Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances , one can scarcely talk about planning , but rather a response to ‘ inescapable commitments ’ . |
| 2 | The association was not a substitute for , but rather a supplement to , internal company means of labour control ( e.g. via a company union ) ( Homburg , 1983 ) . |
| 3 | The Jews of his day had come to see the Old Testament law not as a pointer to the life of trusting obedience in God which it was meant to be but rather a code to be scrupulously followed in every detail . |
| 4 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that it is not a commitment to self which brings happiness in life but rather a commitment to others . |
| 5 | To this great current of faith , life in this world was not an end in itself , but rather the prelude to the life to come . |
| 6 | So , but , but basically the answer to your question is , if we were n't asked then there 's no requirement for us to give the information . |
| 7 | When I reached Ostend at midday on 16th there was no ticket but only a message to the effect that I had to buy another one . |
| 8 | They enclose all pastures ; they throw down houses ; they pluck down towns , and leaving nothing standing but only the church to be made into a sheep-house … the husbandmen be thrust out of their own , or else by covin and fraud or by violent oppression they be put besides it , or by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied , that they be compelled to sell all . |
| 9 | Information obtained retrospectively from case notes is unreliable but generally the correspondence to be found in case notes showed the clinician 's reason for referring a patient and gave reliable clues to the prediction of the result . |
| 10 | Vocal groups might profitably address themselves to this relatively unexplored territory — there are 170 arias and more — but meanwhile a welcome to this well-chosen selection of songs . |
| 11 | John How was a solid good preacher but not a magnet to multitudes . |
| 12 | By contrast , artists normally strive , at least supposedly , for a general but not a specific truth , for a truth to life — however defined — but not a truth to particular individuals . |
| 13 | It is an interesting idea but not a solution to the problem . |
| 14 | The degree of control of human populations required by the design , especially in the random allocation of subjects to experimental and to control groups , and subjecting one but not the other to the causal treatment in the field , is practically impossible . |
| 15 | But not the drift to the mainland for work for the young men . |
| 16 | If the Policyholder was unaware of the faulty roof or did not have reasonable time in which to carry out repairs , then it is in order to deal with the claim for the damage to the internal decorations and/or contents but not the repairs to the roof , which the Policyholder should have carried out as soon as possible . |
| 17 | It tackled the role of safety management in promoting nuclear safety , but not the extent to which licensees already accept the principles in practice . |
| 18 | Similarly with a tailwind , it 's not exactly behind you , but just a bit to one side . |
| 19 | Since the production of more goods and services is never an end in itself under capitalism but always a means to making profit , any attempt at an explanation of the boom must centre around the returns capitalists received on their outlays . |
| 20 | She was good as Maritza , but still no threat to him . |
| 21 | There is a cartoon which depicts a statue to an elder statesman bearing the inscription , ‘ An inspiration to his country , a leader of men , but still a disappointment to his mother ’ . |
| 22 | But also a God to be praised . |
| 23 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 24 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 25 | Be sure that the holiday price includes not only free use of the transport system , but also a pass to all parks ( a five-day Super Pass will otherwise cost $145 for adults and $116 for children aged between 3 and 8 ) . |
| 26 | Similarly , with the various aspects of stock work , careful and skilful handling not only reduced the time and effort of the person involved but also the stress to the stock . |
| 27 | Japan 's newly modernized armed forces achieved a resounding victory , and the terms of the peace treaty exacted from the Chinese not only a massive indemnity , but also the cession to Japan of Formosa ( Taiwan ) , the Pescadores Islands and the Liaodong peninsula , which lay off the Manchurian coast west of Korea . |
| 28 | We shall need to study , not just the individual characteristics of leadership , but also the reaction to leadership by others . |
| 29 | However any small boat owner will appreciate not only the need for recording navigational information but also the pleasure to be gained after the event in recalling the events of a passage or cruise through the pages of a log kept at the time . |
| 30 | In London , figures collected by the London Research Centre with the help of the London boroughs revealed not only the rapid decay of inner city housing as suggested by the national survey , but also the extent to which chronic disrepair is now prevalent even in suburban areas . |