Example sentences of "a [adj] man but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus the Christ was , after all , not only a perfect man but the Ancient of Days . |
| 2 | He was certainly a God-fearing man but the God of his fathers was above him , not with him — exactly the oppoisite position to that of Spinoza . |
| 3 | was a great man but the only problem was he left a vested interested in the National Health Service and that 's coming to the fore . |
| 4 | Director said , ‘ My first man into Athens , a young man but a good friend of Lawrence 's , has promised the widow that we 'd go for the jugular on this one . ’ |
| 5 | A bad man but a brilliant poet . |