Example sentences of "[noun sg] but a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you sure , though , ’ the man continued , desperately , ‘ a fine young woman , rather on the thin side but a lady , no doubting it , and a terrible young scoundrel , a thief of a man who looked as if he should be hanged . ’ |
| 2 | The Government that has been formed is not a Coalition but a co-operation between individuals who are banded together to avoid the disaster . |
| 3 | IT WAS a beautiful , sunny , crisp winter 's day with spring but a whisper , summer a rumour . |
| 4 | The Commission affirms , therefore , that music in worship is not an extravagance but a necessity if people are to receive the special blessings which God gives through it , and if they are to offer to him their best and their most . |
| 5 | At last weekend 's ICA conference on screen censorship and sexuality , even Gus Van Sant 's experimental My Own Private Idaho , which stars River Phoenix as a gay rent boy and Keanu Reeves as his slumming bisexual friend , was condemned by one speaker as ‘ not a queer movie but a chance for straight actors to prove how lib-eral they are ’ . |
| 6 | The single image is like a photograph but a schema is a film that blazes in the mind 's theatre . |
| 7 | Lovell is emphatic that it is not a fast-track management programme but a way of offering highly motivated individuals the chance to fully develop themselves in technical , business and behavioural areas . |
| 8 | NP officials , however , claimed that the election was " definitely not " a response to the government 's reform programme but a response to local issues . |
| 9 | Parliamentary sovereignty was felt to be compatible with the rule of law primarily because ‘ the commands of Parliament … can be uttered only through the combined actions of its three constituent parts ’ and that , ‘ unlike a sovereign monarch who is not only a legislator but a ruler , that is , head of the executive government , has never hitherto been able to use the powers of the government as a means of interfering with the regular course of law ’ . |
| 10 | The lights went on ; we leapt up and pounced on them , adding our howls of ingrate triumph to the general confusion — ending the happy myth not with a whimper but a bang , while Addy , the fellow-conspirator , leant against the wall and laughed herself to helplessness … |
| 11 | If I say to you that the typical buyer of your product is the wife of a coal miner , living in Yorkshire , with three children under ten , with a council flat , no car but a colour TV , you can start to deduce a lot about her way of life and , perhaps , her approach to the sort of product you have to sell . |
| 12 | Saints led 8-6 at half-time but a lapse of concentration in the first minute of the second half , when Kiwi loose forward Tawera Nikau put centre Tony Smith through the gap for Cas ' match-winning try , proved the turning point . |
| 13 | Then it is not scepticism but a withdrawal from reality . |
| 14 | So it 's not his his fault but a lot of the training that we have to deliver is to do with procedures that he had n't dealt with whereas a lot of the procedures are things that I 'm familiar with there 's only some the job centre stuff |
| 15 | Various scientists have pioneered contact lens research but a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci is widely believed to be the earliest known reference to the principle of a contact lens ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 16 | The negotiations were inconclusive on the main issue of secession but a relaxation of the blockade was agreed and a commitment made for future talks aimed at a final settlement . |
| 17 | If you do that , 92p should give you not a punnet but a bucketful . |
| 18 | ‘ Aptly named , me friend — plenty of undergrowth but a bit dim in the upper reaches ! ’ |
| 19 | What fires them is n't ambition but a sense of bitterness . |
| 20 | For example Barthes 's account of French amateur wrestling asserts that it is not a contest but a spectacle and so the outcome ( who wins ) is not a significant point in the event . |
| 21 | In the 1978 student elections at Birzeit the Islamic bloc won only 3 per cent of the vote but a year later , inspired by Khomeini 's victory , it won 43 per cent . |
| 22 | It will not be a Coalition in the ordinary sense of the term but a co-operation of individuals . |
| 23 | The first is that a curriculum is not a plan but an experience , not a script but a play . |
| 24 | Sixteen weeks early , and er they er really did n't seem to stand a chance erm of living but a lot of them did and that was amazing . |
| 25 | It might come as a surprise to find that the Kalkadoons would use two different words in these circumstances — a kili in fabric but a ndia in the ground . |
| 26 | There was nothing , there was nothing in the mail but a chequebook . |
| 27 | And yes , you 've guessed it — a few weeks later what should I discover among my mail but a letter : ‘ Dear Mr Ken Ward , where may I purchase an emergency … |
| 28 | If theory and measurement do go hand in hand , there is no alternative but a patient and directed effort to improve both . |
| 29 | Drachenfels enjoyed watching his magically created puppets humiliate and denigrate his ‘ guests ’ , an immature pleasure but a pleasure nonetheless , and the puppets are very eager to put on another performance after so long inactive . |
| 30 | The god himself had his altar , not as commonly of masonry but a mound piled from the ash of sacrifice . |