Example sentences of "[noun sg] but they [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I get them er , I thought they were on the seat but they 're not . |
| 2 | And West Germany of course , has had ten years of massive growth in nuclear power , I do n't hear the Green movement pressing us to imitate that ; they want the end result but they 're not prepared to wield the means . |
| 3 | The guys are hard , our guys have skill but they 're not as physically fit |
| 4 | Does she accept that it is impossible to explain to them why patients who are haemophiliacs are eligible for compensation but they are not — even though my constituents have the same condition , life expectancy and financial pressures ? |
| 5 | In fact businessmen wanted State assistance but they were not prepared to offer any real quid pro quo in the shape of control over their activities . |
| 6 | ‘ More bobbies on the beat gives rise to greater confidence but they are not necessarily an effective use of police time , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Moaners get attention but they 're not much fun to have around ! |
| 8 | Questions 1 to 4 cover considerations necessary for any type of intervention but they are not arranged in a logical , systematic order . |
| 9 | The two erm handlers here , I do n't know whether there 's one who 's handling and the other one 's just sort of having a chat with him about but , you know , they they 're important in the picture but they 're not er you know , the horses completely dominate the , the two people in the picture . |
| 10 | They did , they did it in the evening but they 're not in the , did n't do it the morning . |
| 11 | Speedy can of course you know he 's a good little leaper for a small lad but they 're not just gon na be able to whack the ball up there . |
| 12 | Items in angle brackets are not specified in the target text but they are not ruled out either since Chinese and Japanese do not have a category of number . |
| 13 | You lose the parcel but it 's end up for example in the , they used a contractor at the other end because we lost the parcel but they 're not responsible for that . |
| 14 | Mind you Don Johnson and Melanie Griffi Griffith are alright , are man and wife but they 're not in every film together are they ? |
| 15 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 16 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
| 17 | The people because you do n't have children who are very close to you because they 're your spouse 's nephew and niece but they 're not your nephew and your niece . |
| 18 | The other top editorial people have a better news sense but they are not immune to the old-money patina : all have centrist views with a pro-establishment tinge . |
| 19 | ‘ Spartak have a lot of international players with pace but they are not a perfect team by any means . |
| 20 | Can construct accurately 2-D shapes with a ruler , protractor and compass The test results , described in Chapter 4 ( pp. 41–102 ) , suggest that rectangular shapes can be drawn with good accuracy but they were not drawn with the use of geometrical instruments . |
| 21 | And same , well and and Prussia as well for that matter but they 're not so , so important . |
| 22 | These parish gentry were conscious of their elevated status but they were not sharply separated from the rest of the community , for it was quite common in the Tudor and Stuart era for such a family to contain men and women of various occupations and lower social standing . |
| 23 | Phonological contrasts and phonetic differences may be important factors affecting accommodation but they are not the whole story . |
| 24 | No the er I think there as good as Vax but they 're not as cheap |
| 25 | Substances like Nylon have plenty of strength but they are not sufficiently stiff to make engineering structures . |
| 26 | Those people may be a minority in number but they are not in stature . |
| 27 | Sports Centres are fine places for the active-minded public but they are not particularly suited to our Rallies , so Aldercine Hodson planned a special Sunday afternoon feature at Putteridge Recreation Centre , near Luton . |
| 28 | Such courses may be of interest to you as a returner but they are not the same as re-entry programmes , and would not be recognised for the same purpose if you ever had to provide evidence of an updating course to your National Board . |
| 29 | They 're getting married next year but they 're not having any children for three years . |
| 30 | ‘ The Pru did not have a budgetary system before I joined , the accountants produced some numbers every year but they were not comprehensive or in any sense management information . |