Example sentences of "[be] but the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We could n't believe he could not be but the heart abnormalities were all there . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There is no other place to be but the stream . |