Example sentences of "[vb -s] but a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Man born of a woman has but a short time to live . |
| 2 | ‘ Man that is born of a woman has but a short time to live , and is full of misery … |
| 3 | There are still a ‘ few ’ leaves left just as the poet has but a little life remaining within him . |
| 4 | The classic statement ‘ What did I do to deserve this ? ’ has but a single answer : Nothing ! |
| 5 | Moreover , Kalmar contains but a small part of the total final assembly facilities within the Volvo enterprise . |
| 6 | Such relationships belong to problem novels , rather than to novels of action , to fiction where a place is not the scene in which action develops but a certain spot where characters place themselves in order to talk . |
| 7 | A good bus service exists but an organised trip is best for more distant attractions . |
| 8 | In addition , the Rayner review of the service introduced not only cuts but a new philosophy that official figures , which previously had been for the service of the nation as a whole , were now to be tied far more closely to the requirements of the government of the day . |
| 9 | In such forms it seems but a short step from saying that the courts are also our only effective guardians against the evils of socialism . |
| 10 | Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers . |
| 11 | On the other hand … if the artist becomes but a mechanical cog in the constantly revolving schedule , then the show becomes something less than artistic . |
| 12 | He neither gains an ally nor sweetens an enemy , and say she brings but a token household with her , yet it will cost him dear to keep them . |
| 13 | Hath but a losing office |
| 14 | ‘ Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery … ’ |