Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A school that is taking marketing seriously will look to appoint ‘ people persons ’ , individuals that are not necessarily charismatic but who show a strong concern for others . |
| 2 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 3 | He had a bit of a chip on his shoulder because he felt that other people who were not so good but who had the right background and connections had gotten ahead of him . |
| 4 | I 'll say it is I 'll say it is but she says she has a trapped nerve in the top of her leg , she says sometimes it 's not so bad but she said it 's not bad , you know when I get up she says I 'm in a lot of pain and it , you have to take painkillers for it |
| 5 | Not only that but they do have different ways of achieving their maximum personal utility . |
| 6 | Then of course the there were area combat missions , area missions but these had nothing to do er with the work training I think that and I did and in developing of our crews so that we were able to survive and of course er our mission that we thought that would probably be the same as was on the fourteenth when we went to Schweinfurt and we made it back and not only that but we got back to England , we 'd manage on about the third pass to get in to this one field and there was another plane trying to get in and they went up and bailed out and after we were eating our supper here they brought the men in the fields er where they , on the bombers ' field where they had landed the never got in so they went up and set the plane on automatic pilot and bailed out because they could n't land the plane but we managed to take them out and I think there was the extra good flying training and I did together that made us able to survive the savage attacks that we had , he had it on the Munster mission , I had it on the Schweinfurt mission . |
| 7 | Not only that but we expect that reward to be a fair and just one . |
| 8 | Not only that but he suggested in his letter that it would be sensible to keep the donation quiet . |
| 9 | I remember after the show you spoke for twelve minutes without a note and not only that but you came round afterwards and spent eight or ten minutes with us , the artists , which absolutely made our evening . |
| 10 | Not only that but you have to have a much stronger body . |
| 11 | Yeah but not only that but I mean if you |
| 12 | Gingerly she took a sip of the soup , surprised to find it was not only delicious but nothing to do with any can or packet . |
| 13 | You are not only desirable but you have become the inspiration for many of his most successful designs . |
| 14 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 15 | They 're not just cold but you know , I 'm sure everything that 's done is plotted . |
| 16 | By the way , to anybody that 's listening to this , I 'm not really huge but I put on five pounds since I stopped smoking . |
| 17 | The protected class must also admit to its membership those who are not presently disabled but who have a previous history of disability , or who are wrongly perceived as being disabled . |
| 18 | He was not quite sixteen but he had long acted like a boy impatient of childhood . |
| 19 | Well what I tried last weekend , not quite crying but I did a sort of moody sort of thing , I di I was really quiet and I just ignored everyone and I was like really like you know did n't say a word . |
| 20 | The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 . |
| 21 | So let me just say a few things before he does arrive , and catch his breath and perhaps have a cup of tea , on , on a topic which we , it 's not fully listed but I think is worth just mentioning , and that is writing for the press , because it may occur to you and in fact you may yourself on occasions , write things for the press . |
| 22 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 23 | They were not yet dry but she had no others apart from her best ones , so she pulled them on over the warm , dry woollen stockings into which she had changed upon coming in from the buildings . |
| 24 | you know it 's not too uncommon but you know it 's just a matter of |
| 25 | In Geurrero State this waiting period was apparently not too long but it appeared that in other areas delays and crowded court lists inevitably meant some people spending a considerable time in custody . |
| 26 | ‘ The going is not too difficult but there has been a lot of avalanche debris left after the monsoon . ’ |
| 27 | ’ Luckily , the three bum-bag winners were not aquatically inclined but I do hope software houses show a little more consideration in future . |
| 28 | This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink . |
| 29 | Academically , this test is not very accurate but it does have some value as a rough comparative test between different materials . |
| 30 | Savery 's invention was not very successful but he obtained an extension of the patent until 11733 . |