Example sentences of "the [noun] but [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , gaining resources may not depend on the logic of the case but on a number of other factors . |
| 2 | Thenceforth he played many games not only for the MCC but for a variety of sides . |
| 3 | It may be questioned whether such elaborate surveillance ( engaged in not only by the KGB but to a greater or lesser extent by other security organizations ) is really necessary or produces results commensurate with the time , energy and expense involved in the operations . |
| 4 | At the request of the salon 's owner they met the girls not at the salon but in a hotel nearby . |
| 5 | That the triumphing of the wicked is short , and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment ? … |
| 6 | The feel of a book in her hands was an ancient solace — not , originally , because of what lay between the covers but as a screen , a defence , a shield . |
| 7 | He too received his higher education not in the metropole but in a newly-founded colonial college , thus opening up horizons which previously would have been closed to Indonesians like him . |
| 8 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 9 | When the dispute was eventually resolved in Cyril 's favour , it was not by the Council but by a decision of the Emperor Theodosius . |
| 10 | The government has at last realised the importance of preserving the eco system as a way to attract a new kind of tourist ( with more culture and money to spend ) who will see Gran Canaria not just as cheap holidays in the sun but as a living island . |
| 11 | On Good Friday 1958 the first march set out for Aldermaston , the atomic research establishment in Berkshire , under the CND symbol , a black circle forked with a white ‘ drooping cross ’ , the semaphore symbols for N and D , which became the membership badge not only for the campaign but for a certain kind of non-conformity among young people . |
| 12 | The force facility can be used as often as required for a particular SPR , for example , if a user does not wish to take responsibility for the SPR or if a user accepts the SPR but at a later date passes the work onto someone else . |
| 13 | It is not because they are rightists ( they could just as well be leftists ) but because they want to capture the centre not for the gospel but for a ‘ Holy America ’ . |
| 14 | The polemic in the newspapers had begun not over the kidnapping but over a fight that had broken out a few days previously in a bar much frequented by the young Sardinians who hung around the city and by the city gangs who sold them drugs . |
| 15 | His back was cured within a couple of weeks — not , it turns out , as a result of the acupuncture but after a bit of dancing while on holiday . |
| 16 | Thus good title is conferred upon the purchaser but at a date later than it should have been . |
| 17 | This was a result not of the Bill or of the war but of a 1938 decision whose effect was delayed by the outbreak of war . |
| 18 | Its renewal is absolutely essential , not just as a clear message to the terrorists but as a vital part of our ability to safeguard the lives of our citizens . |
| 19 | The studios are good for those wanting to be near the town but in a quiet spot . |
| 20 | In the context of an infill project the competing contractors will be supplied with all the information they need to tender for the job but on a fixed price basis , including the total management of the contract and |
| 21 | Here was a film akin to the first pictures from the moon but with a difference . |
| 22 | No : the revolution would have come , if it was to come at all , only if the resources available to the forces for change , the unions , had been enough to enable them to seize and hold the means of production , and if they had had the will to employ those resources ; not as a thief in the night but in a scene of anarchy and dreadful confusion of which the French Revolution would have given but a faint anticipation . |
| 23 | Not , as might be imagined , from the long-dreaded combined forces of Sega Megadrive , Nintendo Game Boy and the rest but from a far more insidious and therefore dangerous enemy — the government . |
| 24 | A referenced variable is a variable accessed not by the name but through a pointer variable ; a dynamic variable . |
| 25 | Monetary values depend on the size of the organisation but for a company the size of Lucas Automotive the potential savings from each review have generally run into hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
| 26 | The abdominal ganglia are variable in number ; in Machilis and in many larvae there are eight ganglia in the abdomen but as a rule there are fewer . |
| 27 | The Williamson Tender , named after the case in which it was first used , is directed not to the pursuer but to a joint wrongdoer from whom a contribution is hoped for , be that joint wrongdoer another defender or a third party . |
| 28 | It was to be revolution not on the rates but on a private income . |
| 29 | Basically our branches are based on the district but with a slight variation or two , not exactly district . |
| 30 | Shirtliff nodded down Wilson 's corner for Hirst to score the second and the Wednesday striker would have collected his 20th of the season but for a fine one-handed save by Marriott . |