Example sentences of "but not [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is in the Delta ; the other is in Heliopolis , now a suburb of Cairo , but not even a cynic could believe the world began in the suburbs . |
| 2 | But not even a whisper came from the room . |
| 3 | Lineker spared their blushes this time , but not even the striker acclaimed by Francis as Europe 's best ( Gullit may sue ) can oblige every week if the requirement is two goals for a draw , three for a win . |
| 4 | But not even the contagion of disgrace had touched him through his king 's disastrous venture ; for he was in the north , far away from this débâcle . |
| 5 | But not even the prospect of experimenting with cooking samphire raised a sense of oppression that evening ; such conversations as were half-heartedly begun petered out . |
| 6 | But not even the acknowledgement of that could make the pain of losing him go away . |
| 7 | THE unfamiliar sound of a Scottish Dance Band was heard echoing throughout Drummond House , Edinburgh but not even the security guards looked surprised . |
| 8 | But not even the news that the most promising horse in the yard had been sold to Ibn Fayoud , nor the rumour that the rest of the young Arab 's horses would also be coming to the yard , could distract Kelly from thoughts of her father 's letter . |
| 9 | The veins are often auriferous where they cut graphitic shales but not where the host rocks consist of non-graphitic arenites . |
| 10 | ( d ) a number of respondents supported the idea of prohibiting solicitors from acting where they had a personal interest in a transaction , but not where the interest was that of a family member or employee . |
| 11 | But not just a child . |
| 12 | This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops . |
| 13 | The value of your investment will depend upon prevailing market conditions including but not exclusively the level of the FT-SE 100 Index at that time . |
| 14 | ‘ But not yet a woman , ’ he said softly . |
| 15 | First we had the ACC 's Stephen Campbell , in our 1 April issue , announce in his best Churchillian tones that is was : ‘ The end of the beginning , but not yet the beginning of the end . ’ |
| 16 | The Labour party has attracted largely but not wholly the support of the working class , and the Conservative party that of the middle class . |
| 17 | The infinitives of such verbs are found only where the person of their support is specified ( We want it to snow ) , but not when the support is left undefined , as in certain exclamations , and not in the function of subject ( * To snow is pleasant ) . |
| 18 | Problem : EDB works well at high temperature/high power , but not when the exhaust is relatively cool , at low power . |
| 19 | But not so the saw-fly larva and certain other specialist feeders , who possess the biochemistry to handle the toxic diet . |
| 20 | A mushroom disguised as an onion bhaji with flaking batter was a mouthwatering morsel , but not really a dish in its own right , more an interlude before the chicken à la British Airways , both accompanied by more Hellmans relatives . |
| 21 | Although the debate over whether the pre- or the postsynaptic changes are the most important is still raging as I write , it is likely to turn out , as is sometimes but not always the case in science , that both camps are more or less right . |
| 22 | But they met anyway , in part because in their early childhood one or other of their parents , usually but not always the father , had taken them aside and told them a great responsibility would fall to them : the carrying forward of a hermetically protected family secret , and in part because the Society looked after its own . |
| 23 | Last but not least a shot of a baby . |
| 24 | The warranties ( but not usually the tax indemnities ) in the sale and purchase agreement are given subject to disclosures made in a separate disclosure letter from the seller ( or its solicitors ) to the acquirer ( or its solicitors ) handed over in final form at the time of the signing of the agreement . |
| 25 | She did not look so gaunt and old , and her lips were red and full , and curved , like a smile but not quite a smile . |
| 26 | CBI growth revision signals recovery , but not quite a boom |
| 27 | Brown says NT exhibits a superior memory management scheme and is almost but not quite the equal of Unix at its best . |
| 28 | This is true , perhaps , but not quite the point . |
| 29 | Blackwall was only a miner but not likely a fool — few miners are . |
| 30 | The authority will be purchasers and enablers of care , but not necessarily a provider of care . |