Example sentences of "but [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) to be able to appreciate the interlinking of everything and the force of cumulative evidence , and that what is done and learnt in school can not be divorced from what happens outside ; ( c ) to appreciate that religion challenges head-on any view that regards knowledge as something only arrived at by reasoning and scientific experimentation ; ( d ) to be concerned about conviction for or against religion , but to be open to evidence and to experience — not to have the answers all neatly sewn up , but to see life as a journey of exploration with exciting prospects and a sense of fulfilment in actually moving forward and , if necessary , changing in order to accommodate fresh insight . |
| 2 | Mr Peter Lloyd , the Home Office junior minister , agreed that more powers for local authority inspectors were necessary , but to compel licensing of all breeders would place unnecessary restrictions on pet owners wanting to sell a litter . |
| 3 | You 're bad enough about lunch , but to miss breakfast is an affront to civilisation . |
| 4 | We say that we will protect single retired people , we will ensure that the rebate system is improved not only to help those people , but to target help on all those who need it and we will ensure that what people pay is based on their ability to pay and not on their status . |
| 5 | Fact : Sunscreens are not intended to increase sun exposure time but to increase protection during unavoidable exposure . |
| 6 | The function of these groups is not to provide any romantic possibilities ( although that may happen ) , but to provide contact and support by introducing you to people who have similar problems to yourself . |
| 7 | The purpose of warranty insurance is not to provide general cover for all possible liabilities under the warranties but to provide cover for specific risks under the warranties . |
| 8 | Again , this data base is not used to determine the overall frequency of homicide , but to provide information about the types of people who were involved and the proximate causes of the crimes . |
| 9 | But to provide security , comfort and a sense of worth to the parents and relatives who belong to us is a job worth doing and worth doing with all the compassion and love that we can give . |
| 10 | But to provide Childcare Cheques would cost £250,200 in the first year with on-going costs of £206,200 a year . |
| 11 | She characteristically underplays her education , intellect , and talent as a ‘ weaker Woman ’ , but her religious rationalization of women 's intellectual and social position in relation to men has a rather bitter tone : ‘ Eve 's Theft serv 'd but to dignify Man 's Soul , /Her Sex denied the Knowledge which she stole . ’ |
| 12 | Most controversial was the abolition of seignorial jurisdictions ( señorios ) : this was not a measure to relieve an oppressed peasantry but to establish property rights on an acceptable contractual basis and to abolish enclaves of private jurisdiction in constitutional Spain . |
| 13 | And if the Spirit was truly to represent Jesus , he had to remain bound to the person and character of Jesus.Jesus was God 's Last Word to man ; and the function of the Spirit was not to give some new revelation of his own , but to bear witness to Jesus , to draw out the implications of God 's Last Word . |
| 14 | There was nothing for it but to accept defeat , which he did with an ill grace , stamping off in disgust followed by the jeers of the crowd and several small boys who ran behind him mimicking his rolling gait . |
| 15 | That is fundamental to the needs of our economy in the years ahead ; fundamental to the prospects for unemployed people ; and fundamental also to the creation of opportunities for our people not only to obtain work , to have and to hold down a job , but to obtain work and jobs which give them satisfaction , which are truly rewarding and which enable them to fulfil their potential to the greatest possible extent . |
| 16 | These should not be intended to duplicate the deed of indemnity but to obtain information as to possible taxation problems and where things have been done in the past which could , depending on what is done in the future , give problems after completion . |
| 17 | We want South Africans of all races to be free , not only to vote , but to create wealth for themselves and prosperity for their country . |
| 18 | What will it be but to create envy to herself and discredit to you ? |
| 19 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , next month , my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn ( Mr. Hargreaves ) and I shall be visiting the European Commission and Parliament — not only to tell Mr. Delors that he can not have all the money that he is asking from the British people , but to create business opportunities for our constituents ? |
| 20 | Insist though trade unions might that their purpose was not to subvert the market economy but to sell labour at a fair price as a commodity in it , the fact remained that successful trade unionism implied reduced dividends on investment , just as organising the production of goods for sale in Co-operative stores as a function of independent industrial co-operatives implied reduced dividends on purchases from them . |
| 21 | But to resist ecstasy : who would have thought of such a thing ? |
| 22 | But to clean exhaust gases further requires fuel with a much lower sulphur content than the current brew , plus some form of exhaust-mounted particulate trap or catalyst . |
| 23 | The Report of the Consultative Committee on Continuation Schools ( no doubt under the influence of Sadler ) quoted him approvingly when he wrote that apprentices should learn ‘ the truth of the maxim that the meaning of life is not to rule but to render service to one 's neighbour , service to one 's calling , service to one 's native country , service to truth and to justice ’ . |
| 24 | For example , in North Wales , Derbyshire and the main part-time farming areas ( North Yorkshire , Wester Ross and Orkney ) , the number who were confident in all stock tasks was fairly high , no doubt because they had little option but to tackle stock work . |
| 25 | Reckless optimism about 1992 would clearly be out of place — but to hear Mead you 'd think there was a crisis of confidence in advertising not only among clients but among some of the industry 's own leading lights . |
| 26 | Lenin tirelessly reiterated Clausewitz 's dictum , ‘ war is a tool of policy ’ , not only to establish the subordination of generals to politicians , but to legitimise war and divest it of taboos . |
| 27 | The regime perhaps had little choice but to win support by making grants of land which might otherwise have gone to augment royal resources , and Mortimer and Isabella rapidly ran through the very substantial treasure inherited from Edward II . |
| 28 | The reader is therefore asked to absorb the various arguments for and against portfolio matrices throughout this chapter , but to reserve judgement on the issue until later . |
| 29 | But to avoid doubt specific reference should be made in the written contract . |
| 30 | But to avoid law and list anthropology as a first choice was inexplicable : |