Example sentences of "[adj] but it [be] not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grant-aid earned under the new Regulations was adequate but it was not generous and although class programmes were extended to new centres and programmes expanded in existing branches , the costs of provision also increased and the District required overdraft facilities until 1950 when a small surplus was secured . |
| 2 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 3 | Such an education was republican and democratic but it was not egalitarian : it aimed to encourage , in Fumaroli 's words , ‘ the only nobility compatible with political democracy ’ nobility of spirit . |
| 4 | It 's not it might be obvious but it 's not true . |
| 5 | His apartment was certainly untidy but it was not dirty . |
| 6 | It is right but it 's not that 's not the whole point of this exercise . |
| 7 | Agism in the medical profession is mainly covert but it is not uncommon . |
| 8 | Well it 's better but it 's not right . |
| 9 | Good , carbon monoxide , s when when carbon is burnt from any of the fuels , petrol and sort of the hydrocarbons , burn them very efficiently and very completely you get carbon dioxide which is n't I mean it 's not brilliant but it 's not toxic . |
| 10 | Expect a mess : Your doctor will expect your home to be clean but it is not necessary to sterilise everything . |
| 11 | ‘ This ad is decidedly crude but it is not vulgar , ’ a spokeswoman said from Benetton 's Italian headquarters . |
| 12 | The case may be different from Chapman v. Honig in that the contempt involved was civil not criminal but it is not easy to see why this should point towards tortious liability . |
| 13 | The major modification was that where the judge thought that disclosure of a particular risk was obviously necessary but it was not medical pactice to disclose , then following standard practice would not avoid liability . |
| 14 | It might be necessary but it was not fun , and nothing would ever be fun again . |
| 15 | It would seem to follow from this that men who fail to have regard to this question should in some circumstances be criminally liable but it is not clear whether the Committee intends this or not . |
| 16 | Not only are the technical and organizational problems huge but it is not clear that we even have the intellectual concepts needed to talk about the issues we face . |
| 17 | What functions the AD1 and flanking repeats may have is unknown but it is not unlikely that one or another of these repeats represent functional domains . |
| 18 | I try hard not to be bitter but it 's not easy . ’ |