And yet the clarity was startling: I was travelling alone but not a single thing was missing.
It would be a world record set indoors, but not a world indoor record.
General Motors ' financing arm has a buyer but not a coveted investment-grade credit rating.
Thus, there was plenty of blame to go around -- but not a lot of action.
"I'm a designer but not a Chinese designer, " says 28-year-old celebrity designer Xander Zhou.
To this day he insists L.A. Gear's fate was unfortunate but not a personal failure.
She called it an "open investigation, " but not a hate crimes investigation per se.
The South will nominate and run a Southern Democrat for President but not a Southern Republican.
It is top priority as a country, but not a top priority for investment.
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Stiller is pretty good in several scenes, but not a whole lot more than that.
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Darksiders 2 was a good game, but not a great game and sales reflected that.
He thought it might lead to some increase in exclusions but not a surge.
Hollande and his party consider this a stumbling block but not a barrier to raising taxes.
"We found a spectrum of opinion, but not a divided city, " the report said.
We have a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, but not a lot of assassin-ing.
Before my diagnosis, I would say I was a competitor but not a fierce competitor.
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This plan is a great step, but not a blind leap, in the right direction.
Occasional building work is better than nothing, but not a satisfactory substitute for long-term jobs.
Mr. Sandlin was an accountant but not a certified public accountant or an attorney.
Only soothing noises from the Treasury (but not a retraction) calmed the markets down.
New technologies were a necessary condition for the green revolution, but not a sufficient one.
"I think it is a poor result, but not a poor performance, " the Frenchman told BBC Sport.
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Stewart, who now lives in Brecon, Powys, was a former healthcare assistant but not a registered nurse.
By the standards of paid digital media, 120, 000 paying users is substantial but not a home run.
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Failure with the obesity drug would be a big setback for Arena but not a fatal one.
There are lots of cars paying tolls, but not a lot of new volume like in Sichuan.
The euro versus the dollar has a positive divergence in momentum, but not a positive weekly close.
Money is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the good life, for happiness and wisdom.
The foreign minister is regarded as an eloquent messenger but not a member of his inner circle.
Foote et.al (2009) argue that negative equity is merely a necessary but not a sufficient condition for default.
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