Example sentences of "but it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It plays with such ideas , to a Shavian pitch of exaggeration : but it is not a novel of ideas , any more than it is a heartless game . |
| 2 | Her Birmingham background is hinted at and if you can manage a Birmingham accent it might be useful , but it is not essential in finding the character . |
| 3 | It may be difficult , but it is not complicated , and if it gets complicated there is something quite wrong . |
| 4 | Acting can be both pleasure and torture — but it is not fun and people are sometimes more concerned with the image of being an actor ‘ at work ’ rather than just working . |
| 5 | For when it comes it is more violent , more annihilating , more interminable than I can remember it , this feeling in the pit of the stomach , this physical pain and physical desire to retch , to want to get rid of something , of everything , to want to make all that is inside emerge and disappear , drain away , mingle with the rest of the detritus of the world , but it is not only physical , a physical sensation , he wrote , it is physical but it is also something else , not moral , not psychological , not spiritual , but something else , something other than the purely physical . |
| 6 | Traditionally , however , indoor bulbs are planted in shallow ceramic or plastic bowls without drainage holes , but it is not really necessary to use specially designed containers . |
| 7 | This is another reason for standardising the rudder movement first , but it is not relevant to gliders with T-tails where no rudder blanketing can occur . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A back fist will out-range a reverse punch performed by an opponent of equal height but it is not often scored because many referees do not consider it powerful enough . |
| 10 | But it is not easy to keep working just at present . ’ |
| 11 | But it is not a conclusion : ‘ All my family were priests , from Aaron to my father , ’ suggesting that on the family 's spice-box should be inscribed ( as was the old custom ) : |
| 12 | The Easy-Carve is in fact not as noisy as one might imagine , but it is not necessarily a tool I 'd want to use for long stretches . |
| 13 | Everyone has the right to a church funeral , and for the body to be taken to the church , but it is not necessary to have a service at a funeral whether it is a burial or a cremation . |
| 14 | Working Paper 4 states that new patients on a list or changed clinical conditions of existing patients will bring corresponding adjustments to the drugs budget , but it is not clear whether these adjustments will have to be made within the overall regional allocation to the FPC , or whether new funds can be made available during a year in recognition of patient migration . |
| 15 | But it is not always easy to decide which is the more appropriate , nor how the two ways mentioned can lead to other versions . |
| 16 | But it is not so easy to find good examples of his suggestion that batterie can lend wit except in the Blue Boy 's révoltades in Ashton 's Les Patineurs . |
| 17 | But it is not radiating its energy at visible wavelengths like previous contenders for the title , all of which were quasars ( quasi-stellar objects ) . |
| 18 | This is easily said and less easily done , but it is not critical to the final working . |
| 19 | In the UK this will be at about 67° to the horizontal , but it is not critical , as the maximum is quite broad and not very sensitive to angle . |
| 20 | It is possible for sixth-form students in British secondary schools to take the Advanced- ( ‘ A ’ — ) level examination for school-leavers in such subjects as philosophy or economics or sociology , but it is not at all common , and incoming university students of these subjects usually begin at the beginning , with open minds but with the necessary commitment to learning . |
| 21 | The latter is a desirable by-product , but it is not what the game should be about . |
| 22 | The action will affect 107 schools but it is not clear how many have what the union regards as oversized classes . |
| 23 | Sebastian de Ferranti , Basil 's brother and now a director of Ferranti 's competitor GEC , is a trustee of the interests but it is not clear whether he shares these views . |
| 24 | We do have cause for concern but it is not a problem which can be solved by law enforcement alone . |
| 25 | The idea works well , but it is not infallible . |
| 26 | But it is not expensive when you compare like with like — that is , when you compare French with Swiss . |
| 27 | Frank Sinatra always mentions the writer when he introduces a song , but it is not through generosity , she believes . |
| 28 | From there she could have travelled to France or Belgium but it is not known whether she boarded a ferry . |
| 29 | But it is not clear whether Peter Bullock , the chief executive of Neill , will be staying . |
| 30 | But it is not only recession fears which drive down the pound . |