Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is not [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rank shown for Hopkins appears to be sergeant , but it is not understood why he is not grouped with the other three , Lochead , Mullen and Nicholl . |
| 2 | In the UK , licences will be issued by the Department of National Heritage and EC experts are working on the common export document but it is not finalised yet . |
| 3 | It is seen as a necessary tool but it is not studied out of interest in the countries in which it is spoken . |
| 4 | Is the funding council to be the creature — it is an unpleasant word , but it is not meant unpleasantly — of the Scottish Office ? |
| 5 | These are ‘ low ’ standards compared to those of many other housewives in the sample , and the routine is there , but it is not anchored nearly so securely to set times of the day as Barbara Lipscombe 's . |
| 6 | Nevertheless the Act is based upon this distinction ; some other countries have followed the logic and applied the legislation to all forms of information systems , whether manual or electronic , but it is not known how effective such legislation is . |
| 7 | But it is not known how these skills relate to levels of proficiency or to the process of acquisition . |
| 8 | But it is not shown how God did it . |