Example sentences of "but [that] [pron] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with states of this kind is not that they exclude all organised groups , as the doctrine of Napoleonic administration says they should , but that they exclude unequally and grant access and favours to certain privileged groups . |
| 2 | If we do not get them , when this tax is put into place many single elderly people , in particular , will feel not only hard done by but that they have not been properly considered . |
| 3 | The indictment of this book is not only that the authorities have permitted certain specific excesses of which examples are described , but that they have deliberately promoted and condoned violence , crime and racketeering in order to alienate both their terrorist and political opponents from their natural sympathisers . |
| 4 | Passengers say they 'll be stranded in their homes , but that they do n't blame the drivers . |
| 5 | What is notable about them is not that they are black , but that they do not have dogs . |
| 6 | Instead , we hold that species are real things , but that they do not have essences . |
| 7 | The problem is not that parents want to spike the afternoon but that they do not think . |
| 8 | Their weakness is not that they will not commit themselves to God but that they do not commit themselves to anything . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Our problem is not that we have the wrong answers to particular doubts but that we do not have the right attitude to doubt in general . |
| 13 | I hope that the Government willl re-examine the funding of such developments in local authorities in conjunction with their community care programme so that local authorities and others can again consider a flexible response to ensure that we do not only seek residential care , but that we look forward to proper community care and support in the home . |
| 14 | If she should by chance ever read these words , I think she would confirm not merely that this was how he spoke but that I have not misrepresented her reactions . |