Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is [adj] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vertically you can slip for four or six rows , but it is best not to do this in rectangular blocks . |
| 2 | If you must , have a television in the room , but it is best not to watch it for too long , as the warmth of the set makes its plastic components give off fumes . |
| 3 | By all means we may admire , but it is prudent not to judge by what we see at the shows . |
| 4 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 5 | Another failure , but it is hard not to appreciate the subtlety of the thought behind it : if the cash paid as ransom disintegrates , there is no cash paid as ransom . |
| 6 | Admittedly there is a lot to be said for the species itself , but it is hard not to fall for I. aquifolium ‘ Bacciflava ’ because the berries are a cheerful shade of yellow . |
| 7 | If a fragment is stuck badly , a solvent should be used to loosen it again , but it is advisable not to use force for this may result in fresh breaks . |
| 8 | Silver food colouring is used to great effect here , but it is advisable not to eat too much , even though a non-toxic brand is used , as the taste is not very pleasant . |
| 9 | The façade is squat and heavy — the architect deliberately lowered it to allow a frontal view of the octagonal tiborium that surmounts the cupola — but it is difficult not to admire the effort that must have gone into it . |
| 10 | I think Mr Wright realises he has produced a piece of special pleading that does not wholly stand up , but it is difficult not to feel sympathy with his assertion : The past can not be changed , but what we make of it certainly can . |
| 11 | Perhaps the sea never crashed vigorously here but it is difficult not to think some vital force has been sucked from it . |
| 12 | If you can improve on this , so be it , but it is vital not to allow correspondence to build up and arrears to accrue . |
| 13 | When using French technique the axe is held normally in the uphill hand for support and extra security , but it is important not to lean on it and into the hill ; your weight must be kept over the crampons . |
| 14 | You do not have to give formal written notice that you are leaving , but it is important not to say or do anything which is inconsistent with pursuing a constructive dismissal claim . |
| 15 | Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection . |
| 16 | Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection . |
| 17 | But it is important not to become so mesmerized by them as to lose sight of the underlying social processes . |
| 18 | But it is important not to assume this connection a priori . |
| 19 | It is a commonplace to see culture as man 's building , climbing and reaching — indeed , one whole school of anthropology sees it as his tool-making — but it is important not to forget that in man , as in the other primates , intelligent , adaptive behaviour — behaviour , in other words , mediated by the ego — is motivated by his instinctual drives . |
| 20 | Advances were made in education , and the number of literates grew in the period 1910 to 1945 , but it is important not to overestimate this growth . |
| 21 | But it is important not to rush into too neat or speedy a conclusion about another person 's main and natural form of mental functioning . |