Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] but [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She commanded huge respect from everyone she worked with and was not only a singer 's singer but also a musician 's musician . |
| 2 | Karen was not only Dennis 's wife but also a physical education instructor who could , as the coroner facetiously remarked , have swum to her husband 's rescue using either the crawl , breast-stroke , back-stroke or butterfly . |
| 3 | Many other sons of Ayrshire prospered in Australia and contributed to the country 's development but only a few can be mentioned . |
| 4 | Then Tina Darne , who was Cecilia 's daughter but only a year or two older than Jarvis , persuaded Jarvis 's mother to let her move in and start a commune . |
| 5 | It is thus a defence to show that the reason for the alleged act of discrimination was not the plaintiff 's disability but rather an inability to perform the work in question . |