Example sentences of "but not the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could talk about everything , but not the Five Chapters . |
| 2 | Now he has joined the Paras … but not the famous Regiment . |
| 3 | Hoxd-13 RNA is detected in the posterior ( bottom ) but not the anterior ( top ) mesenchyme . |
| 4 | Commercial banks everywhere are realising that profitable banks may become big , but not the other way round . |
| 5 | Hundreds of books have been written on the transition from capitalism to communism , but not the other way . |
| 6 | She recognized her name but not the other word . |
| 7 | In the second place , the modal meaning is derivable from the canonical lexical meaning but not the other way round . |
| 8 | There is not enough evidence to decide this issue , but there is enough to be sure what we should feel about the conclusions he draws concerning Othello : One part of this antithesis follows — some men must be servants — but not the other : why can not all masters be served ‘ truly ’ ? |
| 9 | said that that there was no generally accepted international meaning of the phrase ; he recognised that in some jurisdictions , public law matters were regarded as outside the categories of civil and commercial , but that this was not universally the case ; he , but not the other members of the court , felt that there was insufficient evidence as to the approach of Norwegian law , but was prepared to give the request the benefit of the doubt . |
| 10 | These are sufficient to account for the gluons that carry the strong interactions and two of the four particles that carry the weak interactions , but not the other two . |
| 11 | The nine colonies which uncapped but left the dead larvae inside had one of the genes , that for uncapping , but not the other for removing . |
| 12 | One can go readily from the cup on the table in the past to the broken cup on the floor in the future , but not the other way round . |
| 13 | He sounded surprised , as if it were perfectly acceptable for him to be questioning her , but not the other way round . |
| 14 | Janette Marshall discovers that you can forget the meat — but not the two veg |
| 15 | In this study it has been shown by two independent methods that histamine increases the in vitro proliferation of the two gastric tumour cells ; MKN45 and MKN45G but not the two colorectal lines ; C170 and LoVo . |
| 16 | The progress of groups of students in the higher ( but not the highest ) parts of the class achievement range is often monitored particularly closely by the transmission teacher and used to ‘ steer ’ his or her judgements about the management and development of the lesson for the class as a whole . |
| 17 | To face herself in a mirror without flinching : neat mid-brown hair that grew in orderly waves , a little longer than her father would have liked , almost to her shoulders , but not the shaggy bird 's nest it had been on Mars . |
| 18 | As well as tidying up the whole system , it re-affirms that the doctrine of saints has a place , but not the central place , in Catholic piety . |
| 19 | On the Toyota , turn the selection dial to Empty , but NOT the central empty position — choose the left or right one . |
| 20 | A survival of Second Empire technology could be so small as to be incapable of spreading its influence , or the science could have survived but not the necessary manufacturing techniques for its propagation . |
| 21 | So the surface-charge density increased on the surface of the conductor but not the net charge density inside the Gaussian surface . |
| 22 | erm programme notes yes , but not the actual sort of |
| 23 | Erm , now I will give you as much help as I can with that , but not the actual subject of it , erm , you can determine what the objective is yourselves . |
| 24 | To his credit he used these dicta only as the basic stepping stones of his own work : the tools but not the finished product . |
| 25 | Though neither a Marxist nor a Freudian , I find Marxist criticism deeply interesting , but not the Freudian equivalent . |
| 26 | He loved books , but not the dusty lexicons of the law ; his mind longed to stretch itself in contemplation of other minds , in listening to brilliant talk , to lectures and debates . |
| 27 | The use of translation is the most obvious but not the only problem in the transmission of what are cultural as well as intellectual texts . |
| 28 | The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source . |
| 29 | That was the main , but not the only cause of the subsequent riot , when the bonnie lieges , not a few ‘ in drink ’ as they used to say at the magistrate 's court , toppled the case over with the luckless , as well as legless leprechaun still inside . |
| 30 | Laws and institutions primarily provide governments with one ( but not the only ) means for achieving such ends ; their function as tools for controlling government activity is only secondary . |