Example sentences of "[adj] but not a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a big stage event with a very abstract brief , very exciting but not a fancy dress show . ’ |
| 2 | But they were not all the same groups within the different daily and Sunday categories each year : for instance , Beaverbrook was a top daily but not a top Sunday group in 1947 . |
| 3 | Whichever party is in power makes some but not a great deal of difference . |
| 4 | New price lists tell and interesting but not a consistent story . |
| 5 | I hope everything is running smoothly , including the car and the piano , and of course woozle-cat — tell her I have a pet cockroach in my bedroom which is quite large but not a good substitute . |
| 6 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 7 | The graft , like the long spade , has a slightly rounded cutting edge , which again needs to have a good but not a sharp edge to it . |
| 8 | It was a noisy but not a violent affair , the clashes between the Blackshirts and the Red Front outside being mainly verbal . |
| 9 | Text and images handled separately A combination of the above but not a particularly helpful treatment . |
| 10 | By contrast , artists normally strive , at least supposedly , for a general but not a specific truth , for a truth to life — however defined — but not a truth to particular individuals . |
| 11 | Clearly an equitable geographical distribution of services is a necessary but not a sufficient precondition for an equal , let alone an equitable , use of services . |
| 12 | Second there is general agreement that a minimum level of literacy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the process of industrialisation . |
| 13 | Fifth thesis : Research is a necessary but not a sufficient ingredient for higher education |
| 14 | A commitment ideologically and professionally to a holistic assessment of need and risk , rather than the assessment of eligibility for service , is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for effective assessment practice . |
| 15 | In Oxfordshire , for example , nursery classes ( for three to five year olds ) were forced to close , nursery placements being an allowed but not a compulsory provision . |
| 16 | She was a Christian but not a Church one . |