Example sentences of "but [verb] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whittingham led the interceptors , attacking a Ju88 and a Ju87 , but seeing no result to his fire . |
| 2 | He also recommended the use of vaccines to stimulate immunity to the pneumococci , but made no reference to the penicillin , a little of which , presumably , was in his reach while he wrote the letter . |
| 3 | The 1834 breed standards set by the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society and drawn up by distinguished island breeders showed parti-coloured engravings of the breed but made no reference to the colour of the coat as no importance was attached to such a superficial factor ; however , the light-coloured muzzle ring was specified , and a deep orange colour within the ears , while the skin was of a ‘ good ’ colour . |
| 4 | Madam Speaker , arising out of question time today , the leader of the house the leader of the house told the house that the Prime Minister has made a further statement on the back to basics policy , now since this has er we are told er permeated the whole of government policy since the prime minister 's speech to the party conference last October , is n't it time er that the Prime Minister was asked not to give statements to correspondents and at er press conferences , but made a statement to this house about the back to basics policy and at the very least , placed a copy of his speech and his thinkings on the back to basics policy in the library . |
| 5 | Photorealism indeed attributes substantial value to the referent , but understands the referent to be itself a signifier . |
| 6 | But to lose the part to George Birkitt … that he found hard to stomach . |
| 7 | My staff and I welcome the opportunity to sit down with local exporters and importers to offer not only our own expertise but to provide the link to the truly international help that is available . |
| 8 | This method allowed us to generalise the result to all Scottish schools but limited the extent to which we could explore potentially interesting responses . |
| 9 | Perugia and Todi surrendered some of their independence , but retained the right to their own jurisdiction , appointing their own officers . |
| 10 | She is courted by Mr Venus but has an objection to his trade . |
| 11 | He found himself thinking solemnly about her bone structure , going on and on about it in his head , but put a stop to that because his thoughts sounded like the conversation of fashion photographers . |
| 12 | Laura acknowledged the need for hiring designers with their own ideas but rejected the need to be told by either accountants ( ‘ grey suits ’ as she termed them ) or shop managers what she could or could not sell . |
| 13 | Walter Gifford Nash , honorary surgeon at the County Hospital , had expressed support for co-operation with the local authority , but added a rider to the effect that if the voluntary hospital were enlarged and improved , and if it increased its work , ‘ County Council would have very little to do ’ . |
| 14 | It may be an over-simplification , but imagine the improvement to our daily lives if everyone always understood everyone else , and it our speech and actions were always interpreted in the way we intended . |
| 15 | The figures were in line with market expectations but show no halt to the continuing inflation trend in Germany . |
| 16 | He won a by-election in March , but surrendered the seat to Michael Fallon in the June General Election . |
| 17 | Socialist parties have often rejected such a close connection with the Western alliance , but claimed a commitment to pacifism , neutrality and equality also found among left-wing parties in the West . |
| 18 | However , I understand it has since been resold to yet another private company , who appear to have resold the lease to the Estates who in turn sold the farmland to local landowners but rented the house to the company , presumably for a much reduced sum . |
| 19 | But contrast the reaction to football fans who run through a town creating damage as they go with the reaction to university students during rag week creating similar damage . |
| 20 | He fought not for honour or glory but to put an end to the threat of Naggaroth for all time . |
| 21 | The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms , to which the United Kingdom is signatory , enshrines the right to freedom of expression , but acknowledges the extent to which its exercise carries with it duties and responsibilities , including the ‘ prevention of disorder and crime ’ and the ‘ protection of health or morals ’ . |
| 22 | It is very thorough but requires the user to be prepared to look in depth at each technical area of painting . |
| 23 | The estimation of the underlying parameters of our model ( ) can now be based on the likelihood associated with the lengths of the individual spells of unemployment but requires the solution to ( 5 ) . |
| 24 | He would have played Finland 's Sami Elopuro , who is a tenacious retriever but lacks the wherewithal to counter-attack as Eyles did . |
| 25 | While still in South Africa he contested the South Mayo by-election in February 1900 as an anti-war candidate , but lost the seat to the Irish Parliamentary party by 2,401 votes to 427 . |
| 26 | But to subject a patient to political propaganda within the context of a consulting-room discussion about treatment is both unprofessional and cruel . |
| 27 | This transformation was due first to the influx of runaway serfs into the towns which meant that labourers free from the personal ties of feudalism , but having no access to the means of production , became a dependent and exploitable group which was to become the proletariat . |
| 28 | A tour of great interest to walkers who like to search for holes in the ground , but having no appeal to others who do not , is provided by a visit to the Allotment , an area of moorland adjacent to the Gaping Gill complex . |
| 29 | Three High Court judges sitting as Visitors to Lincoln 's Inn dismissed her appeal against the tribunal 's finding but varied the sentence to one of suspension for five years . |
| 30 | She will tell you she has none , but pay no attention to that ! |