Example sentences of "but not [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Americans fret about many aspects of their political system , but not its fairness between parties ; and — given that no third party exists — its results are decently proportional . |
| 2 | However , such service and repayment responsibilities are transfer payments between the general taxpayer and the debt-holders , which , as long as they are internally held , will alter who gets command of goods and services but not their volume in aggregate . |
| 3 | China 's shift from a planned economy towards a market system has involved the dismantling of old controls but not their replacement with new ones . |
| 4 | Individual fibres change their thickness but not their length with moisture changes , and it is the helical geometry of ropes and textile yarns which causes rope and cloth to get shorter when it gets wet . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but not your sort of designer . |
| 6 | ‘ Supposed to turn into beds , ’ she said , adding lightly , ‘ but not my idea of a honeymoon suite . ’ |
| 7 | The result was better , but not his idea of a distinguished author . |
| 8 | We already know Ernest existed , but not his position in the family . |
| 9 | … it could have no real importance after the visit to Osborne in the course of which Napoleon III having tightened the alliance with England had nothing much to say to the Emperor of Russia , his enemy of the day before yesterday , his friend of yesterday — but not his ally of today , which he might have become had it not been for the recent drawing together of the Courts of the Tuileries and St James . |
| 10 | It was the folds of the banner , lying thick and cold in the shelter below , that saved his life , but not his skull from the blow that deprived him of consciousness . |