Example sentences of "but a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a moment to realise that it is not some pagan idol , but a head of Christ on the cross , that the spikes represent the crown of thorns and that in the wreckage of the ancient trunk a face has been carved . |
| 2 | A plan must have dynamism otherwise it is not a plan but a map of a storeroom . |
| 3 | The generic label ‘ poststructuralist ’ is here useful merely as a shorthand to designate those contemporary writers who share not a hostility to history as such but a distrust of simple historicisms . |
| 4 | They had lapsed into everyday small talk , but a strand of their previous intimacy still infused Luke 's questioning . |
| 5 | The failure of these traditional local economic strategies to stimulate and sustain local economic growth in all but a minority of places has led to the development of new forms of policy . |
| 6 | Orgreave was not seen as a local picket during an industrial dispute but a trial of strength in a politically charged struggle . |
| 7 | In China and Tibet , the Dragon is but a transposition of the Serpent . |
| 8 | They had also caused Bristol much discomfort and penalties in the line but Ian Aitcheson , the recruit from Waterloo , barely made amends with a drop goal and a conversion for not only three penalties missed in four minutes , but a couple of passes which made everybody wince and defence pulse rates surge . |
| 9 | Most of our testers considered the driving position and seats close to perfect , but a couple of the taller specimens would have appreciated some sort of steering wheel adjustment to play off comfort against a clear view of the instruments . |
| 10 | The prize goes to a child , age unspecified but a couple of years off joined-up writing , who says : ‘ Dear Father Chismas can I have some of these things ? ’ |
| 11 | All but a couple of the bidders were too preoccupied to notice the latecomers . |
| 12 | None really , but a couple of points are worthy of mention . |
| 13 | There is little to see of the Potteries at Fenton other than relatively modern factories , but a couple of bottle ovens , now rather rare ( see Longton ) survive near King Street . |
| 14 | He had left soon after two o'clock , taking nothing with him but a couple of German textbooks . |
| 15 | ‘ I was all set to do a solo record for Shrapnel , but a couple of months before I was due to do it , Mike Varney introduced me to Jason , who was only 16 at the time . |
| 16 | Not sufficient , but a couple of hundred perhaps . |
| 17 | The fiddling that goes on down there would set up an orchestra , and not one , but a couple of dozen . ’ |
| 18 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 19 | Ted had been a little belligerent at first but a couple of hints that Pascoe had seen him drinking in the Club earlier and an oblique reference to the breathalyser test had calmed him down and made him most co-operative . |
| 20 | He found nothing on Josie but a couple of folded Kleenex and a Tube ticket , but then when he rolled her over he heard a faint clink of metal on stone . |
| 21 | She began to walk forward rapidly , but a couple of minutes later she came to an abrupt stop . |
| 22 | Barnett 's moustache was lop-sided , a crooked sign above his mouth suggesting suspicion , but a couple of sentences had created the picture for him . |
| 23 | ‘ Not sold out , but a couple of coach parties from Vienna — you know , the usual thing , group booking for early dinner at the Strauss Inn and straight back into the coach after the performance . |
| 24 | Yeah , we went through these stories , and tried to link all different things they go under , got attitudes , weight , sex , exploitation , memories , mother and child relationships , old fashioned settings , aspirations , working women , ageism , husband and wife , loneliness , change , working in middle upper classes , racism and grief , and then , we started again , through the stories giving numbers , and putting them under the headings we thought they came under , but the thing is , we 've got a lot of them under all , well not all the headings , but a couple of the headings . |
| 25 | ‘ Not yet , maybe , but a couple of weeks of unbridled gluttony with the sort of food they serve here , and I could be a serious candidate ! |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm still ring rusty but a couple of weeks ’ hard work before the European Cup should see me all right . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah , would you , but a couple of years because John was busy he bought us all tokens , erm , he bought the others tokens from Woolworths and me token from a body shop and we all , and I we had great fun looking and seeing what we wanted to buy with , with the book tokens , er , maybe , maybe I mention it providing we ca n't find anything . |
| 28 | Well no , seems to be quite , I was busy yesterday and , and it seemed to be a really busy week , but a couple of appointments fell down , but I 've got quite a busy night tonight . |
| 29 | And I 've seen chairs like that , I 've seen I do n't know whether it 's there but a couple of places , bedroom chairs , gorgeous things , you know ! |
| 30 | There are few descriptions of the histological features of gold induced colitis , but a preservation of glandular architecture and diffuse inflammatory cell infiltrate sometimes with a prominent eosinophil component are said to be characteristic . |