Example sentences of "this [be] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is but a particular example of a new truth . |
| 2 | Aragorn sings his song of Beren and Lúthien some fifty pages earlier with a certain reluctance , explaining that it is ‘ in the mode that is called ann-thennath among the Elves , but is hard to render in our Common Speech , and this is but a rough echo of it ’ . |
| 3 | The ‘ glass ’ is hard as steel , and this is but a magical source of illumination . |
| 4 | And all this is but a prelude . |
| 5 | This is but a small selection of events and festivals taking place in a few of our worldwide destinations — an ideal and enjoyable way to appreciate the culture and local traditions in each country . |
| 6 | In each novel the specific configuration of the two discourses , authoritative communist on the one hand , disorientating existential on the other , is the product of two overriding influences : first , the economic , political , ideological and cultural forces that together produced each particular text ; secondly , and this is but a super-structural reflection of the first point , Nizan 's divided ambitions as a novelist , attempting at one level to exploit bourgeois culture in order to disseminate communist ideology effectively ( the communist project ) , and at another level to create a cultural product of value beyond its immediate moment of production ( the bourgeois project ) . |
| 7 | This is but a stumble on the way , we shall make good what we have vowed , in spite of all . ’ |
| 8 | However , I believe this is but a drop in the ocean compared to the vast number of communities that could play some form of active role , however modest . |
| 9 | This is but a tip of the formidable Octoberfest iceberg . |
| 10 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
| 11 | This was but a resumé of the botanical part of a much more detailed work to follow in due course . |
| 12 | In some ways this was but a different form of much older attitudes towards ‘ trade ’ . |