Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] but is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ accounting profession ’ has over the years widened to the point where it is not only commonplace but is expected that ‘ professional accountants ’ will be employed by industry , government , local government , health authorities etc . |
| 2 | We should emphasize that the marking itself is not electronic but is done by a human . |
| 3 | The account is not exhaustive but is outlined with a view to drawing out alternative perspectives . |
| 4 | The model form is not obligatory but is recommended in the interest of both requesting and requested States . |
| 5 | At the beginning of the century , the discovery of Brownian motion with a typical energy particle of 3 ×10 -2 eV showed that matter is not continuous but is made up of atoms . |
| 6 | When she returns from theatre she is rather sleepy but is allowed to take fluids as soon as she feels able to sit up in bed . |
| 7 | It is on the borderline between a true signal , indicating the nature of the coming activity and establishing specific relations within which it is intended to occur , and that type of signal which is not preparatory or externally indicative but is integrated within the form of a work : a type which we can distinguish as conventions , and which is so fundamentally important that it will be separately discussed , below . |
| 8 | Spatial frequency is less intuitively obvious but is related to the number of times the display cycles from light to dark to light again as you go a fixed distance in a single direction across the display . |
| 9 | It is now generally applied to those who have neglected themselves over a long period of time or when a person has become seriously ill but is refusing hospital admission . |