Example sentences of "but [adv] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one stage it was thought that the old lady would be written off , but luckily it was not to be and the following year I was able to take her from Buckie with a new lease of life . |
| 2 | But perhaps it is not too simple to suggest that we are also conscious of Zuckerman as a deflection of the wrath over Roth which works by making Zuckerman responsible for the outrage . |
| 3 | But perhaps it was not so surprising . |
| 4 | The speed of them and everything you know , you you 'd think the film was speeded up but apparently it 's not . |
| 5 | This has a certain ring to it , but apparently it is not entirely accurate . |
| 6 | Of course , the effort required is a true social cost ( it reduces the manager 's utility , and the manager is a part of society ) and so it should be an offset on the social benefits , but nevertheless it is not clear that this mechanism described will lead to the socially efficient amount of effort being supplied . |
| 7 | These levels can be independent of any specific interest in Romano-British society , but generally it is not meaningful to have them so . |
| 8 | The second beauty may be equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . |
| 9 | ‘ St. Magnus Martyr was not as important as Stonehenge , but still it was not insignificant . ’ |
| 10 | I 've taken out jobs that er like er St Pancreas roof which is erm a total of a large amount of money for scaffolding , but really it 's not a proper job . |
| 11 | But really it 's not ? |
| 12 | In the developed democracy there was pay for attending the Council , but ironically it is not attested before Thucydides ' account of how the oligarchs of 411 ( temporarily ) brought it to an end ( viii.69 ) . |
| 13 | But frankly it 's not likely to irritate your skin anyway because er you are n't industrial users of this you would only ever touch these chemicals for a very short time so the any possible side effects they might er have on you will be greatly diminished by the fact that you did n't use them very much . |
| 14 | Parents may have carried around concerns about a past event that they feel might harm the child but often it is not as serious as they think and the subject can be raised in later sessions with the child present . |
| 15 | I had hoped she would go to college but now it 's not possible . ’ |
| 16 | But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit . |
| 17 | I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much . |
| 18 | It is not for the squeamish , but equally it is not for the merely despairing . |
| 19 | But surely it 's not possible for a man to live so long ? ’ |
| 20 | The OAPA is a mess but surely it is not such a mess . |
| 21 | I keep on changing it hoping to spark something off , but sometimes it 's not ability but competitive spirit that gets you results . |
| 22 | But sometimes it 's not that simple . |
| 23 | Quite normal to be a little bit more than half an hour but el traffico wardens about an whoever takes your number sort of jus just after you parked then it is half an hour but sometimes it 's not for |
| 24 | Their meeting in this year could have been chilly , then , but fortunately it was not : " Possum more relaxed this year , " Pound wrote to Ernest Hemingway , " last year rather edgy … " |
| 25 | Photographed with large telescopes , this is one of the loveliest and most vividly-coloured of all the nebulæ , but visually it is not at all easy to see . |
| 26 | You will not always be able to influence the actions and reactions of others — but then it is not your responsibility to do so . |
| 27 | The baton is frequently of use to soloists , who are not all musicians , and whose eye profitably follows the baton 's movements , especially in slow tempos , which are always the hardest to follow : but then it is not heard . |
| 28 | we put people off going , so I 'm not saying anything about it , not erm , I do n't , I mean , I do n't , I could say what the story of Major Barbara is , but then it 's not in any of the printed pamphlets for sighted people , therefore , should I , what should I do Cathy I do n't know |
| 29 | But then it 's not necessarily very creative . |
| 30 | But then it 's not a very big area . |