Example sentences of "this [be] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is but the reverse side of the Janus face of justice , for in their eyes it happens more often that criminals are released or are not put in prison for long enough . |
| 2 | This is but a particular example of a new truth . |
| 3 | This is but one way of reminding ourselves what an extraordinarily good job they did of the ‘ conceptual framework ’ , as they called it . |
| 4 | Undoubtedly this is but the first of competing efforts to develop ever more tempting animal/plant combinations . |
| 5 | This is but one variation on a theme — other legends state that the relevant time is midnight , cock crow , sunrise or noon . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | The ‘ glass ’ is hard as steel , and this is but a magical source of illumination . |
| 8 | This is but one example of what can happen . |
| 9 | And all this is but a prelude . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( This is but one aspect of the possibilities of the micro as a research tool in education , a subject of importance which we shall discuss further elsewhere . ) |
| 12 | It is not certain how important this is but it might influence mood , hormone function , and resistance to infection . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | This is but a stumble on the way , we shall make good what we have vowed , in spite of all . ’ |
| 15 | This is but the opinion of one prosecutor expressed not long after the legislation had come into force . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Anyone who has heard it will declare that this is but of a piece with all the rest ! ’ |
| 18 | This is but an extension of the expertise which Max Weber claimed to be the foundation of bureaucratic power . |
| 19 | PS : This is but the first in a series of dumb questions … |
| 20 | This is but a tip of the formidable Octoberfest iceberg . |
| 21 | Sometimes I have a fear in me that this is but the first of many engagements in a struggle which is new , in scope if not in kind . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This was but a resumé of the botanical part of a much more detailed work to follow in due course . |
| 24 | In some ways this was but a different form of much older attitudes towards ‘ trade ’ . |
| 25 | He did explain what this was but I did n't catch all he said and I wonder if you could give me a little more detail ? |
| 26 | And this was but the first tray … . |
| 27 | This was but one of Cora-Beth 's surprises . |
| 28 | And this was but they put a D in it |