Example sentences of "to [pron] but a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image of the phallus was not lewd to them but a daily reminder of abundance , happiness and the generative power of the life force . |
| 2 | They must be empowered to demand excellence in the courses that they attend and realise that their education is not a favour to them but a means of preparing them to be the sort of doctors that we want in the future . |
| 3 | By definition the gene must promote the reproductive success of the selfish organisms at a cost to itself but a gene for altruism could evolve in a population of selfish individuals a population of altruists , in whom a gene for selfishness appears by random mutation . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't tell me that you give a damn , ’ she said , ‘ do n't tell me that I 've been anything to you but a brief interlude . ’ |
| 5 | He was attracted to her but a man like Roman Wyatt did n't need to play tricks to keep a woman near him . |
| 6 | Most of these developments might be seen as making English less different , but the kinds of changes that go on in ‘ literary theory ’ are unlikely to be familiar to anyone but a philosopher . |
| 7 | Everyone was shown what went on inside this large factory — familiar to us but a curiousity to those whose relations work here , and have never seen it before . ’ |