Example sentences of "[adj] but to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take the steamer , not to Rutli direct but to the calling place round the corner of the Seelisberg cliff face , Treib ( which , by the way , is pronounced like the English word " tripe " ) . |
| 2 | Moreover , most attention was paid not to the conditions of work as such but to the moral and spiritual degradation said to accompany female employment . |
| 3 | The principle appears to be related not to the Crown as such but to the Crown when performing a particular function . |
| 4 | If there is such a thing as a simulation in the same relation to suffering as imagination to perception , it is in response not to a real but to a fictitious situation ; it is the emotion of the actor revelling in the part of a tragic hero . |
| 5 | In return for this co-operation the French asked that the child queen should be affianced not to Edward VI but to the Dauphin of France , and that she should be brought up there . |
| 6 | Mira 's dream is to get away from both this approach to the past and the alternative approach of realist fiction , to found a school of history in which ‘ The highest marks will be given , not to the most correct which will be unverifiable but to the most ingenious ’ ( 21 ) . |
| 7 | A hyper-sensitive fellow , such things cause him great and needless upset but to the rest of the band , it is largely water off a duck 's back , and they are dutifully protective of their singer , as are many of the people working around the band . |
| 8 | We are not summoned to that but to the great banquet afterwards . |
| 9 | At such close quarters , mistakes would have been more than evident but to the merit of all those involved , these were at a minimum and more than compensated for by sheer enthusiasm . |
| 10 | Extinguishers were used at first but to no avail . |
| 11 | That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players . |
| 12 | Liberal Democrats know that we have a duty , not only to each other but to the generations which follow us , to protect the environment . |
| 13 | Beinn Lair , A' Mhaighdean , the twins Beinn Dearg Mor and Bheag , Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair and Ruadh Stac Mor , the latter recently promoted to Munro status — all these are mountains with magic and mystery in their stones and are unknown but to a few . |