Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train your eyes not merely to look but also to see . |
| 2 | Yeah , it is it 's near enough to town but out of it . |
| 3 | The pilots and crew had , in some instances , been able to trek overland to safety but the aircraft , valued at many millions , would remain there imprisoned forever . |
| 4 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |
| 5 | Abusive or excessive drinking is harmful not only to society but to the long-term interests of the industry as well . |
| 6 | The Bill gives the Secretary of State wide-ranging new powers , relating not only to capping but to the vast number of orders and regulations that he will be able to issue , and even to the grants that will be given to London 's voluntary organisations . |
| 7 | This use of language is poetic and characterized by the intention being applied not only to content but also to its specific form . |
| 8 | It seems essential that critical studies should be undertaken to examine the consequences not only to agriculture but also to visual amenity , recreation , conservation , etc , of alternative afforestation strategies . |
| 9 | That problem , moreover , related not only to furnishing but to architecture , where the Rule of Taste was in similar disarray . |
| 10 | Allocations relate not only to borrowing but also to expenditure ( that is , loan sanction is given in line with expenditure allocations ) and are determined nationally to meet government public expenditure targets . |
| 11 | All plant has been specifically designed for multi-purpose usage so it can be easily adapted to many different chemical processes , enabling Fluka to adopt a versatile and flexible approach not only to production but also to specific customer developments in which they are actively seeking to become involved . |
| 12 | No you don't. because er I naturally I went away to work but er I was born here and er you see and , and wh what else did you want ? |
| 13 | Norms thus relate overtly to behaviour but covertly there is convergence of expectations , attitudes , beliefs and feelings among members of the group . |
| 14 | Right so it 's going to be something like I mean this is n't anything like to scale but it 's going to be something like this perhaps . |
| 15 | I went straight to bed but , of course I did n't know that my uncle was n't home . ’ |
| 16 | A. culicifacies , the sole vector in Sri Lanka , remains susceptible to BHC and malathion and malaria persists there ; in India , and possibly in Pakistan too , the same species shows ‘ pockets ’ of resistance to malathion and even to fenitrothion but extensive areas still exist where there is no evidence of organophosphate resistance . |
| 17 | Some of the analogues with modifications at these sites bind tightly to cyclophilin but are relatively inactive as immunosuppressants ( for example , [ MeAla6 ] CsA and [ D-aminobutyric acid ] CsA ) which may be explained by their decreased affinity for calcineurin . |
| 18 | Dave Collins came closest to scoring but not close enough . |
| 19 | Again these statements are open at least to qualification but they link back to concepts of interpersonal work as women 's tasks and therefore as work which suffers along with those who do it from the lower status of women in a patriarchal society . |
| 20 | You know I mean always looked forward to champagne but er there we are . |