Example sentences of "not [adj] but a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denote this intervention by X. In the case of agriculture , biology , medicine and even psychology , formal laboratory or field experiments can usually be done ; in the social sciences this is generally not possible but a good survey can often be thought of in quasi-experimental terms . |
| 2 | Erm it 's a difficult balance , change is very rarely popular and quite often it 's only ever talked about but sometimes it happens and even then it 's not popular but a balanced and open mind is required to approach change but perhaps more important , and this is n't always mentioned , suggestions about change tend to come from rather specific areas and there are rather specific interest groups which may start the process of change |
| 3 | It does express some of the deeper discontents and anxieties of the contemporary working class , particularly a real sense of loss , which is not nostalgic but a genuine understanding of the cost of ‘ progress ’ in terms of any sense of community or collective responsibility . |
| 4 | The petition was not successful but a deputation to Sir James Graham , Home Secretary , in April 1842 received some encouragement and an amended petition and a draft of a Charter of Incorporation was submitted to him on 24 March 1843 . |
| 5 | If you do not feel competent enough to fit them then entrust the job to someone who is Instructions are not available but a |
| 6 | Dinner is not available but a full English breakfast is offered . |
| 7 | Even within one region economic and social change was not uniform but a fugue in which old voices do not cease to sound when new voices enter . |
| 8 | The ability to speak French is not essential but a willingness to learn would be considered desirable . |
| 9 | It is certainly not stocked by any of the main homoeopathic suppliers in this country and I can assume therefore that it is most likely not homoeopathic but a herbal product — unless it has been imported from abroad , possibly Europe . |
| 10 | It likes to rent its chalets to whole groups travelling together for £500 to £1,000 each half-board — not cheap but a bargain for what you get . |
| 11 | Dashing through the rain behind her came not Bheki but a man in his thirties or forties , slight , dapper , with a moustache . |
| 12 | The main difference between the integrated and the marginal man is not qualitative but a quantitative difference in the structure of occupational , educational and housing opportunities . |