Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The saying of private prayers , and other forms of private religious behaviour , can be ascertained in answer to questions , but not validated against direct observations of behaviour … |
| 2 | The S S Bodegraven was an elderly steam freighter , serviceable for short hauls but not built for military action . |
| 3 | Large authoritative grammars have been written ( e.g. Quirk , Greenbaum , Leech & Svartvik , 1985 ) but not incorporated into computational systems . |
| 4 | A ‘ commercial operation but not run for commercial values ’ , it made a conscious decision some years ago to recruit the ‘ best people available ’ . |
| 5 | Social stratification was affected but not dictated by economic developments . |
| 6 | A specific complex was observed with drg extract , Figure 3 and was only competed by the homologous and complementary single strands ( SSB and SSA ) but not competed by other heterologous double stranded ( NS DS and ST ) or single stranded ( NS SS and AP SS ) competitors . |
| 7 | Other Forum activities were started but not brought to significant conclusions . |
| 8 | Organisations may also reclaim any monies given but not spent by relocated employees . |
| 9 | A woman of 40 came with digestive disturbance which had been around for twenty years and which had been ameliorated but not cured by previous homœopathic treatment . |
| 10 | delicious , but not recommended for long fingernails |
| 11 | 1.6.2 to involve in any important contract negotiations including but not restricted to international sales contracts reaching beyond the Agreed Territories and sales contracts amounting to over 5 million BF ; |
| 12 | An expression used in common speech , but not used in formal language . |