Example sentences of "[noun sg] but not [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is unlike the activation induced by the powerful stimulus of calcium ionophores in that prostaglandins induce platelet dense body secretion and α-granule secretion but not secretion of lysosomal hydrolases ( MacIntyre , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | Thus monarch in 14 has queen but not king as a synonym , whereas in 15 it has king but not queen : |
| 3 | The Senate initially voted , on Dec. 10 , to bring Dufoix and Hervé but not Fabius before the court . |
| 4 | In these circumstances the courts will find that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence but not volens to the risk ( Owens v Brimmell [ 1977 ] QB 859 ) . |
| 5 | box are in the toilet with a paper bag in there 's a , where I used to put them and I 've had a fair look but not sort of |
| 6 | There may be an alveolar closure immediately preceding and overlapping with a velar closure ; there may be simultaneous alveolar and velar closure , or a velar closure followed by slight contact but not closure in the alveolar region . |
| 7 | The family can find forgiveness but not comprehension of a crime which it will take weeks to clear up . |
| 8 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 9 | What characterises these speaker-initiated insertion sequences , then , is that the London English part of the speaker 's turn is a sequence embedded in the turn but not part of the mainstream ; it does not necessarily start at a syntactic clause completion point ( for example ( 8 ) , where it begins after a subject pronoun ) and its purpose is to elicit information , or check on information to make it possible for the speaker to complete the current turn ( Sebba and Wootton 1984 : 4 ) . |
| 10 | Dogs were deprived of food but not water for 18 hours before surgery and experiments . |
| 11 | That the situation was as it was , and hence that certain events did not and certain events did occur , is indeed much of our reason for asserting the conditional statement but not part of the statement . |
| 12 | However , on Dec. 17 a motion which the Socialists had helped to draft , to indict Hervé and Dufoix but not Fabius for " failing to assist people in danger " , was blocked when the Socialists changed their minds and refused to vote on the motion as it stood . |
| 13 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | A covered area under the fly but not part of the inner — pretty essential in wet weather for storing gear and for use as a cooking area . |