Example sentences of "but a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This indicates that a rhythmic environment is not needed , but a possible effect from the rhythmic social and suckling influences of the mother has not been excluded . |
| 2 | There would be no wild charm in the situation — with her own thought and skill to tame the dangers — but a possible way out of the present disaster . |
| 3 | There are differing opinions on opting out in the Scottish Episcopal church , with backing from the local parish and the education board , but a possible objection from Michael Hare-Duke , bishop of Dunblane , Dunkeld and St Andrews . |
| 4 | A number of ways are open to us and have been tried throughout the company but a possible answer to this teasing question of motivation |
| 5 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 6 | He painted this picture of his father-in-law : ‘ Over his kindred he held a wary and chary care , which bountifully was expressed when occasion so required , reputing himself not only principal of the family but a general father to them all … as for frank , well ordered and continual hospitality he outwent all show of competence ; spare but discreet of speech : better conceiving than delivering ; equally stout and kind , not upon lightness of humour , but upon soundness of judgement : inclined to commiseration , ready to relieve . ’ |
| 7 | It is probably a minority , but a general feeling that the Roman Catholic Church is a threat is widely shared . |
| 8 | But a general election is not about the future of a single party . |
| 9 | So , it was no mistake but a general policy decision to put Spare Rib with the soft pornography under ‘ General Interest ’ . |
| 10 | Similarly , purposeful action involves at least implicit recognition of some future achievement , but a general sense of the future could not have resulted until man applied his mind systematically to the problem of future events . |
| 11 | KPMG has audited the company for years , but a General Accident spokesman says they ‘ would n't rule out ’ the idea of going to tender . |
| 12 | To join you had to say you believed in all the usual stuff about the Working Class leading the Revolution , but a general interest in being nice to people was all that was really required . |
| 13 | A multitude of particular inter-related notions about women may be identified as shaping research and theory in all areas of sociology , but a general set of axioms is responsible for the place of women in the two areas of family and marriage , and industry and work . |
| 14 | A Labour minister announced in 1978 that the government would introduce legislation to meet these concerns but a General Election intervened . |
| 15 | Illuminative Evaluation is not a standard methodological package but a general research strategy . |
| 16 | Thus Kafka 's novel The Trial , for example , can be read , from different positions , as ( a ) mediation by projection — an arbitrary and irrational social system is not directly described , in its own terms , but projected , in its essentials , as strange and alien ; or ( b ) mediation by the discovery of an ‘ objective correlative' — a situation and characters are composed to produce , in an objective form , the subjective or actual feelings — an inexpressible guilt — from which the original impulse to composition came ; or ( c ) mediation as a function of the fundamental social processes of consciousness , in which certain crises which can not otherwise be directly apprehended are ‘ crystallized ’ in certain direct images and forms of art — images which then illuminate a basic ( social and psychological ) condition : not just Kafka 's but a general alienation . |
| 17 | Brezhnev himself , addressing the Polish party congress in November 1968 , made it clear that any threat to the socialist order in a given country would be considered ‘ not only a problem of the people of the country in question , but a general problem and concern of all the socialist countries ’ . |
| 18 | One study of day-release trade union students found that the most important benefit they identified from the courses was not simply enhanced skills and smoother communications with management , but a general gain in confidence ; judged by the ‘ needs-meeting ’ paradigm , it was an overwhelming success . |
| 19 | Local practice varied enormously , but a general picture may be obtained by dividing England into two halves . |
| 20 | It may be a question of compromise between the landlord and the tenant but a general qualification is suggested as an initial amendment . |
| 21 | Erm , does specific questions relating to er , matters that the auditor has brought to you , you 've mentioned the Chief Executive , but a general opinion , really . |
| 22 | The contents of most systems are not the nice clean water that comes out of the tap , but a disgusting black sludge which will ruin floorcoverings and be very difficult to clean up if a leak occurs . |
| 23 | But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered 50 lashes with a 6ft bamboo cane . |
| 24 | But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered the flogging . |
| 25 | A prime minister who sought to push an unpopular agreement through was assassinated but a religious nationalist in March 1951 . |
| 26 | It is not the poor man 's shelter it pretends to be , but a rich man 's plaything , related to that larger Dairy House which Richardson 's heroine , Clarissa , inherits half a century earlier from her grandfather . |
| 27 | He was sorry for Eloise , but a rich and attractive widow of forty would n't grieve alone for long . |
| 28 | Not a book to teach skills , but a rich , solid approach to the development of skills . |
| 29 | But a snowy man rises with distinction |
| 30 | Certainly she was no philistine , but a graphic artist herself . |