Example sentences of "but [conj] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it is obvious to which group an individual should be assigned , but where it is not . |
| 2 | Where parking is off-street the streets seem relatively safe , but where it is not there are obvious dangers . |
| 3 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 4 | We can see that age of acquisition may be taken as a predictive factor for current sign language training but that it is not a pure , uncontaminated variable . |
| 5 | It does not imply that the story is completely untrue , but that it is not literally true . |
| 6 | Chomsky ( 1975 ) expressed the view that sociolinguistics is a harmless activity like butterfly-collecting , but that it is not ‘ theoretical ’ . |
| 7 | The evidence at present therefore suggests that free enthalpy or free entropy would be better parameters to use than free volume , but that it is not possible to choose between them . |
| 8 | On the other hand , Creole use begins much earlier for some children ; Hewitt observes that there is less use of Creole in primary schools than in secondary schools , but that it is not absent altogether . |
| 9 | The trouble with that stuff is not that it 's bad , but that it 's not bad enough . |
| 10 | She said afterwards that she had never experienced anything like it , but that it was not unpleasant or fearful . |
| 11 | In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations . |
| 12 | of the directors must be its nationals , and ( b ) that the legal and beneficial owners , charterers , managers , operators , shareholders or directors must be resident and domiciled in the member state , but that it was not a breach of Community law for a member state to stipulate as a condition for the registration of a fishing vessel in its national register that the vessel must be managed and its operations directed and controlled from within the member state ( post , pp. 340H — 341B , E , 343B–D ) . |
| 13 | In the course of his opinion in Maitland , the Lord President ( Clyde ) observed that the nobile officium should be exercised where a formal step had been per incuriam , omitted , and unnecessary delay and expenditure would result if the whole procedure had to be carried out again ; but that it was not to be used as a cloak for incompetence to extend a statutory remedy to a party who had not been given such a remedy , or , by consent of parties , to supplement statutory procedure by what would be an amendment of a statute . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal rejected the Council 's defence on the ground , not that the ticket changed hands too late , but that it was not a contractual document ; for no reasonable person would expect to find contractual terms in a document which was no more than a receipt for him to prove that he had paid and which in many instances ( i.e. in the absence of the attendant ) would not change hands until long after the contract was made . |
| 15 | But although it is not now necessary to visit the long row of sea-front cottages , Shieldaig is far too good to be bypassed . |
| 16 | But if it 's not quite enough , although you 'll get the initial benefits they , they can tend to wear off , so some people are better on the higher , some people are better on the lower dose . |
| 17 | But if it 's not required by law , then I can not issue , and if people ask for advice we are obliged under Fire Services , the Fire Services Act to give that advice , but what I 'm really saying is that with the , the pressure of work on the Fire Safety Department , it 's likely that if it 's a fairly low risk to life , we 'll never get round to it , and that 's the honest truth . |
| 18 | So appropriately sold , there is no problem , but if it 's not appropriately sold , you can see that people really do , do n't get back what they put in . |
| 19 | In that type of case erm perhaps the Court will not pay too much regard to the defendant 's personal circumstances because they 're not going to make that much difference , but if it 's not that serious a case the other main consideration that comes into play is the defendant 's own personal circumstance . |
| 20 | But if it is not calling for immediate independence , or for unity with Romania , the Popular Front is certainly demanding sovereign autonomy for Moldavia and a renewal of national culture and identity . |
| 21 | But if it is not by any application of the resolutio-compositive method that we know that all causation is a matter of motion , how can we be sure that it is ? |
| 22 | Thinking regarded as internal manipulation of events and ideas does not necessarily depend on language , but if it is not entirely ego orientated , that is not concentrated on the relationship of the person to the scheme of things , then it usually invokes iconic representation . |
| 23 | But if it is not thoroughly conscious or if the youngster is not at a mature level of understanding any examination of feeling may be very disturbing for the child . |
| 24 | But if it is not possible to identify any factor such as this , then the economist 's verdict is probably correct : the enterprise is socially inefficient . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) If the case is reported in the Law Reports it may be thought sufficient to cite only the Law Reports ; but if it is not in the Law Reports the main ‘ collateral ’ reports should be cited in which the case appears . |
| 26 | If substance is identical with the whole of reality , it is not any discrete thing ; but if it is not any discrete thing , it is not clear what sense can possibly be attached to the assertion that there is " only one " substance . |
| 27 | But if it is not bound by such a policy it can induce a large increase in the money supply and prevent the recession , or at least bring it to an end quickly . |
| 28 | ‘ But if it is not to be , it will not worry me . |
| 29 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 30 | I said to the manager , Ghiringhelli , who was already a great personal friend , that it was important for me to go , but if it was not possible then I would forget it . |