Example sentences of "was but [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elice , ever a harbinger of gloom , was ready to point out that Athena Gardens was but one sector of Arcady . |
| 2 | The movies were advancing on several fronts and the social theme was but one strand in a more complex whole . |
| 3 | At that time it was but one element in the whole decision-making process of what was I going to do with my life . |
| 4 | There was but one saviour for Europe , in Joyce 's view , and he made no secret that Mosley was not the man . |
| 5 | It was a part of the prophecy of disintegration and chaos to be expected in the latter days ; within that context it was but one detail in a large picture , but here it was all , it was an answer . |
| 6 | For Mrs Whitehouse the case was but one step in the attempt to preserve our ‘ national morality ’ and our ‘ culture ’ . |
| 7 | The school was but one institution in a network created to educate , employ and entertain those members of the British nobility who had the inclination to live as courtiers . |
| 8 | Sadler had articulated the political sentiment in his Manchester inquiry when he remarked on how education was but one aspect of ‘ a many sided problem ’ , and as such it necessitated both the development of individuality and personal conviction and ‘ a sense of national duty and obligation towards the State ’ , which could only come through ‘ better and more systematic training for the duties of citizenship and for home-making and family claims ’ . |
| 9 | Marsh 's appointment was but one aspect of an evangelical ‘ saturation ’ of pulpits in the city in the 1820s and 1830s . |
| 10 | Thus , for at least one member of the coordinating committee the project was but one stage in a long-term plan for radically heightening both the performance and the visibility of the school library service . |