Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore a passenger jumping off a moving bus and injuring himself would bring the motor vehicle within this section , but not generally where a driver has left his stationary motor vehicle parked on a road . |
| 2 | The current situation could be interpreted this way : the additional depreciation is building up capital but not so that the sewers can be replaced without the need to borrow ; rather , that the smaller future borrowing requirement will recompense future generations for the unwillingness of pre-1974 ratepayers to share the burden of the capital cost of sewers . |
| 3 | It is indeed strange that Anselm never referred the question to Ivo , bishop of Chartres : he knew him as a friend , but not apparently as the greatest authority on Canon Law in northern Europe . |
| 4 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 5 | That was some comfort , but not much because the Trunchbull was totally unpredictable . |
| 6 | Lessons went wrong , of course , but not often because the students had failed to think out what they wanted to do . |