Example sentences of "[adj] but it was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps there was something wrong but it was not that serious . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | His apartment was certainly untidy but it was not dirty . |
| 6 | The spending may have been great but it was not being devoted to thousands upon thousands of undeserving and feckless claimants . |
| 7 | The cost of the Civic Centre project in Bucharest was enormous but it was not the fundamental cause of the poverty of Romania . |
| 8 | It might be necessary but it was not fun , and nothing would ever be fun again . |
| 9 | The major modification was that where the judge thought that disclosure of a particular risk was obviously necessary but it was not medical pactice to disclose , then following standard practice would not avoid liability . |