Example sentences of "but he [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norris may well be right that Derrida deserves such attention , but he is not often likely to receive it in the conditions of actual pedagogy , or in the random public exchanges of higher cultural life , which put a premium on the simplifying and the reductive . |
| 2 | But he is not only a fine actor and an even finer dancer he is also uncommonly and unabashedly sexy . |
| 3 | Thus the male is required to identify with other males but he is not allowed to desire them ; indeed , identification with should actually preclude desire for . |
| 4 | Laing acknowledges that the up-and-coming generation of managers are faced with a much faster-paced world than operated in most of his life , but he is not convinced it is any more difficult to be an executive today than in the past . |
| 5 | It is possible , he tells me , that the pass over the mountain to the falls will be open now , but he is not sure . |
| 6 | I suppose so , Rajiv , I suppose so , but he is not to come to the briefing . |
| 7 | But he is not , he claims , denying the world of common sense , not denying the reality of a world of directly perceived objects . |
| 8 | ‘ He can be violent , I admit , ’ Mr Browning said , ‘ but he is not himself when he launches into these diatribes and you must remember that , Wilson . ’ |
| 9 | He is not doing badly enough to find another nominee through a brokered convention , but he is not doing well enough to please a majority even within his own party . |
| 10 | But he is not master of the weather that howls outside . |
| 11 | But he is not a thrilling speaker . |
| 12 | There is no question about Blunden 's sympathy with Leapor , but he is not enamoured of the Augustan conventions : |
| 13 | ‘ He 's got charm , Matron , but he is not and never will be ordinary . |
| 14 | He , too , has been questioned but he is not the most intelligent of men , or the best of horse-riders . |
| 15 | Often the reverse applies where the female , her ovipositor is fully extended , but he is not in the mood and chases her away . |
| 16 | But he is not sanguine about the ability of the culture of contentment to see beyond its nose . |
| 17 | Older he undoubtedly is , but he is not a jot wiser . |
| 18 | Had Prince Charles been an innocent party in the breakdown of his marriage , he could still have gone on to take not only the throne but the leadership of the C of E. But he is not . |
| 19 | But he is not letting any secrets slip before the big day . |
| 20 | The club 's record signing is still trying to recover from a stomach muscle injury and coach Fox said yesterday : ‘ He trained on Thursday night but he is not ready yet . ’ |
| 21 | He is in the living room , but he is not going out with you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But he is not just anyone else , is he ? |
| 23 | But he is not a keen theatregoer so there is some drama on the box that I enjoy and he does n't , whereas he enjoys the films more . |
| 24 | Fletcher added : ‘ I will be quite happy if anyone wants to go to Geoff for advice on a personal basis , but he is not part of the official coaching scheme . ’ |
| 25 | I can rely on one of my neighbours to come in once a week to check on things and feed the fish , but he is not a fishkeeper and I 'd like to make things as easy for him as possible . |
| 26 | But he is not directly accessible in any ordinary sense , nor can the necessity of the concept of God for the interpreting of our experience be demonstrated , at least so far as pure reflection on the nature of our knowledge can take us . |
| 27 | But he is not critical of meat eaters . |
| 28 | But he is not alone in his distaste for the BTU tax . |
| 29 | But he is not alone in trying to rise above conflicting tides of opinion . |
| 30 | The researcher who cautiously confines his conclusions to those strictly justified by the data may be safe from criticism , but he is not making his own full potential contribution . |