Example sentences of "are but " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to evaluate how successful such co-ops are but many do seem to gain work on a fairly reasonable basis for their members , and they are certainly worth considering . |
| 2 | I know you are but … ’ |
| 3 | These are but a few of the hazards that can wreck the look and expression of the choreographic design . |
| 4 | In The Place of the Lion , the Platonic archetypes of which objects and creatures in the world are but reflections or repetitions actually appear . |
| 5 | These are but a handful of key motor racing personalities round whom Prost weaves an absorbing range of anecdotes and gossip . |
| 6 | I am certain of my facts & calculations ; so there are but two alternatives : either you have spent , not extravagantly , since you are not extravagant , but sillily & thoughtlessly , which really is far worse . |
| 7 | ‘ Covenants , without the sword , are but words , and of no strength to secure a man at all . ’ |
| 8 | There are but two families in the world , as my old grandmother used to say , the Haves and the Have-nots . |
| 9 | ‘ All pains , indeed , and all sorrows , all demons , yea , all sins themselves , under the suffering care of the highest minister , are but the ministers of truth and righteousness . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As there are but few persons who love to meditate upon scenes of death , and too many are only able to view the gloomy side of them , instead of following by the eye of faith the glorious progress of the departing saint , I will hasten to end of my story . ’ |
| 11 | Some of the items are fine as they are but are not given unconditional approval because they should only be eaten in moderation . |
| 12 | Through the vapours I can even grasp at the idea that the hatred and malice of my enemies , their whisperings and pointings , are but emanations of one of the form , of love . |
| 13 | You judge people not by who they are but by what they do and how they behave . |
| 14 | Growing disenchantment with economic arguments based essentially on the continuous maximisation of consumption , together with disaffection from the vogue for central planning and large scale social and economic units are but two aspects of a complex situation . |
| 15 | ‘ It has already been hinted at by oor worthy comrade up the back before he passed oot , we are but six months old as a body … ’ |
| 16 | Magnolia acuminata received more precise acknowledgment : ‘ … there are but very few plants at present here , nor is it very common in the habitable parts of America . |
| 17 | Rom Harré , a philosopher and social psychologist , argues there are but two dimensions along which a man acts : the practical dimension which directs his maintenance of life ( this coincides with my use of first-order experience ) and an ‘ expressive ’ dimension , which he sees as the ‘ overriding pre-occupation of human life ’ ( p. 3 ) . |
| 18 | It may well be he would argue that all these things are but part of the private man 's attempt to gain public approval . |
| 19 | It was reported as working satisfactorily in October 1900 and it must have remained so , for the final payment was made to Messrs. Gwynnes in February 1901.2 ; There are but two further important references in the Committee Minutes before the closure of the lift nine years later . |
| 20 | In the end , I 'd say , ‘ Yes , you are but I love you anyway , ' ’ In truth the experience had a dreadful effect on her marriage and on her relationship with her brothers and sisters , who fell out with her . |
| 21 | Though they have cornered the lion 's share of the Brits in this part of the world , Andorra 's six resorts are but the tip of the Pyrenean iceberg . |
| 22 | Some are but most are n't . |
| 23 | These are but a few of the variables . |
| 24 | The expenses and toils of a long war are but too just an excuse that the thought of a new library were not part of the public cares . |
| 25 | Fear not , honoured woman , said he ; you are but lately arrived , and they come to bring you a present , which shall help marry your daughters . |
| 26 | I can very easily help them into a situation where they can be very much more successful than they are but that would mean compromises . |
| 27 | The Inner Temple and Outer Temple , two of the London Inns of Court , and Temple Meads Station in Bristol are but two examples . |
| 28 | The rather clumsy handling by NIREX of the search for sites to store low- and intermediate-level wastes , together with very recent worries about the import of toxic wastes such as polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) , are but two examples of such concern in the UK . |
| 29 | It would appear from this that the bone assemblages derived from the long-eared owl and barn owl ( and other species , see below ) are but little altered by the predator , whereas the kestrel assemblages are more greatly altered . |
| 30 | Or they are but I 'm not a very good person to bring out these effects , I do n't know which is true . ’ |