Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking from the society 's headquarters in Edinburgh , superintendent Ron Grant — a former shepherd — summed the situation up : ‘ It 's been one of the worst winters in the west Highlands for many years and for once it 's not been snow but rather rain which has caused the problems . |
| 2 | The most quantitatively significant development in terms of content this century has not been rehabilitation but deterrence ( through the massive expansion in the use of the fine , as we saw in Chapter 2 ) . |
| 3 | The requirement of " proper " means covers where the accused demands what is his : such would not be robbery but can be blackmail . |
| 4 | It is an acknowledgement that there can not be certainty but that there are only a limited number of possible event-patterns . |
| 5 | And then the idea ( how did it come to me ? ) that it must not simply be glass but big glass . |
| 6 | Yes there were criticism but it 's not appropriate for me to comment at the moment . |
| 7 | Shit rules it , and what else is shit but money ? |