Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Split peas are either yellow or green ; the green variety is more difficult to find but has a fuller flavour than the yellow and is therefore worth looking out for . |
| 2 | To me the mist seemed like a veil of a moslem bride that is used not to hide but to reveal a subtler beauty to the lover . |
| 3 | This however is not due to a desire to rock'n'roll but represents an instinctive response to signals interpreted by their mind configuration as a call to food , sex or perhaps just good arachnid company . |
| 4 | The press has mushroomed , stalls are packed with newspapers and Romania has become a mecca for journalists from the West eager not only to report but instruct the new media , still largely partisan and biased , in western techniques and styles . |
| 5 | And to justify the ways of God to men with such honesty , that is to say with such a complete account of what the price is which would have to be paid , is of course no longer to justify but to enact the actual conflict . |
| 6 | He had no clear idea what he was going to do but expected a good gathering at Linley 's house and thought an opportunity would occur . |
| 7 | I quite like the way the programme tends to finish but leaves a few questions unanswered . |
| 8 | The so-called grains of paradise are related to cardamom but have a hotter taste . |
| 9 | It 's fairly entertaining to watch but commits the cardinal sin of not identifying individual players . |
| 10 | Of the rest the LoProfile had most to offer but lacked the extra function keys of the Fuller . |
| 11 | A prime example of that desire not merely to improve but to achieve the practical limit is his machine for microwriting . |