Example sentences of "but it [be] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electron microscopy may improve identification but it is not widely available , is expensive , and is limited by the need for specially fixed tissues when generally only formalin fixed tissues are available . |
| 2 | ‘ But it is not just that , ’ he adds . |
| 3 | But it is not just that access to the increased educational facilities is conditioned by social background , even where people achieve educational mobility , the economic structure has not provided a corresponding increase in jobs to match that mobility in occupational terms . |
| 4 | But it is not just that , on the theory , statements like ‘ I was envious yesterday ’ become untrustworthy . |
| 5 | But it is not just prospective parents who have contact with mentally handicapped people , and the attitudes of many people in positions of authority are crucial in that they will make decisions which will affect the lives of our mentally handicapped community . |
| 6 | But it is not just farming methods which are to blame . |
| 7 | But it is not just this personality clash that is driving Solidarity-as-we-know-it to extinction . |
| 8 | But it is not just bad weather which takes the gilt off the packed-lunch gingerbread . |
| 9 | But it is not immediately obvious how to write a similar argument against the notion of justified belief . |
| 10 | In the more complicated case of Fig. 8–1c , the equilibrium is locally stable in that there is an interval around it such that the economy tends to converge ; but it is not globally stable . |
| 11 | Now you 're alright , that 's everything should happen there but it is not physically impossible but it 's gon na put staff under a lot of stress and we 're gon na have to play the game of making it workable . |
| 12 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
| 13 | Observations of prenatal neuro-anatomical asymmetry in language-related areas of the brain constitute indirect evidence in favour of a genetic blue-print but it is not yet certain that the anatomical asymmetry actually relates to functional asymmetry after birth . |
| 14 | But it is not yet available in the UK . |
| 15 | But it is not yet clear whether they base their judgements on their own features , or whether they have become habituated to the characteristics of their full-sister group . |
| 16 | It is understood the line was set up by his close friend Stephanie King , from Nottingham , but it is not yet clear whether Reggie Kray has broken any prison rules . |
| 17 | But it is not yet clear if the Echo technology will be used in production release software from Apple , as there are at least two separate ongoing efforts within Apple to move the Mac environment over to the PowerPC , one using a large amount of translation , the other a large amount of emulation . |
| 18 | But it is not yet clear if the Echo technology will be used in production release software from Apple , as there are at least two separate ongoing efforts within Apple to move the Mac environment over to the PowerPC , one using a large amount of translation , the other a large amount of emulation . |
| 19 | In that case X is not a free agent , but it is not yet clear whether Y is one . |
| 20 | A " universal thesaurus " is indeed an impossibility , but it is not particularly difficult to construct a fairly substantial network of simple facts about relationships between words and phrases . |
| 21 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 22 | Where the parties have not only required a step to be taken within a specified time but have expressly provided for the consequences in case of default , this provides an indication , of greater or less strength , that time is to be of the essence , but it is not necessarily decisive . |
| 23 | A dynamic force is a very terrible thing ; it may crush you but it is not necessarily right . |
| 24 | The incline or slope in the example is taken at 1 in 4 as being that which offers the greatest convenience ; but it is not necessarily 1 in 4 ; and it may be varied without detriment , according to the peculiarities of pits or other pertinent circumstances . |
| 25 | It is true descriptively that such is the situation for most men and women now , but it is not necessarily inevitable . |
| 26 | It is true that the capitalist system of production with its inherent conflicts between workers and management makes for inefficiency but it is not necessarily true , as they claim , that collectivism is a more powerful force for productivity than individualism . |
| 27 | If we give you that we can give you it in a certain way , but it is not necessarily meaningful . |
| 28 | The answer , I think , is quite clear when you look at the definition again , but it is not necessarily clear at first reading . |
| 29 | But it is not merely that shabbiness makes the great house seem less daunting : in its decay , it becomes acceptable as part of English history . |
| 30 | That is how he may see himself operating as Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor , but it is not how this Government 's Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor operate . |