Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If a cause were to be rendered of natural appearances in special as what are the motions and influences of the heavenly bodies and of their parts , the reason hereof must either be drawn from the parts of the sciences above mentioned , or no reason at all will be given , but all left to uncertain conjecture . ’ |
| 2 | The concept of public interest , so essential to the concept of charity , is an inherently vague and subjective concept , not suitable for statute but better left to judicial discretion within the normal judicial constraints . |
| 3 | Thus the beliefs , or assessments , of the short term players are not revised monotonically , but nevertheless converge to full information on the type , as the long term player 's strategy converges to its limiting levels . |
| 4 | Retinitis usually presents unilaterally , but generally progresses to bilateral involvement because of associated viraemia . |
| 5 | HIV and drug targeted services in the region have concentrated on a ‘ harm reduction ’ approach , one aspect of which is to encourage injectors at least to use a safe injecting technique but preferably to switch to oral use . |
| 6 | This works but quickly leads to reduced quality . |
| 7 | This gives a clue to the location of Swinsto Hole , five minutes north-west and to Simpson 's Pot , over the wall in the next allotment east : their entrances are small and , masked by long grass , need a search but both admit to major cave systems . |
| 8 | There were political motives : some wished ( like Pope Urban ) to save the Eastern Empire ; others wished to disembody the Eastern Empire and carve out principalities for themselves — contradictory motives , perhaps , but both leading to similar activity . |
| 9 | In some areas of the world , e.g. West Africa , it is helpful to file words not only alphabetically but also according to major word classes , because nouns and verbs have different phonological structures . |
| 10 | Moving to a new area may not only result in lower rent and rates but also lead to reduced transport and travelling costs and perhaps lower labour costs . |
| 11 | Returning to Acland 's presidential address of 1909 , it is notable that he resumed exactly these themes , but now applied to English Literature . |
| 12 | BRECHIN Round tower of Irish type from eleventh or twelfth century , originally free-standing but now linked to restored cathedral by an aisle . |
| 13 | Its sedative effects were valued , but sometimes progressed to pathological depression with suicidal tendencies , so its use was limited . |
| 14 | It happened less than 72 hours after Sampras had paid warm tribute in Frankfurt to the veteran coach he said had helped him so much in a year which began disastrously without him but then led to outstanding success in the second half of the year , culminating in the ATP Tour Championships title . |
| 15 | He backed himself , tried to loft Tufnell into the wide open spaces down the ground , but instead miscued to extra cover . |