Sentence examples for but not common from inspiring English sources

I apprenticed to be a metalworker, and that's common in Europe, but not common in America.

And it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in December to allow investments of up to 10 percent of assets in equity-linked securities, including preferred stock and convertible bonds, but not common stock, as early as April.

The Italian glasses investigated by these authors date from the sixteenth century, when lead glass was known but not common in Italy.

"You roll the clock forward 10 years, and the idea is every hospital is using simulation and prediction - which is common in many industries but not common in healthcare," says Mr Terry.

Dave McClure suggests that being accepted to the 500 Startups accelerator is possible, but not common, while Paul Graham of Y Combinator goes so far as to suggest that solo-founded startups are the No. 1 one mistake that kills a startup.

There's something about their mien their elected removal from commercial interests or popular trends, their idiosyncratic language, for example that seems familiar or expected in the art world, but not common to the logic-governed gaming universe.

Polygyny is known and socially acceptable but is not common.

This practice continues today, but is not common outside the United States.

Geothermal heat pumps have proved to be highly reliable but are not common.

I'm sorry, but does not common courtesy require some sort of reply?

The weather service says the event is not unheard-of, but is not common, either.