Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of the requirement of standing indicates that the law 's primary concern is not , as such , to control government activity but rather to control it at the suit of persons affected by it in a particular way . |
| 2 | After proctors of the lower clergy had objected in 1269 to being committed to a grant simply by the assent of the bishops , a council of prelates in the next year agreed on their own behalf to a subsidy of one twentieth for the king , but only extended it to the rest of the clergy after approval by diocesan synods . |
| 3 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 4 | Well , children can be allowed to express their anxieties verbally and to learn perhaps from the adults ' modelling around them that to talk about these things in moderation is perfectly acceptable erm but not to do it to the extent or to allow children to perhaps watch the news coverage to the extent that they become over excited and are not able to contain their own feelings of anxiety about loss and damage and death and separation from parents and significant adults . |
| 5 | We found that ministers had solemnly undertaken not only to repair The Grange , but also to open it to the public . |
| 6 | The reporter was ungentlemanly enough not only to do the calculation and obtain the correct answer but also to print it in the society column . |
| 7 | It seems that the evolution of his remedy preparation was fuelled by the desire to create , not only , a highly dynamised remedy but also to give it in the smallest dose ( quantity ) possible to effect a curative response . |
| 8 | l The intent has been not only to describe the activity , but also to surround it with the appropriate drama . |
| 9 | The Conservative Party 's new chairman , Chris Patten , has told Marxism Today of his interest in the German idea of a ‘ social market ’ , which believes it is possible to unleash capitalism 's efficiency but also to keep it under the supervising eye of society : to combine the engine of individualism and a communal conscience . |
| 10 | As far as the banks are concerned , they have no change in their balances in the Bank of England ( the government spends less money but then returns it to the banks by buying bills ) , but banks have fewer bills and hence fewer liquid assets . |
| 11 | The caveman does not need to think or use blood in digestive processes , but instead needs it in the arms and legs for running and fighting . |