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saving in labour is not great
One of the best is Garric and Terson's machine ( Fig. 27 ), which gives a very level flesh, free from galls, and without so much loss of weight, but scarcely so clean as desirable, while the saving in labour is not great.
— from A Text-book of Tanning A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical. by H. R. (Henry Richardson) Procter

Success in life is not greatly
Success in life is not greatly a matter of opportunity, it is rather a matter of character.
— from Vesper Talks to Girls by Laura A. (Laura Anna) Knott

stress is logically if not grammatically
In the fourth verse the stress is logically, if not grammatically, on Christ.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians by James Denney

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