Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It gives but a flavour of what has gone before and what is to come but how the appetite was whetted .
2 Bill goes behind Doug to help but suddenly the line slackens , and flutters in the wind .
3 ‘ I would like to help but then the business is not entirely in my hands .
4 By ‘ crisis ’ , the head of cultural affairs means not only the need to economise but also the fragility of the administrative structure .
5 He said : ‘ Labour 's devolution scheme would create a puppet parliament still under the thumb of the UK Treasury , with the power to legislate but not the money to implement .
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