Example sentences of "[noun] but they [be] not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And West Germany of course , has had ten years of massive growth in nuclear power , I do n't hear the Green movement pressing us to imitate that ; they want the end result but they 're not prepared to wield the means . |
| 2 | It is not that such agendas are unresponsive to data but they are not responsive by way of direct testing . |
| 3 | In fact businessmen wanted State assistance but they were not prepared to offer any real quid pro quo in the shape of control over their activities . |
| 4 | You lose the parcel but it 's end up for example in the , they used a contractor at the other end because we lost the parcel but they 're not responsible for that . |
| 5 | Vulgarisms may make good graffiti but they are not appropriate in an academic essay . |
| 6 | We could devise alternative definitions of these phenomena but they are not likely to be any more helpful than those we have . |
| 7 | Writers in this tradition do touch on some spatial dimensions but they are not central . |
| 8 | I think young people might look like hippies but they 're not apathetic . ’ |
| 9 | The other top editorial people have a better news sense but they are not immune to the old-money patina : all have centrist views with a pro-establishment tinge . |
| 10 | ‘ The Pru did not have a budgetary system before I joined , the accountants produced some numbers every year but they were not comprehensive or in any sense management information . |