Example sentences of "of [noun sg] but [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in the Maya world-view there was no sense of progress but only a blending of past , present , and future , which all tended to become one . |
| 2 | They do not realise that to make a discovery of some magnitude requires not only great ability and a bit of luck but also a considerable investment of time and effort in mastering a demanding discipline . |
| 3 | Science , then , is not the whole of experience but only an abstract mode of experience . |
| 4 | I 'm not afraid of money but occasionally a writer wants to write something for love and for pleasure |
| 5 | The opening of the Springfield Works not only marked a change of base but also a change of direction for the company . |
| 6 | If the direction is reversed the defect is called a fold , while if the defect causes neither displacement nor reversal of direction but only a local disordering of the zigzag configuration it is called a kink . |
| 7 | She believes that what makes the South different from the rest of America is not just a matter of perception but almost a physical phenomenon . |
| 8 | And it was all compounded by a feeling not just of loneliness but more a sense of abandonment , as all the families she had known since childhood began to leave Baldersdale . |
| 9 | The cliché image of London clubs being full of government officials muttering Top Secrets over the cold steak-and-kidney pie had , Maxim was coming to see not only a lot of truth but also a lot of sense . |
| 10 | Or , to quote Ramsey : " … there is really no separate problem of truth but merely a linguistic muddle . " |
| 11 | To both of them , the human sacrifice of 1914–18 created not just a deep loathing of war but also a determination that such sacrifice should not be in vain . |
| 12 | As he sat in Riddle 's chair he experienced a pang of conscience but also a guilty thrill . |
| 13 | If you do , would not the same argument be applied to a host of other examples of training expenditure ; for example , costs related to acquisition of BS 5750 ( a cost which is not directly a cost of trading but merely a requirement to put companies in a position to carry on their trade , ie where customers seek BS 5750 approval ) ? |
| 14 | It took nineteen years to complete what was not only a remarkable feat of engineering but also an outstanding example of Francisco Franco 's single-minded pursuit of self-aggrandizement and immortality . |
| 15 | He believes this conflict is responsible for the ‘ crisis ’ in film , television and pop , pointing out that the Sixties saw not only the easing of censorship but also a massive decline in cinema attendances . |
| 16 | Because after all critics will say if representative democracy is n't the best practical realization of democracy but simply a sham , after all remember Russo 's comments on England , the people of England think they 're free but they 're mistaken , they 're free once every five years when they elect their rulers . |
| 17 | Lady after lady breathed heavier when Pen dashed in and out , and on the days when Wilson was a little late with the supper — which she now undertook to provide — on account of having been delayed taking tea with Mrs Browning there was not a word of complaint but only a diffident enquiry as to how the venerable poetess had seemed . |
| 18 | It was a buffalo , one of Africa 's most unpredictable and dangerous animals , out of sight but just a few feet away from where we were standing . |
| 19 | All show an understanding of space but also a negation of it , and the exquisite colours and naturalistic detail make one think of the Italian Duccio . |
| 20 | There was quite a good helping of pudding but only a tiny piece of meat . |