Example sentences of "but [art] [det] [modal v] not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Class 321 units ( of which the first was delivered in September 1988 ) , were an immediate success , but the same can not be said of the Class 442 ‘ Wessex Electrics ’ of which twenty-four five-car units should have been delivered in time for the May 1988 timetable . |
| 2 | But the same can not be said of twentieth-century Christianity , which is why the type of doubt we are now considering is so prevalent . |
| 3 | ‘ But the same can not be said for the rest . |
| 4 | Lately in the field of painting , there has been a groundswell of revived interest in ‘ pure abstraction ’ but the same can not be said for sculpture . |
| 5 | But the same can not be said for duties and responsibilities . |
| 6 | In housing , inequalities in basic standards have narrowed but the same can not be said in relation to the social standards of housing . |
| 7 | Under experimental conditions , old people in NHS nursing homes may do at least as well as those in traditional geriatric wards , but the same can not be assumed of units removed from the traditions and surveillance of a health or social services hierarchy . |
| 8 | Erica herself was entirely honest , and worked hard for her causes , but the same could not be said of some of her associates . |
| 9 | The food was very good , and when we ended the meal our stomachs were full , but the same could not be said of our wallets unfortunately ! |