Example sentences of "but not a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although the two Korean states remained technically in a state of war ( the hostilities having been ended in 1953 by an armistice but not a peace treaty ) , many commentators felt that the December agreements laid a realistic foundation for the negotiation of a full peace treaty .
2 As the attribute ‘ lecturer ’ is a determinant but not a candidate key , it is necessary to create a new table containing ‘ lecturer ’ and its directly dependent attribute ‘ module ’ .
3 With a videocassette recorder ( but not a video player ) you can record off-air .
4 Noah was a charity-boy , but not a workhouse orphan ; he at least knew who his parents were .
5 Severe forearm bruising may be covered with both a crêpe bandage and a shin pad ( but not a shin/instep protector ) .
6 It can also make a s8 order in addition to a supervision order but not a care order .
7 It then went into the City to set up their own self-regulatory and we in fact went to see Mr Redwood and he was quite he was very quite blunt about it , he said well , they considered it when they were sid considering the investors compensation scheme , but the sum involved in pensions are so great , that they could not afford to underwrite a pension er a compensation fund for pensions , so therefore there 's a pension fund for for private investment , but not a pension fund er compensation fund for , for occupation .
8 No the only , I would say personally , I would say the best dredging method is buckets because you can , you can keep a level , you could keep a level with a sucker dredger but not a ground dredger unless like grabbing out the hole .
9 Not bad , but not a matinee idol or anything .
10 But not a drop falls .
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