Example sentences of "but [det] [be] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the third instance the most vital piece of equipment required is a page printer , ideally one with a page description language built in but that 's not completely essential as we 'll see later . |
| 2 | You can use petrol , but that 's not particularly safe or healthy and it tends to leave an oily film . |
| 3 | Of course you could always just turn it off — but that 's not always possible , especially if the air pump is being used to run a sponge or box filter . |
| 4 | Americans I have known have seen it as a kind of Whitney , but that 's not really right . |
| 5 | Spokeswoman Veronica Warner said : ‘ Mr Kennedy seems to think he was given the gown , but that 's not quite right . |
| 6 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 7 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 8 | But that 's not so much the building as th |
| 9 | But that 's not so bad . |
| 10 | so I , I mean I suppose in a sense it would be good if you did actually change something but that 's not entirely necessary for me . |
| 11 | But that 's not very nice though , is it ? |
| 12 | Yeah , but it wants to be , but that 's not very big unless you |
| 13 | I 've got tummie trouble as well , but that 's not as bad . |
| 14 | Yeah but that 's not that much a we |
| 15 | But that is not quite right either , he wrote . |
| 16 | ‘ We often say that we are looking for the intention of Parliament , but that is not quite accurate . |
| 17 | Lord Browne-Wilkinson quotes the observation of Lord Reid that ‘ we often say that we are looking for the intention of Parliament but that is not quite accurate . |
| 18 | Novices usually try to make friends with old hands , but that is not always easy . |
| 19 | Sometimes he had a bit too much to drink but that is n't particularly unusual , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 20 | ‘ We want a boat that gives a good grounding in trapeze and spinnaker techniques , in all weather conditions , but that is n't too demanding for youngsters joining the class . |
| 21 | I like to be able to arrange my own times a bit but that is n't always possible and you 've got to accommodate yourself as well to the needs of the staff . ’ |
| 22 | Tyres were always burned , he said , but that was not environmentally friendly . |
| 23 | But that was not vitally important . |
| 24 | But this is n't just another crass commercialisation of a fictional character . |
| 25 | We try to play every course in the area , but this is n't always possible . |
| 26 | I can manage better if I have someone with me , but this is n't always possible . |
| 27 | You encourage or motivate your child by reinforcing his/her efforts , but this is n't as straightforward as you might think . |
| 28 | But this is not just any conference : it 's apparently going to be the greatest ever gathering of world leaders in one place at one time . |
| 29 | But this is not altogether relevant for although Cordelia is essentially a fine character and her sisters mainly corrupt , there are the opposites ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ in both of them . |
| 30 | Stress , stimulating certain hormones , may produce a small increase in metabolic rate , but this is not yet certain . |