Example sentences of "[verb] but it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 2 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 3 | It 's something she would naturally do but it was not the job alone that spurred the gentleman to buy her flowers . |
| 4 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 5 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 6 | At least , this might be the view that Norton-Taylor wishes to promote but it is not readily evident in his book . |
| 7 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 8 | Yeah I know what you mean but it 's not it does n't necessarily work out that way cos |
| 9 | Eric 's name was not given but it was not difficult to guess that it was him . |
| 10 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 11 | and that 's where the back door is , in the other bedroom you 've got a ventilator you know but it 's not actually facing into the bedroom , it 's facing outwards towards the bathroom , you know and the stairs |
| 12 | I know but it 's not all that sort it 's erm I mean you enjoyed it |
| 13 | Such a test is of obvious value to the shoemaker and is the correct test to use but it is not an easy one to analyse in terms of material as opposed to constructional variables . |
| 14 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 15 | The incursion of party politics into local government is sometimes deplored but it is not a new development ( Widdicombe 1986 , Vol . |
| 16 | er how the candidates feel really about environmental issues , there 's a lot of lip service paid to environmentalism er popping green petrol in your car is not the way to save the planet , it helps but it 's not the only answer . |
| 17 | Anyway , it 's cut but it 's not . |
| 18 | What effects disturbances on the spiritual plane may have on our mental , emotional or physical well-being are more difficult to assess but it is not impossible that our view of ourselves as machines , with a denial of any spiritual aspect and a consequent loss of meaning in our lives , may be one cause of much of the unhappiness and frustration seen today with results as different as vandalism and cancer — aspects of destruction at one level or another . |
| 19 | She said Mr Khamenei was hit but it was not known if he had died . |
| 20 | It may take a little practice , there may be a telephone box or a house or two to remove but it 's not as difficult as it sounds . |
| 21 | The decision to select Alistair Campbell of Wallasey and Louis Botes of New Brighton in Sunday 's President 's Trophy representative side against the Merseyside Competition may mean paid professionals are here to stay but it was not a decision made lightly . |
| 22 | I was fighting but it was not enough , ’ Edberg said . |
| 23 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 24 | A police spokesman said the incidents are being investigated but it is not possible to speculate why vandals are concentrating on this car . |
| 25 | Maggie sat on the bed and fumed but it was not long before she started to smile . |
| 26 | On April 3 the UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said with reference to the dispute that " the military option is not being excluded but it is not being planned " . |
| 27 | I can cough but it 's not coming nowhere . |
| 28 | They prefer to be unlocked but it is not prison to them . ’ |
| 29 | the first , the first season like the football did seem to improve but it 's not |
| 30 | Her eyes strained but it was not repeated . |