Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is intended that these principles are not seen purely as constrictive rules , but as a guide to promote the positive development of Scottish rock climbing to ensure that sports climbing , rather than becoming a substitute for the traditional climbing , grows alongside it . |
| 2 | Wilkins took the silence of the Bible , on a question such as the plurality of worlds , not as a ban but as an invitation to entertain the notion . |
| 3 | She has sold extensively through him over the years , and the appearance of her pictures at this ambitious Italian gallery is not a sign of a rift between the two , but of a desire to give the works wider exposure to the market . |
| 4 | The issue of the strength of the Government 's commitment to the process is not one to be kept until 1996 or 1998 , but must be faced by the Government now — not with devices to mollify the rival factions in the Conservative party , but with a determination to promote the opportunities for , and the living and working standards of , the people of this country . |
| 5 | He is now involved in full time pathology research , but with a schedule to suit the heavy demands when away from the books . |
| 6 | But in an attempt to dilute a revolt , Taylor has cancelled plans for a fourth match against Canada . |
| 7 | The amount of a christian 's concern for these issues should not be based upon denominational preference or doctrinal bias , but upon a willingness to allow the compassion of loving God to affect us at the deepest level of our beings . |
| 8 | Talk to Robin Slade and you know he 's a man who 's studied his sheep ; not from the point of view of winning awards with animals at the other end of a halter , but from a desire to produce the ideal carcass with that all-important round muscle . |
| 9 | The earliest temple-sculpture we possess is not from a Doric temple but from an attempt to monumentalise the old form . |
| 10 | The new Soviet leaders decided not on a more bellicose response to German rearmament , but on an attempt to steal the limelight from NATO 's success . |