Example sentences of "[adj] but not [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quantum mechanics may be peculiar but not to the extent of allowing one to obtain the square root of minus one as the result of an experiment ! |
| 2 | The Jokers said much about Sixties London , still swinging but not at the pace depicted by the media . |
| 3 | To ask a child to get dressed is a reasonable requirement of a seven-year-old but not of a two-year-old . |
| 4 | Her clothes are extravagant but not beyond the means of , say , Russian stars of stage and screen . |
| 5 | A superiority of the right ear was obtained in the structured but not in the unstructured condition . |
| 6 | In many countries stabilization may be possible but not to the relatively warm 20°C . |
| 7 | May be fussy and irritable but not like the tantrums of Chamomilla or the touchiness of Hepar . |
| 8 | The gully is steep and rough but not beyond the ability of an average walker , and leads unerringly to the depression on the ridge , whence a simple climb up to the right leads to the summit cairn of Caisteal Liath . |
| 9 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 10 | The figures demonstrate something about the characteristics of people with dementia referred to psychogeriatricians : that they are on average around 80 years of age , mainly women , mainly widowed or single , quite likely to be living alone but not without the involvement of relatives or friends , and with fairly advanced dementia ( assuming that this is the implication of a score of nearly seven on a scale , running from one to ten , designed mainly to measure impairment of memory ) . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm disappointed but not with the performance . |
| 12 | They may each act alone and without the agreement of the other but not in a way which is incompatible with the order ( s2(7) ( 8 ) ) . |
| 13 | Office parties or casual occasions call for an outfit that 's special but not over the top ; smart , but not dull . |