Example sentences of "but a [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | It might come as a surprise to find that the Kalkadoons would use two different words in these circumstances — a kili in fabric but a ndia in the ground . |
| 3 | Growth rates in the 1960s began to slow down to two or three per cent , still quite favourable , compared to other countries , but a blow to German self-confidence . |
| 4 | Is he aware that his announcement today is not a triumph for the philosophy of trusts but a blow against democracy , consultation and the will of the people ? |
| 5 | A plan must have dynamism otherwise it is not a plan but a map of a storeroom . |
| 6 | Unhappy Woman 's but a Slave at large |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They had lapsed into everyday small talk , but a strand of their previous intimacy still infused Luke 's questioning . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Orgreave was not seen as a local picket during an industrial dispute but a trial of strength in a politically charged struggle . |
| 11 | In China and Tibet , the Dragon is but a transposition of the Serpent . |
| 12 | Might it be that large implies not necessarily physical bulk or even two manuals but a keyboard with a full five octaves ? |
| 13 | Then , to build upon that simple , flat definition of the hedge 's shape , pastel No. 199 , black , was scribbled across the same area , covering all but a strip at the top with an irregular criss-crossing scrawl . |
| 14 | NP officials , however , claimed that the election was " definitely not " a response to the government 's reform programme but a response to local issues . |
| 15 | For the Church of the fourth century , there would almost certainly have been some rueful and grudging admission that Constantine was a Messiah who had succeeded where Jesus had failed , and that the Messiah as represented by both Constantine and Jesus was indeed a military and political figure — not a god , but a king with a mandate to govern . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | All but a couple of the bidders were too preoccupied to notice the latecomers . |
| 20 | None really , but a couple of points are worthy of mention . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He had left soon after two o'clock , taking nothing with him but a couple of German textbooks . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | Not sufficient , but a couple of hundred perhaps . |
| 25 | The fiddling that goes on down there would set up an orchestra , and not one , but a couple of dozen . ’ |
| 26 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She began to walk forward rapidly , but a couple of minutes later she came to an abrupt stop . |
| 30 | 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 . |