Example sentences of "but [noun] [is] n't [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The funny things her young pupils say and do provide Sarah with a little light relief , but teaching is n't all fun and games .
2 But Walker is n't worried by the challenges facing him .
3 But football is n't sexy .
4 But Jane is n't old , ’ protested Ruth .
5 ‘ Well , I did n't really believe it , but business is n't great at the moment , and if you had been the person concerned … ’
6 But Nicola is n't unique in her behaviour .
7 But Sam is n't dead . ’
8 But Kojak is n't interested in the successful idols .
9 ‘ Yes , but Bumface is n't any of those things . ’
10 It 's near the international airport at Shannon is the first thought that springs to mind — but Galway is n't close to Shannon .
11 ‘ We may be having one or two problems at the moment , but discipline is n't one of them — and as long as I 'm here , it wo n't be . ’
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