Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somerset 's arrest in 1549 did not , as many expected , return the conservatives to power , but rather led to the primacy of John Dudley , Duke of Northumberland , who in alliance with Archbishop Cranmer eliminated the remaining conservatives from the council . |
| 2 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 3 | The West Belfast MP said the Stormont discussions were not designed to criticise the police , but rather to relate to the Minister the fear felt in the city . |
| 4 | A Second interim report ( Cmd. 6794 ) , published in April 1946 spelled out the points in greater detail , but additionally referred to the community aspects of settlement . |
| 5 | This completed the mysterious Trinity to the satisfaction of the prevailing priesthood but merely added to the confusion of thoughtful people for generations to come . |
| 6 | She slid out of bed , reluctant but inexorably drawn to the window . |
| 7 | The larger , Q-beta RNA molecules are less well adapted to a test-tube environment but better adapted to the environment provided by E.coli cells . |
| 8 | Yonge first stood for Parliament at Newport , Cornwall , in 1678 , but soon turned to the family seat of Honiton , where he was the leading proprietor . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't speak to me in that tone ! ’ protested his wife , but nevertheless responding to the pressure of his hand in her back . |
| 10 | Perhaps this has a certain symbolic significance : the farm worker has become more isolated from his fellow workers , but more attuned to the world beyond the farm gate . |
| 11 | Furthermore , there is opportunity for multicellular plants to grow , firmly anchored to the rocks , but still exposed to the light ; and many animals — sessile mussels and barnacles ; anemones , which are almost sessile ; and animals that are only modest movers , such as starfish , winkles , and limpets — find a handy substrate and convenient grazing . |
| 12 | At first , he suspected her of trying to curry favour by pandering to his lust , but later came to the conclusion that it was genuine parental pride . |
| 13 | The coastal tribe probably called itself the Regini ( ‘ The Proud Ones ’ , but later Romanized to the Regni ) , with Bosham Harbour as its chief port , and was also probably an ally of Rome . |
| 14 | He was taken to hospital by ambulance , but later returned to the Ball and went on with the rest of the party to the Moynihans where he was photographed , with others , his jaw visibly swelling . |
| 15 | She was placed in a safe house but later returned to the coven of her own free will . |
| 16 | Kambiz Atabai , the master of the horse , left but later returned to the journey . |
| 17 | He had fled to England in the early 70s and worked as a miner but later returned to the province through ill health . |
| 18 | The group went round the course for month after month but wisely came to the conclusion yet again that they did not intend to alter the basis of the health service . |
| 19 | Such a candidate had , among eight conditions , to be from a political party outside parliament but favourably disposed to the parliament , and to be able to " reassure the popular masses , the international sector , the industrial and commercial sector , the middle classes and the army " . |
| 20 | The techniques are not only common to all Windows operation , but also apply to the majority of Windows applications . |
| 21 | The two projects are primarily environmental and transport projects , but also contribute to the preservation of the historic city centres of the two towns . |
| 22 | The chosen design of an individual gear is seen to be successful only if it not only meshes with the next gear in the train but also contributes to the selection of the desired gearbox ratios . |
| 23 | He is frequently described as ‘ having the stoop of an ageing crop-picker and the face of a curious little boy ’ — which may have been true 30 years ago , but now belongs to the discard-tray with other caricatures : caricatures , as Oscar Wilde observed , are compliments that mediocrity pays to genius . |
| 24 | Functionalists fail to acknowledge that social institutions do not operate ‘ magically ’ in the interests of all but frequently work to the benefit of some at the expense of others . |
| 25 | Catalysts convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide , which is less toxic , but equally polluting to the environment . |
| 26 | First take-offs are a bit hairy , and despite the instructor 's words of caution everyone ends up running behind a wildly-accelerating aircraft gently but surely swerving to the left . |
| 27 | A Symes in High Street Ward , for example , pointed to the ‘ vast problems to be faced by the Borough — houses for the working classes , road improvements , removal of slums , tram system improved ’ , but then went to the heart of the matter : |
| 28 | This was in a line with Halling Man on the old river bank , but sadly owing to the urgency of the work the remains were buried under the pylon . |
| 29 | This , I trust , has no connection with the fecal matter we are used to seeing hanging around the back end of a sheep , but instead refers to the fact they spend most of their weekends dangling from a rope . |
| 30 | Congress duly approved funding of $200 million , but subsequently objected to the Defense Department 's initial proposals for projects which could be supported by it . |