Example sentences of "but not [conj] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not after it was sold . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah but not but it 's not for school it 's for some people outside school , it 's a sort of |
| 3 | One would think ( as I think ) that this story has served as a vehicle through which people expressed their love of God , but not that it is true . |
| 4 | Experiments show that when words or letters are presented very briefly , subjects are in fact sometimes able to report what letter or word they have seen but not whether it was upper or lowercase ( Coltheart and Freeman , 1974 ; McClelland , 1976 ; Adams , 1979 ; Friedman , 1980 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Elonex supplies this sort of thing , ’ says Mr Spiro , ‘ but not because it 's a big revenue earner . |
| 6 | She thought briefly of AIDS and added : ‘ For one thing , they 've learnt that it is n't very wise … but not because it 's immoral , Johnny . |
| 7 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 8 | SHERRY ( Box ) : Sherry is ideal with Christmas fare- but not when it 's warm and sickly sweet . |
| 9 | You might expect air conditioning , leather seats and at least a stereo when you pay over £50,000 for a car , but not if it 's a Mercedes you 're buying . |
| 10 | The Ministry of Defence says : ’ Bomb disposal experts clear former military land for building but not if it 's used for agriculture . |
| 11 | Television is fine provided you are selective in your viewing , but not If it is on all the time . |
| 12 | In a block of premises each tenant can normally be regarded as consenting to the presence of water on the premises if the supply is of the usual character , but not if it is of quite an unusual kind , or defective or dangerous , unless he actually knows of that . |
| 13 | Public-sector borrowing ( item 1 ) will lead to a direct increase in the money supply , but not if it is funded by selling bonds and bills to the non-bank private sector . |
| 14 | Presumably you 'd find that ethically acceptable if the abortion were natural or legal but not if it were induced for the purpose of providing the tissue . |