Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family member also progressively adapts so that the effects of the disease are largely the progressive effects of that adaptation — The disease always gets worse if it is not treated but nonetheless the family member develops ways in which he or she can somehow live with the disease . |
| 2 | Certainly platelets do not normally adhere to arterial endothelium if it is not damaged but the explanation for this antithrombotic property of intact endothelium remains obscure . |
| 3 | It is not stated but it is also probably true that the greater is the haste for union the greater will be the potential dislocation . |
| 4 | As the analyst said , it is not discovered but made . |
| 5 | It is not schooling but a nasty little trick he has to get the better of me . |
| 6 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
| 7 | In Durham , it is not winning but playing the game that is important . |
| 8 | If that is so , he is not negotiating but pleading for terms . |