Example sentences of "[be] [adj] but a " in BNC.
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| 1 | a All these options are useful but a catalytic converter will cut out 90 per cent of emissions of carbon monoxide , nitrogen dioxide and hydrocarbons . |
| 2 | a All of these are useful but a returnable bottle system ( as with doorstep milk deliveries in the UK ) uses fewer raw materials and less energy than even the most efficient recycling scheme . |
| 3 | We are all but a part of a whole which has its own , its distinct , its other meaning : we are not ourselves , we are crossroads , meeting places , points on a curve , we can not exist independently for we are nothing but signs , conjunctions , aggregations . |
| 4 | So , for example , a letter and a phone call are good but a letter , a phone call and a visit even better . |
| 5 | The majority will be mobile but a few may require walking aids or wheelchairs . |
| 6 | filled in my Pools I might be lucky But a beggar cayent be a chooser |
| 7 | If he receives decent ball , Stuart Barnes can be brilliant but a big question mark hangs over his performance when he 's confronted with poor quality possession . |
| 8 | I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me . |
| 9 | " The greens as yet are slow but in two years ' time they will be difficult but a very good test of touch and eye . |
| 10 | A , who shows so little spark , proved to be slow but a very good washer-upper . |
| 11 | Many businessmen and politicians in Scotland expect the effects of the Tunnel to be adverse but a recent analysis by economists from the Royal Bank of Scotland suggests that Scotland 's high tech inward investment is unlikely to be threatened . |
| 12 | ‘ If he were to institute proceedings for infringement before the patent for the invention was sealed , the procedural requirement of the proviso would not be satisfied but a statement of claim could not be struck out as disclosing no cause of action although it might be liable to be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 13 | He wants not a huge monument which would hardly be fitting but a small plaque somewhere in the village the plane narrowly avoided . |
| 14 | Most of the latter were Scottish but a few were mercenaries from Denmark , Ireland , and as far afield even as Genoa . |
| 15 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 16 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 17 | No spare parts were available but a small bus-load of Indian servants from our diocesan girls ’ school in Rangoon picked me up and took me on with them . |
| 18 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |
| 19 | The entire cast were delightful but a special mention for Mark Jax as the faithful Bob Cratchit and Glen Kinch as the cheery cockney Tupper . |
| 20 | One of the key crossover texts , perhaps , is Barthes 's Mythologies , for what is that but a series of camp readings ? |
| 21 | What is this but a textbook account of the absent father 's alarming return to the household — the return from the war , from business , from abroad , from philandering , from danger ? |
| 22 | Only 10% of current business is international but a major theme of AEA 's business plans is to expand this to 30% over five years . |
| 23 | My nose is pink but a bit of powder soon fixes that . |
| 24 | It is like pedigree dogs — a pedigree is special but a cross-breed is nothing more than a mongrel . |
| 25 | He was asleep but a voice from behind me might have curdled anybody 's dreams . |
| 26 | What the hell was that but a declaration ? |
| 27 | It was interesting but a bit comical , really . |
| 28 | The van was old but a good and reliable runner . |
| 29 | It was tiny but a reminder that there are still poisonous snakes in the region — a fact which is all too easy to forget . |
| 30 | It was predictable but a little sad that you did n't get any of this sense of detail at Strains of War . |