Example sentences of "be but [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for those whose familiarity with the Irish composer John Field has been but a brief bumble through the simpler of his nocturnes , to hear O'Conor 's enthusiasm is to experience some of the ripple of Field 's remarkable melodic flow . |
| 2 | Although Grant was the expert of the group , they both knew enough to realise that the equipment stacked around was sophisticated , and far too much for Titron if she had been but an ordinary container ship . |
| 3 | On the accession of Henry Tudor , the Shepherd Lord , as the young Clifford was known , was given back his lands and his faithful retainer knighted at his request ; ‘ I am but a simple man , Your Majesty , and I know not how I should be styled , ’ the good servant protested . |
| 4 | I am but a poor clerk ! |
| 5 | All chalks , including Belemnite chalk , are fundamentally composed of coccoliths ; the belemnites are but a tiny percentage and are also to be found in some seams of Micraster chalk to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 6 | While the reforms of 1988/89 do go some way towards creating a more effective regional policy in that the dispersion of funds has shifted towards the poorer regions , given the gulf between the rhetoric of the commitment to balanced development and the extent of subsequent policy action , it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the issue of space and the impact of EC policies over space are but a minimal consideration in the design of a greater vision . |
| 7 | The dollars that could be spent equal the amounts held in NOSTRO accounts which are but a small fraction of total Eurodollars . |
| 8 | And whenever you wish to venture beyond the peaceful slumber of the countryside , you 'll find that many lively towns and villages with intriguing names are but a short drive away . |
| 9 | Yet whenever you feel the urge to venture forth into civilisation again — perhaps for a romantic dinner a deux , or a soothing massage in the capable hands of a master masseur — the first class Hotel and adjoining Country Club are but a short walk from your front door . |
| 10 | Of course if you are inclined towards more leisurely pursuits , you 'll find that many interesting and beautiful places to explore are but a short drive away . |
| 11 | There are a variety of excellent schools in the area , and the playing fields and tennis course of North Oxford are but a short walk away . |
| 12 | These are but a few of the hazards that can wreck the look and expression of the choreographic design . |
| 13 | These are but a few of the variables . |
| 14 | These are but a few of the self-created problems we 've seen around the festivals . |
| 15 | Yes , it 's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest . |
| 16 | These are but a few of the principal sources of authoritative information that AIB look to when their own knowledge of a subject is insufficient to resolve the problem at hand . |
| 17 | The motivation for the ideator is quite varied : playfulness , fear of failure , and stress reduction are but a few . |
| 18 | Master administrator , father figure , the last hope for flared trousers , these are but a few of the attributes a manager must posses . |
| 19 | The Grand Hotel , Brighton , the Caledonian Hotel , Edinburgh and the luxury liner QEII are but a few of their more noteworthy contracts . |
| 20 | The numbers of ‘ tumuli ’ — burial mounds of the Bronze Age — as well as the site of Arbury Banks — are but a pale reflection of the dense prehistoric and later settlement in this area . |
| 21 | The examples that we know are but the heroic and visible tip of the great hidden iceberg of faith which is Christian conviction through the centuries . |
| 22 | An almond may be but a simple nut compared with a walnut but at last I was getting close . |
| 23 | Wrecked cars and land raiders smouldered along the boulevard under a leaden ceiling so high that utility tubes and power cables seemed to be but a delicate tracery . |
| 24 | It will be but a few minutes , ch'un tzu . ’ |
| 25 | Before long , the famous pouting Gallic shrug may be but a fond memory . |
| 26 | I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’ |
| 27 | By investing a few million pounds into the anti-poaching forces of Kenya and Tanzania , as is happening at the moment , we will probably reduce and even stop the poaching problem for the time being but the long-term survival of the elephant in eastern Africa is going to depend ultimately on those countries ' abilities to incorporate wildlife and wild area protection into an overall land use policy . |
| 28 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |
| 29 | William Bayles Hauxwell fought mightily to keep pace with the ceaseless tide of farmwork at a time when mechanization and all the labour-saving devices now taken for granted in agriculture were but a distant dream in Baldersdale . |
| 30 | Rent-control policy in the inter-war period was the product in the main of three forces : pressure by property owners for complete control ; the Conservative Party belief that the Rent Acts were but a temporary measure to deal with a housing shortage ; and the social reality that without the protection of the Acts many working-class people would suffer considerably . |