Sentence examples for but not straightforward from inspiring English sources

"It's a straightforward ambition," Mr. de Crescenzo said, "but not straightforward to implement".

Meeting the government's target was "possible but not straightforward," said Jens Moller Birkebaek, a vice president at Energinet.dk.

Kent should never have been in it – from 62-5 in the 11th over, they needed smart batting from spinners Fabian Cowdrey and dear old James Tredwell to get them up to 142 all out off the last ball, setting a gettable, but not straightforward target on a sticky, slow pitch.

At 7 30 and 9 30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $20. (Chinen) BEN WOLFE QUARTET (Friday and Saturday) The bassist Ben Wolfe spearheads a group committed to a brand of jazz that's straight-ahead but not straightforward, thanks partly to the effort of Jimmy Greene on tenor saxophone, Luis Perdomo on piano and Greg Hutchinson on drums.

Testing the performance is crucial, but not straightforward.

Distributing the money to universities in a few months may well be possible, but not straightforward.

The existence condition of the promising algorithm has been established but is not straightforward to check.

The integrated analysis of both regulatory and metabolic networks appears very insightful but is not straightforward because of the distinct characteristics of both networks.

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But it is not straightforward.