Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] but [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politicians and party activists not only face the normal cut and thrust of political life but also a deadly threat to their lives . |
| 2 | Lastly , after government , the administration , military and judiciary , a fifth element of the system can be identified which Miliband ( 1969 ) calls the various units of sub-government — in a sense the extension of central government but also a voice of the periphery , and thus a channel of communication between the two . |
| 3 | She went out of one door but then a sheet of flame came down and blocked me , so I had to look for another way out . ’ |
| 4 | It contains all the flavour of common salt but only a third of its sodium . |
| 5 | Havelock Wilson later paid tribute to Butcher , " a kind of silent man but nevertheless a thinker … who could put up a fight all the same " . |
| 6 | Alina smiled , with some confidence but also a lot of apprehension still , and she moved around the table toward the door . |
| 7 | The island has many species that indicate a strong link in the past with Asian wildlife but also a connection , although a weaker one , with Australian fauna . |
| 8 | Louise was French and luscious , as every male in the district between the ages of fourteen and eighty-four would testify — most from wishful thinking but quite a number from experience . |
| 9 | Remarkably , exactly the same pattern was seen with chimpanzee DNA , indicating not only a duplication of ZNF11 genes in this ape but also a conservation of sequence at all four EcoRI sites defined in man . |
| 10 | In retrospect the decline of the tram in Britain was not so much a response to technological change but more a decision to cut capital investment in public transport . |