Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] but " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said : ‘ What we have seen is the devaluation not just of a currency but of a Prime Minister and an entire Government . |
| 2 | ‘ He wants nothing of a God but eternity and a Heaven to throne in , ’ he shouted at Gail Russell , frightening the girl off the street . |
| 3 | This can also be seen in Bentley Drummle who has the upbringing and background of a gentleman but is far from one . |
| 4 | Left : it 's a bit of a squeeze but well worth the effort . |
| 5 | The formation of a company of clothworkers in 1601 suggests not only something of a revival but equally a closing of ranks in the face of adversity . |
| 6 | She not only had the figure of a mannequin but she had learned from the girls at the salon how to walk , how to hold her head up , how to appear perfectly poised . |
| 7 | This is not a question , as a layman might think , of the size of a sample but of its genuine randomness . |
| 8 | Barristers are all sole practitioners , though they work in sets of offices ( called sets of chambers ) in groups of between 12 and 20 sharing central services notably of a clerk but also secretarial and other services . |
| 9 | VGA programs sometimes supply their own version of a cursor but others are unusable . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the presence of a response is highly informative since it not only indicates the presence of a stimulus but also gives some information about the location of the stimulus relative to the centre of the receptive field . |
| 11 | My best friend was a bit of a rascal but I was usually too scared to do anything naughty . ’ |
| 12 | O'Connell gives the example of a State that wishes to associate itself with the primary objectives of a treaty but not with its implementation . |
| 13 | Seventy years later the treaty of 1718 between the Emperor Charles VI and the Dutch republic , which fixed the boundaries of their territories in the southern Netherlands , provides what is probably the first example of a frontier being defined not merely in the text of a treaty but also on a map attached to it . |
| 14 | An application for , i transfer does not require to be heard by a quarterly meeting of a board but can be heard by a meeting convened under s.5(1) . |
| 15 | A few corpses swayed in the breeze at the end of a rope but they had built a wall so when the bodies decayed and fell , their sight , if not their stink , was hidden from passersby . |
| 16 | Not just as a , not just a song that we 're singing at the end of a sermon but as a prayer , yes , here I am Lord ! |
| 17 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |
| 18 | While he did not exactly oppose this suggestion , he added , somewhat enigmatically , that he believed Liza 's trouble was due to circumstances quite beyond her control and that she needed the help not so much of a specialist but a sympathetic friend personally acquainted with her predicament . |
| 19 | It is generally considered good to manipulate the controls of a machine but bad to manipulate election results . |
| 20 | I was not at the bottom of a cliff but at the top , looking down across another dusty plain four hundred feet below . |
| 21 | He found the identity for his clown not in the figure of a worker but rather in the form of a man whose sensitivity , grace , almost feminine beauty , charm , clothes , and swagger all hint at a better background and perhaps at social and sexual aspirations . |
| 22 | The 21-year-old McCracken , who makes his debut in tomorrow 's home game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I 've come to England with a bit of a reputation but I want to put all that behind me and get on with playing rugby and improving my game . |
| 23 | ( b ) The landlord lets part of a building but retains other parts such as a common staircase . |
| 24 | So review is not an appeal on the merits of a decision but limited to those grounds . |
| 25 | Item 2 : Made of pewter , 45mm × 25mm overall and 8mm deep , possibly the bowl of a spoon but of what period ? |
| 26 | However , in practice it is rare to find circumstances in which the court would be prepared to find that an obligation of confidence arises by virtue of an implied term of a contract but not by virtue of an equitable obligation ( see for example Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 ) . |
| 27 | It 's laughable , afraid of a storm but brave enough to wait in the dark down by the river and bash your friend over the head . |
| 28 | There is no precise definition of a storm but it must be noted that strong winds ( unless storm force ) or heavy rain alone do not constitute a storm . |
| 29 | Sure , Mike 's a bit of a rebel but he 'd never kill anybody . ’ |
| 30 | In Persian uses of Arabic script , for instance , words are distinguished from each other by the forms the letter takes at the beginning , middle or end of a word but there are no particular conventions for indicating where a sentence begins and ends . |