In last Thursday's elections, the Conservatives won the most seats in parliament but not a majority.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Historians say Patrick Henry was an intelligent boy but not always a hard worker.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

But not a single child and only one woman was saved.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

But not a single Republican voted for the package in the House of Representatives and only three voted for it in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"Well,when you see the device, what comes to mind is that you have a whole lot of desire but not a whole lot of technical ability."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

You could work at the bookstore, for example, but not for a construction company that is building something on campus.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

There is a fine of up to five thousand dollars for not returning a census form, but the fine is rarely enforced.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

Flem Snopes marries into a powerful family but his wife does not even have a name for him.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Her real self was not Eartha Kitt but Eartha Mae, a child given away by her mother.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

But I knew I was not really a White House reporter yet, because the woman holding my arm and smiling nervously was my mother.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

But it did not want to violate a limit on so-called electioneering communication by corporations and unions within thirty days of a primary election.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

But it is not a government operated health care system like the ones in other countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.26

But it was not a success. The costs to develop the Airphibian were too high.

VOA: special.2009.01.14