Example sentences of "be but [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carlisle ’ might have been but one humble example of nearly 5500 locomotives constructed by the firm , but it was an honest product of a reliable company . |
| 2 | ‘ Our love was worth its weight in candyfloss ’ ( ‘ Endless Weekend ’ ) and the aphorism of a woman that ‘ her only weapon is her ecstasy ’ ( ‘ 100 Boys ’ ) are but two random examples . |
| 3 | These are but two tragic examples of laxity in a system which has achieved increasingly high standards of safety in worldwide civil aviation . |
| 4 | Now , an amendment to an ICAO agenda requires a two-thirds majority in plenary session , and we were but three European States who wished to put this through . |
| 5 | Easter Island has a temperate climate , and only two tiny beaches far from the sole settlement of Hangaroa , There is but one small hotel ; our preference was for a guest house where we could meet a local family . |
| 6 | There is but one small snag . |
| 7 | From the point of view of teachers , then , the category of gender is but one critical perspective of many . |
| 8 | Its leading edges were free to articulate , the central keel was retained simply because short of cutting it away , there was no choice , and there was but one forward cross-spar . |
| 9 | 1985:21 ) from concepts of structural relativism ( which took the place of the idea that there was but one right model of organization , on the basis of a firm hierarchical structure ) through structures of which some were mechanistic and others organic and into the realm of " contingency " models ( structures of management which alter according to the issues with which they have to deal ) . |