Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but [not/n't] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could afford a few drinks but not a meal . |
| 2 | Over the fifteen years that Motability has been established , there have been powerful disagreements but not a whisper of hostility . |
| 3 | He saw many seagulls but not a single bluebird , and could not be persuaded to approach the edge to have his picture taken . |
| 4 | It might be that this season will be his last chance , that he is a manager who can win Cups with short sprints but not the silverware that goes with marathons . |
| 5 | For Opposition Members to suggest that we should have nuclear weapons but not the ability to test shows how little they understand the responsibility that lies with a nuclear power . |
| 6 | Or , finally , two events are cause and effect if the probability of the second event , given the first event and certain accompanying conditions , is greater than the probability of the second event , given those conditions but not the first event . |
| 7 | Control subjects experienced the critical cues but not the sucrose . |
| 8 | The equations in ( 6.20 ) embody the hypothesis of rational expectations but not the assumption of structural neutrality . |
| 9 | Appeals to Bloomsbury House to support job training and applications throw up some curious details : ‘ Ruth needs 2 prs. knickers and 1 apron ’ — she got the first items but not the apron . |
| 10 | We 've got some small ones but not a lot I do n't suppose . |
| 11 | I could afford the naked women but not the naked scepticism , the carping and sniping and the public washing of dirty linen which represents freedom to an English editor . |
| 12 | Domestic technology affects particular tasks but not the job of housework as a whole . ) |
| 13 | Goldney garden , which appears to have developed to the whims and fancies of the women in the family , has the first two characteristics but not the last . |
| 14 | This onslaught won financial concessions but not the decisive part in the colonization of New Zealand which the company sought . |
| 15 | The teaching has given the pupils the necessary facts but not the help to consolidate understanding in writing ( or indeed in talk ) , nor to master the compositional abilities to realise the understanding successfully . |