Sentence examples for were not but from inspiring English sources

The phrase "were not but" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It can be used in a context where you want to emphasize that something was not merely one thing but also something else, though it is quite archaic and less common. Example: "The results were not but a reflection of our hard work and dedication."

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They were not, but then they did not need to be.

We were not!" But he admits in this book that "we discounted their nationalism".

They were not, but he and others proved themselves to be good reporters.

They were not, but our waitress insisted that the kitchen would be happy to make them.

He was told that they were not but received no further details about the FBI's interest in Deep Green Resistance.

In the past, some factories were good while others were not, but now the picture is changing.

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Boris was not, but his executioners were.

You were not overwhelmed but overtired.

But they were not.

But others were not.

Adherence to home exercises was good those allocated to hand exercises performed a structured exercise programme more often than those who were not but gains in grip strength and other performance measures were not shown to be statistically significant, contrary to findings of others.

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