Example sentences of "and [noun] but a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not someone , like Jim Lancaster , implicated just by opportunity and motive but a suspect linked to the murder by hard evidence . |
| 2 | As she mingled with the guests at the Queen 's Scottish home she realized that she was no longer treated as a person but as a position , no longer a flesh and blood human being with thoughts and feelings but a symbol where the very title ‘ Her Royal Highness , the Princess of Wales ’ distanced her not only from the wider public but from those within the intimate royal circle . |
| 3 | It would be much better to drop in additional flour , fat , beans , dried milk , and sugar but a method of safe delivery of these in bulk by parachute has yet to be found . |
| 4 | For this is not a journey of peace and tranquillity but a struggle requiring constant effort and application . |
| 5 | In the event , it secured a grant from the Cassell Trust to appoint an Organising Secretary for Norfolk and Norwich but a bid for adequate finance for a similar appointment in Essex foundered . |