Example sentences of "[pn reflx] but [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever fair-spoken , Malekith said that he desired the kingship not for himself but in honour of the memory of his father . |
| 2 | Not just by myself but by officers from Hertfordshire and the Metropolitain police . |
| 3 | It is this feature which lends plausibility to the suggestion that the pictures , fitted into the recesses left for them , were not to be enjoyed as objects for themselves but as part of the grand architectural design of the two rooms . |
| 4 | In short , statistics relating to old people are presented in such a way as to spread a great deal of gloom about the future , not only for the old themselves but for society at large . |
| 5 | Yet as individuals they are believable , not only for themselves but by virtue of their involvement with other people and the opinions of their behaviour that come to us from their shipmates and their superiors . |