Example sentences of "this is 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 . ’ |