Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twigs on the brakes were all beaded and bulging as with countless white droplets but it was not frost or rain but the swelling of buds . |
| 2 | At first it may seem surprising to find a Gentile so involved in Jewish affairs but it was not all that unusual . |
| 3 | Footballers sometimes appeared on a music-hall bill in the late Victorian and Edwardian years but it was not until the inter-war years that top players became ‘ stars ’ . |
| 4 | The AC-130 gunships blasted selected targets but it was not immediately clear what had been hit , the witnesses said . |
| 5 | The medical evidence showed that excessive oxygen was a cause of blindness in premature babies but it was not the only factor which caused blindness . |