Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are all but a part of a whole which has its own , its distinct , its other meaning : we are not ourselves , we are crossroads , meeting places , points on a curve , we can not exist independently for we are nothing but signs , conjunctions , aggregations . |
| 2 | So , for example , a letter and a phone call are good but a letter , a phone call and a visit even better . |
| 3 | filled in my Pools I might be lucky But a beggar cayent be a chooser |
| 4 | I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me . |
| 5 | ‘ If he were to institute proceedings for infringement before the patent for the invention was sealed , the procedural requirement of the proviso would not be satisfied but a statement of claim could not be struck out as disclosing no cause of action although it might be liable to be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 6 | What is this but a textbook account of the absent father 's alarming return to the household — the return from the war , from business , from abroad , from philandering , from danger ? |
| 7 | My nose is pink but a bit of powder soon fixes that . |
| 8 | It is like pedigree dogs — a pedigree is special but a cross-breed is nothing more than a mongrel . |
| 9 | He was asleep but a voice from behind me might have curdled anybody 's dreams . |
| 10 | What the hell was that but a declaration ? |
| 11 | It was interesting but a bit comical , really . |
| 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 | In the early 1980s , the shift towards repair grants was apparent but a shortage of resources has led to a cutback . |
| 14 | The Brontosaurus , for example , was big as well as being a herbivore , and T. Rex was big but a carnivore . |
| 15 | The girl , who was new but a Berliner , was even so a little shocked . |
| 16 | The lobster cocktail was plentiful but a touch cotton-woolly in texture , and for no visible reason arrived on a plate . |
| 17 | Er like one ounce has gone and we talked to some people who have tried it it was alright but a bit gakky at times |