Example sentences of "any but " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be emphasised that there is no reason to discourage any but the most inexperienced solo pilots from opening the airbrakes in the final turn , provided the glider is not already low ( or slow ) . |
| 2 | But in every age there have been poets who were uninterested in thus cutting their poems free of any but a linguistic reality , poets who are ‘ realistic ’ and ‘ mimetic ’ in the most straightforward senses of those two complicated words . |
| 3 | The ideal interior is neutral and unobstructed , while the demand for floor area pushes buildings to the limits of their sites , making public spaces , or any but the thinnest facades , unprofitable . |
| 4 | I believe that music-lovers are deluded when they claim to find artistic pleasure in any but a fraction of this music . |
| 5 | The marginality they experience within the force might lead them to exaggerate their job satisfaction , but this cuts both ways , for the unpopularity of community relations among many ordinary members of the RUC guarantees it will not appeal to any but the committed , and section duties already afford the work-shy many opportunities to hide . |
| 6 | BRITTEN 'S Miss Wordsworth , primmest of Suffolk schoolma'ms , would no doubt have balked at setting before the public eye any but her most promising music pupils . |
| 7 | It is impossible to describe any but the most popular of the salami that are found both in delicatessens and supermarkets . |
| 8 | Few , though , have the strength for any but the most modest mergers . |
| 9 | A strike of about twenty-five staff in the sterile supplies stores had dramatically reduced activity , which was already hampered by the union policy of refusing admission to any but emergency cases . |
| 10 | My sister can not be trusted with any but the simplest of tasks . ’ |
| 11 | St Isidore of Seville ( d. 636 ) saw Spain as a Christian land , in which the separate identities of Goth and Roman were no longer of any but historical interest . |
| 12 | Our kings and emperors , who take the place of the almighty ruler in this world , are set above all other pastors ; and it is entirely incongruous that those whom Christ , mindful of his flock , has constituted princes of this earth [ i.e. bishops ] , should be under the dominion of any but those who excel all mortals by the blessing of God and the glory of their crown . |
| 13 | It was recognised , however , that such a solution was nigh on impossible for any but the simplest systems — and this is still true today , despite massive increases in computing power . |
| 14 | A new age in chemistry , where the problem of measuring some molecular property could be resolved by pushing a few keys on a computer , has not materialised — the reason is that ab initio calculation for any but the simplest of systems remain beyond the reach of the most advanced computers . |
| 15 | Endill was sure she made tools because they never bought any but always had the ones they needed for digging and planting . |
| 16 | He could not see any but noticed a little bottle lying amongst his bits and pieces . |
| 17 | And yet , when I came to know my associates , a far greater intimacy and sense of comradeship developed than I had known with any but my closest friends at school or university . |
| 18 | In fact , the film was set in the 1950s , but it is doubtful whether any but a few of the millions who watched the film appreciated that life in a mental hospital is any different today . |
| 19 | However , this concealed the fact that many ‘ listable ’ churches had never actually been listed , for , as the Church was exempt from listed building control , no systematic attempt had been made to list any but the most obvious churches . |
| 20 | Check for English speaking instructors : Austrian yokel speak is beyond interpretation by any but the most fluent German linguists . |
| 21 | His conversion to Islam , his rejection of that faith and the subsequent , troubled period , when the disease had made him all but unrecognizable to any but a few close friends , are things we may wish to pass over today , but — ’ |
| 22 | Her hand tipped the scoop and the chips slid into the scale and when the dial registered much more than half an ounce she did n't remove any but , taking a paper bag , she blew into it , then , tipping up the scale , she disposed of the coconut chips before saying , ‘ I 'll be with you in a moment . ’ |
| 23 | Here is a volume you could present to someone with no interest in science and expect a pleasurable reaction from any but the most insensitive . |
| 24 | But this hardly seems sufficient , as an armoured defence , to deter any but the most casual of killers . |
| 25 | 1975 statistics from Lesotho reveal the following figures : Schools in Cameroon and in rural areas in Sierra Leone and Ethiopia are unlikely to fare better , while there is no country in Africa without substantial numbers of schools where physical conditions inhibit any but the most basic instruction . |
| 26 | In England the king claimed that all his subjects owed fealty to him in some degree , and in due course this came to conflict with the possibility of any of his vassals owing liege homage to any but the king . |
| 27 | Even though the USA and USSR 's potential competitors were no longer a threat , political pressures prevented ‘ sales ’ to any but the British and French national airlines . |
| 28 | In any case , the police did not offer a high enough salary for any but the most inexperienced official . |
| 29 | These tend to be looked upon with horror by many students , but you ca n't expect to deal with any but the simplest management problem without considering them . |
| 30 | The old man replies kindly , but says there is no mention of salvation in the Good Book ‘ for any but the sinful sons of Adam ’ — at which the lady gives a cry of despair and hurls herself into the sea . |