Example sentences of "but not [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances the courts will find that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence but not volens to the risk ( Owens v Brimmell [ 1977 ] QB 859 ) . |
| 2 | The as yet unnamed company will compete for contracts from high technology companies , but not ones in the computer industry because of the competition this would create with IBM . |
| 3 | Age influenced perceptions of family circumstances ( the older were more pessimistic than the young ) but not perceptions of Britain 's performance . |
| 4 | In her reactionary way — for Lili had been brought up by an independent , feminist mother — she thought it all right for men to carry suitcases but not bags of washing . |
| 5 | The HCIMA may replace lost or damaged certificates and diplomas ( but not records of achievement ) on payment of a fee . |
| 6 | This will tend to exempt users of word processors from registration , but not users of databases containing more than names and addresses . |
| 7 | Well that 's getting near it , but not members of the police authority who are in and should have the role of non-executive directors . |
| 8 | Ghannouchi denied the charges from Paris , telling Radio France International on May 23 that his movement had supporters but not militants inside the army and was opposed to military coups . |
| 9 | The 1976 Act allows charges of possession and handling of explosives to be brought in the Republic , but not charges of conspiracy to cause murder or explosions . |
| 10 | The ‘ tax timing option ’ is available for shares but not futures in the USA and UK . |
| 11 | It only remained then , in this tight little half-hour programme , for David Attenborough to bring us up to date on the mountain gorillas of Rwanda — they are mainly alive and moderately well but not thanks to poachers — and for Mr Soper to have a fleeting swipe at the conservation intentions of the government , and it was all over . |
| 12 | ‘ did drive ( or ride on ) ‘ Or ride on ’ includes any pillion passenger , but not passengers in any sidecar per regulation 3 ( 1 ) of the above regulations . |
| 13 | Both terms are representations of , but not solutions to , the problem of what constitutes sexual differences . |
| 14 | Roman Catholics could be tolerated but not pseudo-Romanists in the guise of Anglo-Catholics . |
| 15 | By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied . |
| 16 | Already , a National Exclusions Reporting System ( whereby heads , governors and LEAs , as appropriate , provide information relating to permanent exclusions ( but not details of individual pupils ) to the Secretary of State ) has been established . |
| 17 | Not exactly side-splitting , but not grounds for assault either , one would think . |
| 18 | You can assign benefits but not burdens in English law , but the intention is that the purchaser will pay the debts , and that is an end of the matter . |
| 19 | K ap is true because in the nearest worlds in which you are sitting reading you believe that you are sitting reading , and the nearest worlds in which you are not sitting reading are either worlds in which you are standing/kneeling/lying reading or worlds in which you are sitting knitting/watching TV , etc. , but not worlds in which you happen to be asleep dreaming that you are sitting reading . |