Example sentences of "[adj] but a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He brings a world-weariness way beyond his years to his electric portrait of Morrissey-style bedroom star , painfully shy in public but a demon in his own private universe . |
| 2 | Glancing with irritation at the cocky girl who was n't even properly French but a bourgeoise English snob with no clue about what was what . |
| 3 | 1357 , was not a Franciscan but a Carmelite of the Whitefriary , and his connection with Stamford is purely related to the university legend . |
| 4 | Knocks it in towards Speedy and got the final ball wrong but a shame he 'd done so well . |
| 5 | A line of 60 characters printed on a typewriter looks OK but a 6″ line of type set at 10pt is virtually unreadable , simply because the eye gets bored and stops short of the end . |
| 6 | And they use words like ‘ potto ’ , ‘ cellaro ’ , and ‘ brosha ’ — which are neither Italian nor English but a combination of the two . |
| 7 | The daughter opens and closes the play on a swing , her hair free but a soundtrack of synthesised chords and foundry clatter emphasising this is no Fragonard . |
| 8 | It was interesting but a bit comical , really . |
| 9 | But in another sense they raise a much more serious issue , one likely to arise in many jurisdictions whenever the defendant is not an individual but a corporation or some other form of association ; and it will be recognised that a very great proportion of international litigation does involve corporate defendants . |
| 10 | The atmosphere was heavy , oppressive , the smell not immediately identifiable but a combination of human and engine smells , while the only sounds were a soft moaning from a woman towards the front of the plane and the voice of a man trying to reassure someone . |
| 11 | He explained his position in an article , ‘ Sukarno by Himself ’ , which appeared in June 1941 : ‘ There are men who say Sukarno is a nationalist ; others say he is no longer a nationalist but a Muslim ; and others again say he is neither nationalist nor Muslim but a Marxist . |
| 12 | It was tiny but a reminder that there are still poisonous snakes in the region — a fact which is all too easy to forget . |
| 13 | I was to have not only a tape-recorder but a minder as well to guide me through the intricacies and , I imagine , the possible legal hazards of broadcasting such an item ; he and his lady assistant would arrive and spend a day with me the following week . |
| 14 | He was appalled that I wanted to study English and history , both of which he thought not only pointless but a danger to my identity . |
| 15 | filled in my Pools I might be lucky But a beggar cayent be a chooser |
| 16 | Aside from these sorts of problems , I believe all of us who presume to speak on behalf of the other animals should worry , not a little but a lot , about the possibility of the Goliath of contemporary environmental concerns co-opting the David of animal protection . |
| 17 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 18 | I do n't want to dwell too much on the obvious but a number of things should be pointed out here . |
| 19 | A woman with many daughters and no sons is considered not only unfortunate but a carrier of misfortune . |
| 20 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 21 | Given their experience of the remote jargon of their teacher training , and of the demonstrable lack of impact of the pundits on education , as well as their weariness and preoccupation , it is entirely understandable that teachers should be turned off ideas at least as much in 1989 as they were twenty-five years ago : understandable but a mistake , as I am trying to argue . |
| 22 | Annie was a cheerful , tireless and obliging young lady who had a young man , a dowry in an old sock , and a helpful welcome for customers who were not only hard-up but a bit embarrassed . |
| 23 | He was asleep but a voice from behind me might have curdled anybody 's dreams . |
| 24 | But whatever happens to particular processes , it remains a general condition of modern cultural technology that it both requires social forms of production and yet , within this , under specific economic conditions , imposes not only a professional but a class division of labour . |
| 25 | Notice that this doubt is not purely spiritual , nor purely intellectual , nor purely emotional but a question of a subtle though complete change of heart . |
| 26 | That is certainly possible but a penalty is exacted for it . |
| 27 | Before that Darlington was solidly Labour But a drive through the town illustrates the contrasts : from the deprivation of Skerne Park with its graffiti and vandalism , to the large detached houses and tranquillity of the West End . |
| 28 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 29 | The countryside is fairly flat but a day trip to the coast provides some interest for walkers . |
| 30 | When he was told that what he had said was all very well but a bit negative , he fell back on the 13 wasted years that he has been in opposition . |