Example sentences of "but [adv] not [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But perhaps not with the other groups there . |
2 | Having burned their fingers two years ago , senior Ford executives will continue to press for change , but preferably not at the expense of another strike . |
3 | Compared with most of Europe and Japan , but surprisingly not with the United States , Britain has historically had a low rate of economic growth . |
4 | takes it but surely not from the right position . |
5 | It 's obvious he is concerned about looks , but maybe not in the way other boys are . |
6 | Prior approval is not required ( except in SSSIs and National Parks in the UK , but then not from the Agriculture Department ) and in assessing schemes financially , MAFF has disregarded the fact that it has in the past contributed 50–70% of the scheme 's cost and that a high proportion of the profit to be earned is public money in the form of HLCAs . |
7 | The magic 300 , which in the event proved a cannily accurate figure , was achieved briefly in 1912 and again in 1938 but then not until the swinging sixties , a time coincident with the Club 's finances stabilising . |
8 | We do have the Wolfe report but unfortunately not for the want of effort , the Wolfe report is turning out like the Black report and others and I do n't say that because there was a gentleman who done a report Black and it is gathering dust , the Wolfe report is on the same shelf , I believe . |
9 | A smaller SA system is available for people with smaller backs , but unfortunately not on the Condor . |
10 | Of course he belongs to the class which dedicates itself from the beginning , single-mindedly to literature , but yet not in the way we would think of . |
11 | It may have been idyllic to some but evidently not to the people who lived as close to the land as James Seely did . |
12 | It may be significant that Paul Black was involved heavily at the London end in the design of such schemes , but again not from the total viewpoint which in any case would probably be regarded as one of the weaknesses of the London development where there was less overview than obtained in Oxford . |
13 | The common agricultural policy is in urgent need of reform … but absolutely not in the form proposed by the EC Commission , says NFU president David Naish . |
14 | But certainly not towards the the south end of the island . |
15 | ‘ I 'm not opposed to specialisation , but certainly not at the tender age of 16 . ’ |
16 | Many of the researchers are studying developments in ‘ high technology ’ Industries — but certainly not to the exclusion of other industries . |