Example sentences of "but it [be] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Court of Protection exists to defend elderly or mentally incapacitated people , but it is not widely known . |
| 2 | Electron microscopy may improve identification but it is not widely available , is expensive , and is limited by the need for specially fixed tissues when generally only formalin fixed tissues are available . |
| 3 | Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here . |
| 4 | But it is not just how the new consciousness is to be used which produces problems in handling this new-found wisdom ; it is the very acquisition of knowledge itself which makes the concept of self so dynamic . |
| 5 | But it is not just bad weather which takes the gilt off the packed-lunch gingerbread . |
| 6 | But it is not just the strong smells of food , but the metaphorical smells of corruption and moral and social decay which are suggested by the inclusion of such items in his work . |
| 7 | There is a rigid hierarchy but it is not just a sexual hierarchy . |
| 8 | But it is not just a question of Turks in Berlin or even Turks in West Germany . |
| 9 | But it is not just this personality clash that is driving Solidarity-as-we-know-it to extinction . |
| 10 | ‘ But it is not just that , ’ he adds . |
| 11 | But it is not just that access to the increased educational facilities is conditioned by social background , even where people achieve educational mobility , the economic structure has not provided a corresponding increase in jobs to match that mobility in occupational terms . |
| 12 | But it is not just prospective parents who have contact with mentally handicapped people , and the attitudes of many people in positions of authority are crucial in that they will make decisions which will affect the lives of our mentally handicapped community . |
| 13 | But it is not just the popular press who have argued such a case . |
| 14 | But it is not just distance from the shore that is important — the number of birds between a duck and the shore is important too . |
| 15 | But it is not just farming methods which are to blame . |
| 16 | But it is not just the former penpushers who are being sacrificed . |
| 17 | But it is not just women who have succumbed to his chemistry . |
| 18 | But it is not just the events of the past which exert their influence on our relationships with others . |
| 19 | Pointing to social institutions that are empirically recognizable is a refreshing change in Althusser 's style but it is not just the identification of the institutions that is important . |
| 20 | KEYS : ‘ But it is not just a question of what is going on on the park , it 's what 's happening elsewhere that we 're beginning to hear and read about and that 's never been the case at Liverpool previously , ever . |
| 21 | Access and freedom-to-roam are issues dear to the heart of most Scots , but it is not just boots and shoes that are involved nowadays , but canoes , windsurfers , paragliders , boats of all kinds , and bikes . |
| 22 | But it is not just that , on the theory , statements like ‘ I was envious yesterday ’ become untrustworthy . |
| 23 | But it is not just played for easy excitement : this is alarming because it is so near the edge of what is possible , and yet it has just enough in reserve for tremendous final prestissimo . |
| 24 | But it is not just a matter of language . |
| 25 | But it is not just trying to get the recipient to learn the ad by rote : it is , surely , trying to give information — persuasive information — about the product , so that the consumer will prefer it to its competitors and buy it . |
| 26 | But it is not just the geography which changes . |
| 27 | But it is not just population displacement that has made the High Dam at Aswan such a controversial issue . |
| 28 | But it is not just knowledge that matters in this view of women 's education ; it is control over the learning process . |
| 29 | But it is not just children that are abused . |
| 30 | But it is not just the current interest rate that affects people 's expectations of the future direction of interest rates . |