Example sentences of "[adj] but they [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were very negligent but they were not criminally negligent , ’ said one barrister . |
| 2 | Thus each group of accounts might be said to be objective but they are not comparable . |
| 3 | And they 're not , I mean they 're pretty but they 're not that magnolia range in Marks is lovely . |
| 4 | The authority may not determine the application before the period is complete but they are not bound to follow any representations received although they must consider them . |
| 5 | So what actually happens , these are taken off-site and they 're washed but they 're not sorted . |
| 6 | Butcher-block and wood counter tops are sturdy and look good but they are not very practical near the sink surrounds or anywhere where there is water because they can warp and the grain can rise up . |
| 7 | The odds against such a coincidence are unimaginably great but they are not incalculably great . |
| 8 | They may be broke but they 're not broken . |
| 9 | I know they 're numbered but they 're not in the right order . |
| 10 | They were no longer cheerful but they were not bitter . |
| 11 | He 's such an opposite to Jamie , I thought they were like almost alike but they 're not . |
| 12 | Miss Taylor said : ‘ Mr Patten wants to pile children high and teach them cheap but they are not like soap powder . ’ |
| 13 | They may appear nice but they 're not and someone you do n't know is a stranger . |
| 14 | The , these are nice , these look nice but they 're not |
| 15 | Erm , and er , they are necessary but they are not actually what we agreed . |
| 16 | Women use limes as a contraceptive but they are not very effective and with frequent use the vagina can be seriously damaged by so much acid . |
| 17 | Nicotine and caffeine are mood-altering but they are not obviously fully cross-addictive with alcohol and the various drugs that lead to Chemical Dependency . |
| 18 | more than seemed to be indicated in the figures that we 've got , because Buck 's figures for the extent of supplementary income are I know they 're significant but they 're not enough to the kinds of levels people had been living at . |
| 19 | Projects of the International Chamber of Commerce can usually be completed much more quickly , since not only are they less formal but they are not legal instruments in themselves , simply rules or trade terms incorporated by contract , so that the legal issues are de-emphasized and , indeed , the product is primarily the work of non-lawyers . |
| 20 | But I mean , one of the major problems is a fact , these youth training programmes or Y , YP 's as they call them , are alright but they 're not really getting down to the basic er training we need ! |