Example sentences of "but not [prep] [art] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At best they can tell us about aspects of the general biochemical and hormonal ‘ state ’ of the brain necessary for learning and memory formation to occur , the tuning and volume mechanisms , but not about the memory processes , the message on the tape itself . |
| 2 | You can decree an end to the Cold War , but not to the arms manufacturers like Boeing . |
| 3 | We also generalize about the taste of the discriminating and set up standards , useful as guides as long as one does not credit them with greater authority than a considered choice which violates them , but not without the suspect motives and tyrannical pretensions of standards in morals ; if you show signs of food-and-wine snobbery , I had better when listening to your recommendations take care to distinguish what I sense on my tongue from an affected taste . |
| 4 | One approach alters the genetic composition in bodily cells , but not in the sex cells ( eggs and sperm ) . |
| 5 | A clear consensus emerged that ‘ reprovision ’ of the two asylums by resettlement of the resident population was feasible , but not within the cost constraints set out by the RHA . |