Example sentences of "but a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the term ‘ dialectic ’ means that the process of movement which characterizes human history is not a smooth development but a development caused by conflicts and contradictions which lead to temporary resolutions , like two people arguing with each other . |
| 2 | Not too great a challenge right now , but a development programme to build up confidence , the ability to play at the highest level . |
| 3 | They believe that the booming export market is not just a temporary product of the recent devaluation but a development that could stick . |
| 4 | It is cornered by a housing estate and has a 2ft slope at one end , nothing in Yeovil but a home advantage . |
| 5 | It is cornered by a housing estate and has a 2ft slope at one end , nothing in Yeovil but a home advantage . |
| 6 | But a Home Office study by Southgate ( 1982b ) reported that officers saw little value in such training : they quickly forgot the content and saw it as no substitute for direct experience or the advice of senior colleagues . |
| 7 | But a Home Office pathologist said Grant had been shot in the back of the head from just a few inches . |
| 8 | But a Home Office spokesman denied the allegations , claiming : ‘ It was made clear in the autumn statement last year that there would be no construction work on the jail until 1995/6 . |
| 9 | But a Home Office spokesman said : ‘ Kenneth Clarke firmly denies the suggestion that he was late . |
| 10 | It takes a moment to realise that it is not some pagan idol , but a head of Christ on the cross , that the spikes represent the crown of thorns and that in the wreckage of the ancient trunk a face has been carved . |
| 11 | But a head is not required to carry traits not presupposed by its dependants , so when the head of a construction exactly duplicates the presupposed traits of a dependent selector ( i.e. when the meaning of the head is fully predictable from the dependant ) , the result is perfectly normal : a pregnant female ( animal ) . |
| 12 | But a head does not manage governors or parents in the same sense . |
| 13 | But a head must in the end tolerate something less than the hoped-for whole being achieved . |
| 14 | It might come as a surprise to find that the Kalkadoons would use two different words in these circumstances — a kili in fabric but a ndia in the ground . |
| 15 | He also suggests that this reductionism should be an end goal of physics ; scientific discovery is not about an expansion or a reaching out , but a narrowing in . |
| 16 | Only TRACE has the capacity to do so , but a connectionist lexicon of 4,000 words is not feasible given current technology . |
| 17 | The group can rebid after June 18 , but a stake sale or deal with another predator look possible . |
| 18 | Growth rates in the 1960s began to slow down to two or three per cent , still quite favourable , compared to other countries , but a blow to German self-confidence . |
| 19 | Is he aware that his announcement today is not a triumph for the philosophy of trusts but a blow against democracy , consultation and the will of the people ? |
| 20 | A plan must have dynamism otherwise it is not a plan but a map of a storeroom . |
| 21 | The discounts vary with the publisher but a Lotus 1–2-3 25-user set is going for $10,000 and Avalon , the page layout program , usually $49,000 for simultaneous users , is now $10,000 . |
| 22 | The Thames has seen its share of odd events over the years , but a Dragon Boat Race must rank alongside waterskiing commuters . |
| 23 | Unhappy Woman 's but a Slave at large |
| 24 | Good victuals and ale to any man but a slave master . |
| 25 | Single bushes present no problems since the root system is likely to be small and shallow , but a thicket — a group of bushes and brambles combined — is less easy . |
| 26 | But a tracheotomy throat operation which helped to save his life may have changed his distinctive voice forever . |
| 27 | Unless you have a transformer made or wind one yourself , it is unlikely that you will find a 22V secondary , but a 20V type is quite satisfactory . |
| 28 | But a carseckie it was made like |
| 29 | The generic label ‘ poststructuralist ’ is here useful merely as a shorthand to designate those contemporary writers who share not a hostility to history as such but a distrust of simple historicisms . |
| 30 | Peter tried to rouse his countrymen from their aboriginal stupor and turn them into Europeans ; but a Russian is n't and ca n't be a German or a Frenchman , and the result of Peter 's efforts was to produce an educated class who ca n't be Russians either . |