Example sentences of "was not [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modrow 's offer was not immediately accepted but on Jan. 28 , after seven hours of talks , Modrow and opposition groups reached agreement on the formation of a government of national responsibility in which eight opposition leaders would enter the Cabinet as ministers without portfolio . |
| 2 | Later , in Stuttgart , he was not just accepted but positively idolized ; even so , there were barriers : he complained to Frank Tait , ‘ They do n't know the same nursery rhymes as we do ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Uh huh , ’ said I. I was not easily pacified but the show had already been aired . ’ |
| 4 | As is well documented in the case evidence , that worker was not suddenly sacked but was transferred to another platform without reasonable cause . |
| 5 | The by-election was not legally required but Goh had announced during the campaign period for the 1991 general election that he would use by-elections to provide voters with a chance to renew his mandate . |
| 6 | Here is Egisto conversing with his servants in the second scene : There is some realism in the handling of the fair-scene : the impatient cries of the chorus , ‘ Alla fiera , alla fiera ’ , and the soloists selling combs and mirrors , cups and vases , straw hats The gentry sing their arie and duets , sometimes over ostinato basses , but the expansion of the purely musical and scenic elements at the expense of the dramatic , the recitative , which had hitherto characterized Roman opera , was not merely halted but reversed . |
| 7 | This situation was not merely anticipated but welcomed in certain quarters . |
| 8 | ‘ The teacher was not highly qualified but very much alive and specially trained in English medium teaching at Kagumo Training College nearby ; the children had been learning English for six months . |
| 9 | ( Chiang Kai-shek was not specifically mentioned but it is hard to think of other forces that might have been available . ) |
| 10 | In consultation with colleges in 1989 , we planned the changeover to the new system over three years and three batches , providing , we hoped , a timetable which was not too rushed but which at the same time allowed centres to progress at a pace which met their candidates ' needs . |
| 11 | He was not severely beaten but was terrified . |
| 12 | The pilot was not seriously injured but the aircraft was burnt-out . |
| 13 | So she was not only watching but being watched when she thought she was by herself , when she was taking her clothes off and putting them on and so on . |
| 14 | This statement was not only made but meant , said Kogan , " When change has been positively mounted it has occurred through advisory teachers rather than inspectors , in-service training rather than managerially dominated systems " ( Kogan 1973:145 ) |
| 15 | Germany was not only humbled but humiliated , yet the Kaiser was swept off to exile in a train twenty carriages long followed by a cavalcade of twelve motor cars . |
| 16 | However , can you imagine what would happen if such a horse was not only spurred but goaded by a spur tinged with mercury ? ’ |
| 17 | He was not only healed but wholly overcome with joy as well . |
| 18 | When he heard that a role in Papillon would be especially created for him , he was not only flattered but asked for ( and got ) a salary of $1.25 million . |
| 19 | Better that it should end like this , when justice was not only done but manifestly seen by all to be done . |
| 20 | The north , moreover , was not only united but united behind the king since Gloucester was pre-eminently the king 's man . |
| 21 | The north , moreover , was not only united but united behind the king since Gloucester was pre-eminently the king 's man . |
| 22 | Is he aware that on a previous occasion when such an attempt was made , the miscreant — an imposter named Lambert Simnel , who attempted to steal the red rose from King Henry VII — was not only defeated but sentenced to serve as a scullion in the royal kitchens ? |
| 23 | The elaborate network of " sympathizing mass organizations " built up through the Comintern by Willi Muenzenberg was not only maintained but rapidly expanded . |
| 24 | In some societies the practical importance of dreams as portents of the future and as phenomena with mysterious healing properties was not only recognized but institutions were set up to exploit the fact . |
| 25 | To her surprise , there proved to be perceptive judgements about qualities in Michelangelo 's work , almost hidden in catalogue entries ; more than one art historian , apparently , was not only learned but had an eye . |
| 26 | The Humanist stress on the importance of the word was not only redoubled but given a special orientation by the Reformation-which experienced its supreme crisis , the Diet of Worms , in 1521 , four months before Josquin 's death . |
| 27 | He was n't badly hurt but people have since told me that shock sometimes starts the onset of diabetes . |
| 28 | I was n't totally prepared but I knew what it was like . |
| 29 | They obviously did n't like it , there was nothing dif , there was n't definitely said but there was some |
| 30 | Barney was n't often stumped but she knew less than nothing about the sport . |