Example sentences of "[adj] but not the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its personal computer network protocol support is good but not the equal of Unix at its best . |
| 2 | An oval orbit would falsify the first but not the second , whereas any orbit that falsifies the second will also falsify the first . |
| 3 | Some MPs and peers were in favour of one but not the other . |
| 4 | IT IS not irrational for a jury to decide that the first of two co-accused acted in concert with the second but that the second co-accused did not act in concert with the first , because the case against each accused must be considered separately and there may be evidence which is admissible against one but not the other . |
| 5 | In other words , at the factor prices ruling , the demand for factors is such that the constraint on capital is binding but not the constraint on labour ( we do not go into the dynamic adjustment process by which this rationed equilibrium has been reached ) . |