Example sentences of "but a [adj] [noun] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the newly-elected Prime Minister , with whom he shares not just a love of cricket , but a firm adherence to basic principles , a natural decency and a dogged belief in hard work , the England captain enjoys a challenge against the odds . |
| 2 | From there it was but a small step to parliamentary representation : |
| 3 | Analysis of psychological processes is not a second rate substitute for studying the brain directly but a necessary adjunct to guiding our explorations of that organ . |
| 4 | This is of great advantage to good horse trainers , but a real bane to poor ones . |
| 5 | The escalating conflict in Northern Ireland is not simply a function of deprivation and discrimination ( Hewitt , 1981 ; Kovalcheck , 1987 ) , but a political response to increasing state repression . |
| 6 | Hill , bought as a full-back for £200,000 from Bury , but a successful implant to central defence said yesterday : ‘ I do n't think I can carry on any longer . |
| 7 | De Lattre , it seems , had himself in mind as a Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia and his proposals for a joint intelligence operation together with a strategic reserve of six or eight divisions would , if it had come to anything , have meant not only an American but a British commitment to French fortunes in Indo-China . |
| 8 | Entry should not be a reaction to short-term problems , but a considered response to long-term needs . |
| 9 | However , the Junkers , military , civil service and politicians chose to react to the Polish uprisings of 1830 , 1846 , 1848 , 1863 and 1905 — which took place in the Russian and Austrian sectors — by seeing , not a social and political movement that harked back to French revolutionary practice , and which aimed only in part at the restoration of the Polish state , but a Polish threat to Prussian and German identity . |
| 10 | This civil war had also created bitter feelings on the West Bank , but an eventual return to Jordanian rule was expected . |