Example sentences of "but [adv] not [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since July 1400 he had been archdeacon of Dorset , absentee but perhaps not without interest . |
| 2 | The different approaches are thus seen to be distinct , but perhaps not in conflict ; each approach is seen as an area of specialism , rather than as an area of commitment . |
| 3 | Er , and in general we have a , er , panel of the non-executive directors who set the directors ' salary in relation to the other directors I am also on that panel er , but obviously not in relation to my own salary . |
| 4 | The DES 's 1986 forecasts ( DES , 1986b ) allow the ratio to increase a little but still not to equality . |
| 5 | The blood streaking scarlet was from one of his legs , now stretched out straight before him but still not in view on account of the clouded water . |
| 6 | The idea is a relatively new one to engineering but certainly not to planet earth : collagen , keratin , chitin and cellulose are some of nature 's strong fibres and make possible everything from bones and lobster carapaces to giant sequoias . |
| 7 | To those with a commitment to the WEA 's traditional mission , there was cause for concern in some of these statistics , but certainly not for dismay . |