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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and not perhaps" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express uncertainty or to suggest that something may not be the case, often in a more tentative or polite manner.
Example: "I believe the solution is effective, and not perhaps the only option available."
Alternatives: "and maybe not" or "and possibly not".
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But poll numbers are not the only, and not perhaps the best, way of judging presidential performance.
"Mainly we just wanted to make the pictures look beautiful and not perhaps labour too many points … just let them speak visually".
This year, however, the festival has succeeded on both fronts before it has even begun – and not, perhaps, in the way its backers had hoped.
Glenn Greenwald is quite right in pointing out the irony in Eric Holder saying that the Justice Department is investigating the pro-WikiLeaks attacks and not — perhaps for obvious reasons — the anti-WikiLeaks ones.
The scenes that follow the visit to Lots Road are white-knuckle stuff, and not perhaps what you might expect from Asquith, or from British silent film in general.
I expressed my personal opinion that they were taking advantage of the fact that many existing customers are elderly and not perhaps so clued-up or able to challenge the premium every year.
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And if not, perhaps they should be drugged into acting that way.
The results were fresh, funny and original (not perhaps a virtue in a translation).
And if not, perhaps commenters will help me.Mr Cowen starts by heaping praise on the FT's Alphaville.
Some fixed tumours are large tumours in narrow pelves with inflammatory margins and so not perhaps really needing radiotherapy.
And is this not perhaps one of the properties that define intelligence?
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