Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She heard the noise of the start but not even that had the power to disturb her thoughts , which were totally turned inwards on to herself . |
| 2 | Henry sent envoy after envoy to Richard in the hope of calling him back to his side , but not even when he used an ambassador as distinguished as the Archbishop of Canterbury was his son to be persuaded . |
| 3 | Love , which indeed hid itself , but not shyly and fearfully , rather secretly and thoughtfully , so as not to be touched by a stranger 's hand — his first love , not his strongest and certainly not his deepest , but surely his most blessed . |
| 4 | Yes , but not particularly when he was resting from his labours . |
| 5 | Exploratory will give visitors the opportunity to discover why mirrors invert sideways but not up and down , to measure their heart rates while pedalling a bicycle and to re-enact Galileo 's experiments with falling weights on inclined planes . |
| 6 | Tiles can be pushed right or left , but not up or down — should they be pushed into mid air , gravity takes affect and they fall . |
| 7 | I derive untold pleasure from looking at buildings , but not just as objects which please the eye , nor just as works of art , as you would look at pictures in a gallery ; I also like imagining who commissioned them , who built them , what sort of person first lingered on their balcony or opened their casement window . |
| 8 | over an eighteen , but not just cos of that . |
| 9 | But not just cos of that . |
| 10 | When asked if he thought a ‘ level playing field ’ would ever be achieved Heseltine said that he thought change would take place , but not just because politicians wish it . |
| 11 | She defines the practice as ’ … the use by an insider of price sensitive information ( known to him but not generally and which he has acquired by virtue of his position ) to trade to his advantage in the shares of a company . ’ |
| 12 | Therefore a passenger jumping off a moving bus and injuring himself would bring the motor vehicle within this section , but not generally where a driver has left his stationary motor vehicle parked on a road . |
| 13 | But not not when he 's |
| 14 | Whether you are having a religious or a civil wedding , you must apply ( in person or in writing ) for a marriage schedule by giving notice to the local registrar where you want to marry at least 15 days ( but not longer than three months ) beforehand . |
| 15 | I suppose I must have touched him many times before , but not consciously or deliberately . |
| 16 | Application should be made for a discretionary award to the appropriate local grant-awarding authority preferably by 1 June but not later than 30 June of the year of proposed entry to the course . |
| 17 | There is a reference in this same paper under the heading ‘ Traffic-Safety and Freeflow , ’ to the dock gates being opened at 6.30 a.m. in the morning and the working day extending to 6 p.m. , but not later than 9 p.m . |
| 18 | b ) enabling such grants to be made in respect of costs falling to be charged to accounts in respect of financial years ending after March 1993 but not later than March 1996 . |
| 19 | This criticism was valid in the early days of the human capital theory but not later when attempts were made to be more specific . |
| 20 | She left a note , saying she 'd be away until Friday , but not why or where she was going . |
| 21 | We must assume now that they know about our plan to attack Bremen , but not when or where we will strike . |
| 22 | It tells us what may be done , but not when or how . |
| 23 | His associate Auguste Laurent- and both of them were kept on the fringe of the French scientific establishment — was more hopeful : he believed that it was possible to determine formulae and structures , but not inductively as chemists had so far tried to do . |
| 24 | The question has become practically irrelevant , but not politically or morally so . |
| 25 | The top was also a little long , but not so that it looked foolish . |
| 26 | The current situation could be interpreted this way : the additional depreciation is building up capital but not so that the sewers can be replaced without the need to borrow ; rather , that the smaller future borrowing requirement will recompense future generations for the unwillingness of pre-1974 ratepayers to share the burden of the capital cost of sewers . |
| 27 | By an arrangement between father and son , a disentailment could be effected ; but not so as to alienate the fee ; rather to reduce the son 's interest to a life estate in remainder , with remainder to his issue successively in tail . |
| 28 | She 'd been feeling sick a morning or two , but not so as it interfered with her work , and no one remarked on it . |
| 29 | the Trader shall be entitled at any time prior to commencement of transit to give seven days ' written notice to the Carrier requiring that the aforementioned £800 per tonne limit be increased but not so as to exceed the value of the Consignment and in the event of such notice being given the Trader shall within the said seven days agree with the Carrier an increase in the carriage charges in consideration of the said increased limit . |
| 30 | The answer is in s35 of the Limitation Act 1980 under which the new claim dates back to when the original writ was issued but not so as to defeat a limitation defence although the court can exercise discretion under s33 or RSC Ord 15 , r6(6) which says that no one shall be added as a party after limitation unless the court directs that the period should not apply . |