Example sentences of "but not [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this view you can reach for security through self-help — individual action , or action in small groups of like-minded people — but not through reliance on big bureaucracies . |
| 2 | Secondly there are things which would have occurred , if he had not acted thus , but not as consequences of some alternative action of his . |
| 3 | The Company sold guns to the Indians , but not as part of a process of political disturbance like that caused by the slave trade in West Africa ; Indian hunters quite soon preferred guns to bows and arrows for hunting , and hunting was the basis for the Hudson Bay trade . |
| 4 | After four months Alderman Joshua Smith , president of Southwark Borough Council , secured her release from prison — but not of course from the rest of her debts . |
| 5 | Clinical observation is extremely productive of theories and hypotheses , but not of verification of hypotheses . |
| 6 | He makes an inventory of forms , but not of contexts in which the forms arise — this would be a very difficult task as the forms often overlap and can cause confusion to the learner . |
| 7 | The third group of parts covers several matters of importance to the insolvency practitioner , but not of interest to the businessman . |
| 8 | LEA-appointed members may outnumber by one the other members ( persons with experience in education or knowledge of local educational conditions , or parents of pupils — but not of pupils at the school which is the subject of the appeal ) . |
| 9 | He is entitled to protect both of these : see Morris ( Herbert ) and Attwood v Lamont [ 1920 ] 3 KB 571. 3.1 The employer 's special trade connections The employer is entitled only to protect his business against use of his special trade connections by others but not to protection from competition from his former employee : see the Morris ( Herbert ) case . |
| 10 | Atropine and the 5HT 2 antagonist , ketanserin , also significantly inhibited 5HT induced ICJ transit , but not to concentrations below that of ia saline . |
| 11 | my o my own personal view is if we just pay the fifteen and it 's sort of off in there straight away and then spend but not to sort of say , well you can spend it and update it ca n't you ? |
| 12 | The solution arrived at was to compensate only ‘ for loss of development value which accrued in the past up to the point where the 1947 axe fell — but not for loss of development value accruing in the future ’ . |
| 13 | Among adolescents , there is a feeling that Creole is appropriate " among friends " of the same generation , but not for use with parents , except in a few circumstances . |
| 14 | Peckoltia pulcher is a brightly marked little fish that reaches 4″ and is therefore suitable for the community tank — but not with others of its own kind or anything similarly marked in a tank under 4′ . |
| 15 | Both France Télécom and Deutsche Bundespost Telekom would love to launch global telecoms joint ventures , but not with AT&T in the driving seat . |
| 16 | Thus there is a group of genes — mouse genes — which recombine with each other , but not with genes from unrelated animals . |
| 17 | That class qualifies as a species because all the members will breed with other members of the class , but not with plants from outside the class ; but there would be no justification for saying that the class also represented a genus and a family , if the larger taxonomy of which it forms part did not exhibit branching at these levels . |
| 18 | Barker et al reported that low birth weight was associated with lower adult lung function but not with symptoms of wheeze . |
| 19 | differentiate that , with respect to sine X but not with respect to X. |
| 20 | The third category is called the weak nuclear force , which is responsible for radioactivity and which acts on all matter particles of spin 1/2 , but not on particles of spin 0 , 1 , or 2 , such as photons and gravitons . |
| 21 | Then why should their legislature not impose this " strict " liability on manufacturers of automobiles but not on manufacturers of washing machines ? |
| 22 | Unwhimpering , but not at peace with it . |
| 23 | Such women ( I include myself ) are probably a majority in the movement ( it was the sort of feeling that brought us into it in the first place , and anyway we have more time than mothers ) but not among women as a whole , most of whom appear to want to spend at least part of their lives having and raising children . |
| 24 | The increase in TBA-reactive substances in the gastric mucosa at six hours after indomethacin administration was significantly inhibited by combination treatment with SOD and catalase , but not by treatment with SOD or catalase alone . |
| 25 | 13.2.3 Subject as aforesaid , any refusal or unreasonable delay ( including but not by way of limitation , any delay beyond the date specified in the request ) in granting such consent may be referred to the Project Committee . |
| 26 | We also show that the requirement for mesenchymal cells can be met by cells of the fibroblast line 3T3 ( but not by supernatants from these cells ) . |
| 27 | However , in practice it is rare to find circumstances in which the court would be prepared to find that an obligation of confidence arises by virtue of an implied term of a contract but not by virtue of an equitable obligation ( see for example Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 ) . |
| 28 | Merrick found evidence for both indices that the logarithm of volume was ‘ caused ’ by volatility , but not by deviations from the no-arbitrage condition . |
| 29 | Muscle relaxation was inhibited by preincubation of cells with N G -monomethyl-L-orginine ( 100 µ m/l ) but not by preincubation with N G -monomethyl-D-orginine ( 100 µ m/l ) . |
| 30 | As they went they heard the clatter of feet in the porch of the church , and voices that spoke in reverent undertones , but not from awe of the holy place . |