Example sentences of "all but [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not Slavs at all but Latins , ’ said Lionel . |
| 2 | Many of the buildings in the old town were six storeys high and the lanes so narrow that all but pedestrians were banned . |
| 3 | Some countries of ‘ socialist orientation ’ , such as Afghanistan , became very close allies of the USSR in the Brezhnev years and indeed all but members of the socialist state system . |
| 4 | Dave and Lawrence at the moment that 's all but others with aspirations . |
| 5 | In other cases , concessions for cinemas , recreational facilities , hairdressers or restaurants may not be ‘ concessions ’ at all but devices to gain custom on days of the week , or at certain specified times when there would otherwise be little business . |
| 6 | As far as she could see there was nothing at all but mountains and she had a nasty feeling that they would be isolated behind them for some considerable time to come . |
| 7 | Helen Gardner , writing in 1959 , is more concerned about the continued professionalization of English which has now rendered it a subject closed to all but experts , a condition for which the " new " as much as the " historical " critics must be blamed . |
| 8 | It is therefore entirely possible that the Kremlin will delay a resumption of negotiations and wait for our natural impatience , our demobilization problems , declining American interest in Korean affairs and local dissatisfaction with the division of the country to oblige us to supply speedy solution of these terms , i.e. a united front which excluding [ excludes ] all but elements controlled by the Communist Party . |
| 9 | Fiji reported a reverse pattern for all but infants and , in Guyana , better education was associated with lower mortality among children aged 2–3 years , but not among younger children . |
| 10 | The celebrated bust , looking like two dunces ' caps applied to her chest , was encased in a puce halter-necked sweater which left all but essentials bare . |
| 11 | Yet by 1988 substantial progress had been made on all but items ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) of the agenda . |
| 12 | The nuts themselves are not nuts at all but seeds , arranged rather like the segments of an orange in a whole fruit ( properly a capsule ) that is itself about the size of an orange . |
| 13 | The UK voted against all but parts E and G of the resolution ; the USA voted against all but part E. |
| 14 | For day time relaxation at the castle , there is a swimming pool which is open from 1 June onwards , but , given the great size of the estate , the occupants of all but apartments Dottore , Giannina and Casa Nuova will need their hire car to reach it . |
| 15 | One policy still enforced means that all but Moslems are banned from entering the mosques . |
| 16 | As llamas are such graceful beasts ( in all but manners ) I was delighted to read that they may soon widely adorn the British landscape ( ‘ Europe 's farmers plough a new furrow ’ , 8 December 1990 ) . |
| 17 | It can be applied just as readily to cases in which the associates are non-verbal responses or ( as may happen with classical conditioning ) not necessarily responses at all but representations of other stimuli . |