Example sentences of "[noun prp] but it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hawaii was of the United States but it was not in it . |
| 2 | In the following years many proposals were made for the construction of a railway between Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinion but it was not until 1898 that a company was formed to build the present line and the then Earl of Powis became its Chairman , an office which he held until the grouping in 1922 . |
| 3 | I did in December but it was not relative to any of the specifications it was simply to try and ascertain how long the contract was was still live , to find out get this guy |
| 4 | ‘ People talk about Newton Aycliffe but it 's not so bad , ’ he says . |
| 5 | You 're no the further we , you go away , the further you go away from Blackpool but it 's not at |
| 6 | The next station should have been Mornington Crescent but it was not . |
| 7 | I says Scunnie but it 's not Scunnie is it ? |
| 8 | The best name we 've seen so far is that of former Hewlett-Packard Co chief John Young but it is not likely that he would want the job . |
| 9 | The tone is distinctly altered from that in the earlier passage on the grace in Christ but it is not unaffected by it : and the formal Latin prayer which concludes the section is followed by one for grace to feel the love of God , addressed |
| 10 | Well he says to Raymond but it 's not as if . |
| 11 | They sobered up at the graveside in anticipation of the encounter of Jennie and Mary but it was not as hostile as they expected . |
| 12 | Oh well i somewhere ne I thought it were Scunthorpe but it 's not Scunthorpe it 's Newark it 's up |
| 13 | No , it 's referred to and Aeneid but it 's not actually what happened to the city . |
| 14 | From there she could have travelled to France or Belgium but it is not known whether she boarded a ferry . |
| 15 | This prayer ( Oratio ) was the goal of Lectio but it was not a prolonged exercise . |
| 16 | People like you and me , I earn my living by reading Shakespeare but it 's not like you 're supposed to do anyway , you know . |
| 17 | If Hughes was relevant to the decision in Foakes it must follow that Pinnel 's Case was equally relevant to the decision in Hughes but it was not cited in the latter case and it would surely have been very surprising it if had been . |
| 18 | He had won the biggest-ever majority in this corner of South Wales but it was not enough . |