Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv] but [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rationing was introduced on most food items — not to share the burden equally but to reduce consumption so that more foodstuffs could be exported . |
| 2 | so you wan na , if you want the banks , I 'm going to the bank then but to pay the insurance |
| 3 | not to save the washing up but to stop the arguments |
| 4 | There can be no alternative now but to press for guaranteed and unrestricted verifications , backed up by tougher international penalties against violators and greater pressure on all nations to accede to the treaty . |
| 5 | ‘ He saw an opportunity to go past me and went for it and I had no choice there but to close the door . |
| 6 | He had no option now but to speak to his landlady in the morning about letting this homeless female have his bed for the night . |