Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not even a whisper came from the room . |
| 2 | One is in the Delta ; the other is in Heliopolis , now a suburb of Cairo , but not even a cynic could believe the world began in the suburbs . |
| 3 | But not even a full-time repair unit could keep up with the constant breaching of the fencing . |
| 4 | Lineker spared their blushes this time , but not even the striker acclaimed by Francis as Europe 's best ( Gullit may sue ) can oblige every week if the requirement is two goals for a draw , three for a win . |
| 5 | Reporters spent the day scurrying around in far from dignified fashion but not even the foreign television networks , with the vast logistical operations they run , were able to establish any sightings or obtain any hard information . |
| 6 | Recriminations would come thick and fast , but not even the voracious Scottish press could have guessed what would happen next . |
| 7 | But not even the news that the most promising horse in the yard had been sold to Ibn Fayoud , nor the rumour that the rest of the young Arab 's horses would also be coming to the yard , could distract Kelly from thoughts of her father 's letter . |
| 8 | But not even the picturesque village setting could alter the impression that the XVIth triennial meeting of the International Council of Museums ( ICOM , 19–26 September ) was a colossal waste of time and money . |
| 9 | But not even the Shah really understood the extent of his illness . |
| 10 | THE unfamiliar sound of a Scottish Dance Band was heard echoing throughout Drummond House , Edinburgh but not even the security guards looked surprised . |
| 11 | But not even the prospect of experimenting with cooking samphire raised a sense of oppression that evening ; such conversations as were half-heartedly begun petered out . |
| 12 | But not even the contagion of disgrace had touched him through his king 's disastrous venture ; for he was in the north , far away from this débâcle . |
| 13 | But not even the acknowledgement of that could make the pain of losing him go away . |
| 14 | But not even the penny-pinching Strange could have complained overmuch about the price that had been paid for the extraordinary information Morse had gleaned . |
| 15 | The record is ten days , but not even the trimarans expect to match that this year . |
| 16 | As The science of every subject is derived from a precognition of the causes , generation , and construction of the same ; and consequently where the causes are known , there is place for demonstration , but not where the causes are to seek for . |
| 17 | The veins are often auriferous where they cut graphitic shales but not where the host rocks consist of non-graphitic arenites . |
| 18 | ( d ) a number of respondents supported the idea of prohibiting solicitors from acting where they had a personal interest in a transaction , but not where the interest was that of a family member or employee . |
| 19 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 20 | But not just a child . |
| 21 | These particular residents , the ones that live in the service road , are campaigning for the service road to be closed but not surprisingly the residents who live are n't keen on that er road closure because that would affect their use that route at other times other than the morning peak . |
| 22 | For heating , however , the theory predicts a fundamental asymmetry similar to , but not exactly the same as , that observed experimentally . |
| 23 | Legal reform was a prerequisite for social change , but not automatically the immediate precursor of it . |
| 24 | The new Government was principally but not exclusively a Unionist one . |
| 25 | This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops . |
| 26 | The value of your investment will depend upon prevailing market conditions including but not exclusively the level of the FT-SE 100 Index at that time . |
| 27 | young adults , of both sexes , aged 18–30 , but not exclusively the unattached ‘ post-teen ’ group ; |
| 28 | ‘ But not yet a woman , ’ he said softly . |
| 29 | First we had the ACC 's Stephen Campbell , in our 1 April issue , announce in his best Churchillian tones that is was : ‘ The end of the beginning , but not yet the beginning of the end . ’ |
| 30 | There were a few people milling around , but not yet the main surge of puzzled well-wishers , police , press and sensation-seekers . |