Example sentences of "but that they do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is notable about them is not that they are black , but that they do not have dogs . |
| 2 | Instead , we hold that species are real things , but that they do not have essences . |
| 3 | The problem is not that parents want to spike the afternoon but that they do not think . |
| 4 | Their weakness is not that they will not commit themselves to God but that they do not commit themselves to anything . |
| 5 | What is remarkable about the text-books ( which describe the chemical structure of the various chains in loving detail ) is not so much that they do not explain the discrepancy but that they do not even notice it ; nor are they apparently interested in the fact that the work of fracture for a material like Polythene or Nylon is at least a hundred times higher than it is for most of the thermosetting plastics . |
| 6 | The implication of all this is not only that weak businesses do worse in absolute terms , but that they do not even realize their own potential . |
| 7 | Has it occurred to the Minister that the problem is that there are plenty of young people camped out in the open air , but that they do not have any work ? |