Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [is] not [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is conceptually similar but not identical to the phenomena described by Matza ( 1964 : 33–68 ) as the subculture of delinquency : both consist of ‘ precepts and customs that are delicately balanced between convention and crime ’ ; both ‘ posit objectives that may be attained through ( crime ) but also other means ’ ; both ‘ allow ( crime ) but it is not demanded or necessarily considered the preferred path ’ ; and both consist of ‘ norms and sentiments ’ which are ‘ beliefs that function as the extenuating conditions under which ( crime ) is permissible ’ . |
| 32 | Quantification is usually taken for granted in social dialectology , but it is not used in some other branches of sociolinguistics ( for example , those researches that follow Gumperz 's model ) , and there can be disputes about whether or not it should be used in given instances . |
| 33 | Eastern cultures certainly know about the clash principle — the yin and yang of the Chinese and the Japanese Sumo wrestlers — but it is not used as a method of getting change or making decisions . |
| 34 | Hooliganism is more habitual and more fully developed in Britain than elsewhere , but it is not confined to Britain . |
| 35 | The procedure is particularly apt if there is a risk that the goods may be destroyed or disposed of before trial of the action but it is not confined to such situations . |
| 36 | These are ‘ low ’ standards compared to those of many other housewives in the sample , and the routine is there , but it is not anchored nearly so securely to set times of the day as Barbara Lipscombe 's . |
| 37 | For instance , sexual promiscuity is a sin according to the Bible , but it is not considered a sin by a sexually promiscuous society . |
| 38 | The experience becomes absorbed into the stage of memory , of bittersweet experience , but it is not forgotten . |
| 39 | The topographical environment is of great significance for the story but it is not ordered in a straightforward way according to the canons of empirical geography and empirical zoology . |
| 40 | This collection is arranged by family , sub-filed by genus and species , but it is not indexed or listed in any way . |
| 41 | Note the strong dynamic contrasts , large leaps , and tendency towards destruction of the metrical pulse ; the music has continuity , but it is not effected by a sense of ‘ beat ’ : |
| 42 | From there she could have travelled to France or Belgium but it is not known whether she boarded a ferry . |
| 43 | The police have improved both their procedures and their training , but it is not known whether social attitudes in general have changed greatly . |
| 44 | He also exhibited in Ulverston and in his diaries talks of preparations for big shows in Manchester and Liverpool , but it is not known if these took place . |
| 45 | Nevertheless the Act is based upon this distinction ; some other countries have followed the logic and applied the legislation to all forms of information systems , whether manual or electronic , but it is not known how effective such legislation is . |
| 46 | A charter to hold a market and an annual fair was granted in 1348 , but it is not known when the use was discontinued . |
| 47 | Amongst the items salvaged were a complete Merlin engine , propellers , guns and instruments and the Deputy Keeper of the RAF Museum , Jack Bruce , flew out to Berlin to inspect the items , but it is not known if any of the items were suitable for use . |
| 48 | But it is not known . |
| 49 | But it is not known whether TCR- β gene rearrangement or expression is required for such a transition , and no information is yet available on a role for TCR- α gene rearrangement or expression . |
| 50 | Perforated discs ( bi ) ( fig. 14 ) and the afore-mentioned zong came to designate heaven and earth , but it is not known whether this was their original meaning . |
| 51 | North American Indians , Polynesian and Micronesian Pacific islanders , Australian Aborigines , and Asian Indians are usually considered in these terms , but it is not known whether all human populations previously subject to severe ‘ feast and famine ’ conditions have a thrifty genotype . |
| 52 | The differential fee for night visits is intended to discourage general practitioners from using deputising services , but it is not known whether it has had this effect . |
| 53 | But it is not known how these skills relate to levels of proficiency or to the process of acquisition . |
| 54 | Oxyradical dependent photoemission of granulocytes stimulated by platelet activating factor has been detected in vivo in rat mesenteric microvascular beds , but it is not known if these reactive oxygen species are generated in vivo in the colonic mucosa because phagocytes may be activated during isolation procedures used in in vitro studies . |
| 55 | Our solutions containing rice derived glucose polymer promoted the highest water obsorption in the secretory state but it is not known whether increasing the polymer concentration ( but maintaining ORS hypotonicity ) would enhance water absorption by further stimulating active glucose transport or whether water absorption would be jeopardised , even by a moderate increase in osmolality . |
| 56 | Section 2(1) ( c ) applies to the evasion of future debts , but it is not restricted to such debts . |
| 57 | Ratio and proportion are difficult concepts and therefore a limited number of questions was used , but it is not suggested that these represent the only possible ones for lower attainers . |
| 58 | But it is not shown how God did it . |
| 59 | There could be a causal link between demanding social justice and realism as a method , but it is not shown . |
| 60 | And how d' you get toast charred so that you 've got to scrape it off but it is n't burnt ? |