Example sentences of "[adj] but it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps children will enjoy this but it 's not too appealing for the slightly mature PC audience .
2 I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or
3 For those who have read the book the game will be easier but it is not a necessity .
4 Perhaps there was something wrong but it was not that serious .
5 The grant-aid earned under the new Regulations was adequate but it was not generous and although class programmes were extended to new centres and programmes expanded in existing branches , the costs of provision also increased and the District required overdraft facilities until 1950 when a small surplus was secured .
6 He 's , he 's funny but it 's not , cos if Ryan 's , he 's not going to get anywhere , because he 's just a little shit , basically .
7 Er er the principle was that erm th the birth of a child is , it is painful but it 's not a pain too much for a mother to bear , that was the , the id the principle that they went on .
8 The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them .
9 Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later .
10 Houses and some streets appeared after 1660 but it was not until 1775 when Bedford Square was laid out that the growth of Bloomsbury began .
11 It may sound impossible but it is not .
12 It sounds simple but it is not , which is why for the time being Zurich seems to have stolen a march on its rivals .
13 Before setting off again yesterday , he said : ‘ We are nine days overdue but it 's not a big problem .
14 I thought there was a separate but it 's not , no it 's not is it ?
15 This sounds easy but it 's not when faced with 10 mean faces all wanting to ‘ splat ’ you .
16 I know I said it 's easy but it 's not that easy .
17 It may be real but it is not the truth . ’
18 Such an education was republican and democratic but it was not egalitarian : it aimed to encourage , in Fumaroli 's words , ‘ the only nobility compatible with political democracy ’ nobility of spirit .
19 Jack said : ‘ They 've made an offer of 200,000 but it 's not enough .
20 Now the fight is just as hard but it 's not so romantic , so it seems people have lost interest .
21 That fine but it 's not helping
22 At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system .
23 It 's not it might be obvious but it 's not true .
24 it might be obvious but it 's not a good idea
25 His apartment was certainly untidy but it was not dirty .
26 The er pleasant background , nice light on the horses , but I find the , the subject matter , you know , okay , it 's okay but it 's not a great competition winning er , picture .
27 I think but the thing is I can see like from that er she looks very pretty but it 's not so much she looks very pretty there , I can tell that she is very pretty .
28 It 's supposed to be non-stick but it 's not .
29 It is right but it 's not that 's not the whole point of this exercise .
30 Agism in the medical profession is mainly covert but it is not uncommon .
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