Example sentences of "but one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took out my next to , next to , last but one Capstan , and lit it with trembling hands . |
| 2 | Anyone who became insolvent by keeping no books , never taking stock and going on year after year without knowing how their affairs stood , was like a child at school who found to his surprise that he had but one halfpenny left in his pocket . |
| 3 | Your reply : ‘ But one swallow does n't make a summer . ’ |
| 4 | But one possession did come his way in 1965 of which he is very proud : |
| 5 | Terrestrial birds highly adapted to climbing about trees , extracting insect prey from their bark and rotten wood , and also excavating nest holes : tail stiff ( except in Wryneck ) , to act as support against vertical surfaces , with zygodactyl feet ( two toes pointing forwards , two backwards ) but one toe vestigial ; legs short , bill stout ( except Wryneck ) , and tongue very long . |
| 6 | For a while she had considered starving herself , but one thought made her force down the bread and drink the water . |
| 7 | I do n't know how it came to be shown at the Carlton , East Ham , but one Sunday my parents took me to see The Sheep Has Five Legs starring the French comedian Fernandel . |
| 8 | This problem is but one instance of the general paradox which confronts any kind of radical movement or occupation which is more than purely self , regarding . |
| 9 | The combination of his alternately taut and flexible maintenance of phrase and line with his tireless illumination of detail ( of above all , passing rhythmic and harmonic piquancy ) was one of Cortot 's most priceless gifts and in No. 14 — to name but one instance — he provides a polyphonic magic , a subtle differentiation and entwining of voices that Brendel sees as a virtually sees as a virtually lost art . |
| 10 | There 's often a lot of hot air spoken about airbags — you know , the devices that inflate rapidly in an accident — but one things for sure , they certainly help save lives . |
| 11 | But one company could win both and manage all seven . |
| 12 | It may just be an extremist minority within a minority that would take offence , but one company told PEN it would rather just take the easy way out and not have pigs . |
| 13 | In Scotland , the full council is the police authority , but one commentator has concluded that ‘ the difference is difficult to discern ’ ( Gordon 1980:77 ) . |
| 14 | But one feature of a catalogue of an exhibition for a living artist which is different is the likely inclusion of reminiscences from colleagues and members of the artist 's family , who may make enlightening comments . |
| 15 | The last but one feature is KEF 's technique of conjugate load matching , an aspect of the crossover design which is designed to make the amplifier 's job easier by simplifying the load . |
| 16 | We tried them , but one sweep of the blades was enough to show that the ‘ track marks ’ would have left Skipper looking like a corduroy horse . |
| 17 | They then repeat the last but one segment with the last segment and finally they repeat the whole sentence . |
| 18 | But one mistake . |
| 19 | But one worker confirmed they had been in the office and seemed to be completely genuine . |
| 20 | If you have teenagers at home , planning a meal can be tricky ; you may think you have them pinned down , but one phone call and they are up and away to more exciting prospects . |
| 21 | There was but one saviour for Europe , in Joyce 's view , and he made no secret that Mosley was not the man . |
| 22 | Such a phenomenon may be explained in various ways , but one factor of acknowledged importance is certainly the rapidity of economic and social change , which tends to separate more sharply the experience , expectations and outlook of older and younger generations , as Mead ( 1970 ) argued in a study in which she likened the ‘ dissident young ’ to pioneers who are exploring a new time rather than a new country . |
| 23 | The cause for this is not clear but one factor could be the higher proportion of miners who had had gastric surgery . |
| 24 | It was wonderful if you were going to service five or ten artists , but one artist did n't need all this . |
| 25 | But one artist is so entranced by their beauty that he 's painted nothing else for the last six years . |
| 26 | The charity Oxfam is taking an interest in the invention , but one charcoal dealer is unimpressed . |
| 27 | But one banking source involved in the NAB syndicate said : ‘ It has been a long-running saga and banks were worried about yet another swing of assets from one part of the Bond organisation to another . ’ |
| 28 | But one look at her face told me she had . |
| 29 | But one look at a new shell suit splashed with luminous paint provides a perfect explanation of why old school is becoming big business for small shops in inner London . |
| 30 | But one look at Karen was enough to confirm that her present state was n't simply the result of fast-lane drinking since the guests arrived . |