Example sentences of "but [adj] [was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly Sunday schools had the opportunity to advance working-class literacy , but that was not seen as their main purpose . |
| 2 | But this was not achieved without stirring up local feeling . |
| 3 | But this was not done against Pharaoh 's will . |
| 4 | With Augustus a jurisdiction was established , but this was not done within the formulary system or the existing structure of the civil courts . |
| 5 | Part 2 of the National Insurance Act authorized technical retraining schemes for adults , but this was not implemented until 1925 . |
| 6 | It has been suggested on the basis of short periods of observation that sleep depresses colonic motility , but this was not confirmed by some authors , and others noted a wide variability of rectosigmoid motor activity during sleep . |
| 7 | But this was not accompanied by deradicalization , and by contrast with many western societies , did not conflict with their sense of belonging to a wider working class . |
| 8 | Prior to the meeting , Prime Minister John Major had let it be known that he would try to persuade his fellow leaders to attend the UNCED " Earth Summit " conference to be held in Brazil next June , but this was not mentioned in the conference communiqué . |
| 9 | It is not certain how many of the leading members were privy to this scheme : Lloyd-Greame seems to have sat on the fence ; Hoare , Wood , Cave , Salisbury and some of the other peers stood out for Baldwin , but this was not contained in the advice which convinced Stamfordham . |
| 10 | But this was n't to do with fearsome flashbacks from the great TV war . |
| 11 | TNC consists of government proposals but these were not preceded by any kind of inquiry or the involvement of professional educationists or practitioners . |