , ’ Maggie admitted reluctantly and Rose did not want to learn any more . |
| 15 | It is a combination that I have used in the past but not for a long time , although blue and white stripes in fabrics are a perennial favourite of mine . |
| 16 | Been to it before but not for a long time . |
| 17 | The above description of the expectations-augmented Phillips curve allows for the existence of a short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation , but not for a long-run trade-off . |
| 18 | They object to a little cotton apron on the mice which is made from a baby 's dress — it was suitable for a baby but not for a stuffed mouse to wear ! ’ |
| 19 | Even more striking is the example provided by Francis Bacon , that most ardent apologist for useful science — but not for a Copernican universe . |
| 20 | Mr Mortimer , currently at work on a play for the BBC and a drama series for Meridian , tells me he hopes there will be another Rumpole series : ‘ But not for a little while . ’ |
| 21 | He 's right , but not for a little while . |
| 22 | But not with a cold-hearted spinster from Northumberland . |
| 23 | Extreme centralism and bureaucratic conservatism which characterise the USSR often plunge it into detailed consideration of procurement policy , but not on a continuous basis . |
| 24 | A number of products or components are made at the same time , but not on a continuous basis . |
| 25 | He is allocated specialists from the service departments to form the project team , but not on a permanent basis . |
| 26 | The English Basketball Association officially encourages mixed recreational games , but not at a competitive level … |
| 27 | A spokesman for the Department of Energy said that the government was " determined to improve energy efficiency , but not at a disproportionate cost and effect to the consumer " . |
| 28 | ‘ I have made this decision with some regret — but not without a great deal of thought . ’ |
| 29 | His voice is strong , stark and brooding , but not without a certain amount of tenderness on occasion . |
| 30 | Man is more individuated than a fly , but not by a great margin . |