Example sentences of "but [adv] [that] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is ethologically implausible about Ullman 's hypotheses is not that they involve some ( unconscious ) knowledge about material objects and normal viewing conditions , but rather that they assume the perception of rigid objects to be basic , while perception of non-rigid movement is taken to be a more complex special case . |
| 2 | This is not to say that the right and left are necessarily the same , but rather that they converge at key points and share an understanding of what is involved in the politics of ‘ race ’ . |
| 3 | The striking thing about cases such as these is not that they failed — that is only to be expected — but rather that they contain suggestions that a proper claim might meet with success , although difficulty might attend mounting it . |
| 4 | It was not that this could be attributed to a weakening of moral fibre on their part , but rather that they had grown up in a society in which there were few straightforward moral guidelines , and into ‘ a community which is thoroughly confused about morals , and … their behaviour reflects that confusion ’ . |
| 5 | The point is not that the theological pronouncements of scientists are to be discounted but rather that they do sometimes have to be seen as efforts at mediation . |
| 6 | This does not mean that victims are consciously playing this game , but rather that they have learnt to live this way , not realising there is any better alternative . |
| 7 | The true position is not that the directors must take account of the interests of future shareholders , but rather that they have a discretion concerning the time-scale over which existing members may be benefited . |
| 8 | It is not therefore assumed that people have a' consciousness ' ( false or otherwise ) or a system or knowledge about the outside world , but only that they have a more or less adequate collection of competences in dealing with particular instances of it . |
| 9 | She told her she was having a relationship with Gerry , but not that they had started sleeping together . |
| 10 | His Lordship maintained that s14(6) did not alter the law and that " purpose or purposes " referred to the range of uses of the contract goods but not that they had to be fit for all these purposes . |
| 11 | It is dangerous to simplify law , but our understanding is that to convict someone of a serious crime like theft , we normally have to prove not only that they committed the alleged act , but also that they knew it was wrong . |
| 12 | A downward spiral of drink and drugs eventually affects both twins — Elliot believes that not only are they partly telepathic but also that they share chemical effects in their blood streams . |
| 13 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |
| 14 | But now that they had reached the road at the dale head , he wanted to turn down it and go home . |
| 15 | The case for R&D agreements is partly that they avoid wasteful duplication of research , and allow complementary skills and risks to be pooled , but mainly that they internalize the information spillovers which mean that a single firm is unable to appropriate all the returns to its R&D efforts . |
| 16 | It does n't mean they in themselves could not be profitable but simply that they have these cash flow problems . |
| 17 | She felt dreadfully guilty letting them down about the Rome and Athens trip , but even that they smoothed over , told her not to worry . |
| 18 | He would have preferred it had their arguments led directly to immaterialism , and showed not merely that we do not know what qualities material objects have , but indeed that they have none , or even that there are no such objects . |
| 19 | Both aircraft head-to-head at Farnborough were built in 1944 at the Oklahoma City plant , but beyond that they went very separate ways until meeting up in the UK in September , both toting turboprops . |