Example sentences of "[be] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're but a sprout of a Squat . ’ |
| 2 | She has n't been one of the harvesters , she 's been but a gleaner , but God has provided for her . |
| 3 | ‘ It must be the full moon , ’ Lee grumbled , melting butter in a saucepan , and then remembered that the moon had been but a sliver the previous night . |
| 4 | The stillness at dawn had been but a prelude . |
| 5 | Limited , until recently , to an A4 sheet and with some initial problems in terms of RIP reliability it may have been but the output quality is more than adequate for a wide range of documents . |
| 6 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 7 | He says " I am but a signpost pointing the way " . |
| 8 | But remember , I am but the Prince 's hands . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Dear lady , I am but an errand boy in the Foreign Service … ’ |
| 10 | Yet the ideas used to justify the existence and work of the media , such as the ‘ freedom of the press ’ , are ideas whose true meanings are but a memory of past struggles in very different circumstances . |
| 11 | Early flowering plants such as marsh marigolds , spring squill and thrift are but a memory as the rich smell of cloves wafts across the fields from the stands of bog asphodel . |
| 12 | This is largely due to the fact that the cost of prototypes in their industry are but a fraction of that of an aircraft . |
| 13 | Among orthodox men of learning the biblical axiom that species are fixed entities established by God at the Creation gradually became qualified by the doctrine of plenitude , the Great Chain of Being , which declared that God , as artist creator , would necessarily have created all possible creatures in all possible worlds , and that the creatures which we now know on earth are but a fraction of those which exist in the universe . |
| 14 | The past 45 years are but a fraction of more than 2,000 years of recorded European civilisation , yet we have achieved much . |
| 15 | These are but a handful of key motor racing personalities round whom Prost weaves an absorbing range of anecdotes and gossip . |
| 16 | Though to date there are but a handful in the Catholic sector , their potential use as centres for post 16 adult religious education , as well as for serving the needs of the community as a whole , including the unemployed , is an exciting one . |
| 17 | From 1970 to 1975 , the planting of new vineyards was particularly hectic and the figures for 1982–5 are but an indication of yet another intensive period of viticultivating new land within the delimited region . |
| 18 | Though they have cornered the lion 's share of the Brits in this part of the world , Andorra 's six resorts are but the tip of the Pyrenean iceberg . |
| 19 | It will be the text to which all talks about natural science are but the commentary ’ . |
| 20 | I 'm but the style was there |
| 21 | We should consider also , that if they do exist then they may be but a part of a much larger pattern which stretches not only access the tiny and remote areas of south-western France but across western Europe and possibly other parts of the world . |
| 22 | Eric Honecker , the country 's ageing and inflexible leader , must know that Saturday night 's demonstrations seem certain to be but a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 23 | Some courts treat these terms in an omnibus fashion ; natural justice is said to be but a manifestation of a broader concept of fairness . |
| 24 | If Thomas Krens , the museum 's think-big director , has his way , the Wright building will be but the flagship of a flotilla of Guggenheims dotting the globe . |
| 25 | We could n't believe he could not be but the heart abnormalities were all there . ’ |
| 26 | Similarly where no such trust has been brought about : if , say , a child 's family disintegrates it may well be but the beginning of a whole sequence of misfortunes and unsatisfactory care arrangements in institutions and foster homes . |
| 27 | As he went to the net , he raised one finger in the air as if to acknowledge the banners that proclaimed him No 1 — he might not be but the way he played last night he could be again soon . |
| 28 | There is no other place to be but the stream . |
| 29 | Think that , for me , you were but a summer 's play , but summer is nearly over … |
| 30 | Rumours that the increased duties to be levied on gin were but the beginning of a general excise , an indirect tax that would hurt the poor much more than the better-off , fuelled the crowd 's antipathy towards the government : " If we are Englishmen … let them see that wooden shoes are not so easy to be worn as they imagine . |