Example sentences of "but [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet common sense — and Melody — constantly told Seb it would be not only futile but foolhardy to go to the encampment just now . |
2 | Less forgiving than her , but unlikely to drop into the Butcher of Broadway category and , therefore , unlikely to get a mention in future updates of a new book just published : The Guinness Dictionary of Theatrical Quotations . |
3 | PROGRAMMES on development frequently suffer from overkill , being too long and too much for the well-intentioned , but reluctant to slay with the subject and not turn to something less troubling to the conscience . |
4 | Well , should apologize , I suppose , but difficult to tell in the circumstances . ’ |
5 | for every legislative enactment constitutes a diktat by the state to the citizen which he is not only expected but obliged to observe in the regulation of his daily life and it is the judge and the judge alone who stands between the citizen and the state 's own interpretation of its own rules . |