Example sentences of "a [adj] but [not/n't] a " in BNC.
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1 | It was a noisy but not a violent affair , the clashes between the Blackshirts and the Red Front outside being mainly verbal . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Lord himself was a capable but not an outstanding player . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Second there is general agreement that a minimum level of literacy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the process of industrialisation . |
7 | Fifth thesis : Research is a necessary but not a sufficient ingredient for higher education |
8 | 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 . |
9 | She was a Christian but not a Church one . |
10 | This , for example , is why he believed Hobbes ( and himself ) to be an authoritarian but not an absolutist . |
11 | 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 . |