Example sentences of "to [det] but the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no objection to this but the tenant should ensure that the person so appointed is suitably qualified to enable him to carry out his functions in a proper and responsible manner . |
| 2 | Michael did not reply to this but the Leader said : ‘ What if it is true ? ’ |
| 3 | The public is entitled to use the highway for passage and repassage from one place to another but the extent to which this gives an unrestricted right to hold a moving demonstration on the highway is doubtful . |
| 4 | President said , ‘ Progress is generally a slow transition from one stage to another but the process can be hastened or retarded by the action of individuals . |
| 5 | Experience shows that two ceiling tiles pinned or glued together are effective , stuck to all but the viewing glass of the aquarium . |
| 6 | Where am I to go ? ’ and song-titles like ‘ Kosmos ’ and ‘ Into Tomorrow ’ are meaningless to all but the author . |
| 7 | Much of the taxpayers ' investment has merely stoked up inflation in land prices , effectively closing agriculture to all but the millionaire . |
| 8 | In England the king claimed that all his subjects owed fealty to him in some degree , and in due course this came to conflict with the possibility of any of his vassals owing liege homage to any but the king . |
| 9 | How many additional votes it might receive by way of transfers from other parties is quite unpredictable : relatively fewer than the Progressive Democrats , one might surmise , because the distinction between political parties is sharper here than in Ireland , and voters could therefore prove more reluctant to give lower preferences to any but the party they most favour . |
| 10 | Since childhood in la Sologne — a part of France largely unknown to any but the French — where the two had roamed unfettered throughout years of sunlit days , their relationship never changed , never matured . |