Example sentences of "of [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 " . |