Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] but to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This failure is due not to cussedness but to ignorance of what Parliament intended by the obscure words of the legislation . |
| 2 | That problem , moreover , related not only to furnishing but to architecture , where the Rule of Taste was in similar disarray . |
| 3 | Thus did Darwin conclude that resemblances between species are often not due to adaptation but to inheritance from common ancestors ; while differences are often adaptive and are due to differing , multiple divergences from those common ancestors . |
| 4 | From my perspective , then , our lack of certainty should lead , not to inaction but to action on a multitude of fronts simultaneously . |
| 5 | Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation . |
| 6 | Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation . |
| 7 | Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation . |
| 8 | Significantly , Leslie Howard , in the famous film of 1938 , misunderstood this phrase , which he uttered as if it referred not to sex but to Eliza herself . |
| 9 | The study makes a link between fathers exposed to radiation and child cancers but suggests that this is not due directly to exposure to radiation but to hazards such as chemicals or other radioactive substances which are breathed in or swallowed . |
| 10 | I have been anxious to show that the nuclear family may lead not to satisfaction but to frustration and disappointment . |
| 11 | It refers not to power but to authority , and what I think he means is that although a woman can make good and wise judgements , she can not be the arbiter of that goodness or wisdom . |
| 12 | Psychological research on human thinking suggests two alternative views of the machinery of the mind ; one is that the mental representations and cognitive processes are abstract , language-like forms manipulated by rules , and an alternative is that they are mental models whose structure corresponds not to language but to states of affairs in the world . |