Example sentences of "but [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So from the first he attempted to make himself master of the city — a prelude to an active policy not only to control Rome but to restore the Papal State to its old frontiers . |
| 2 | But to treat the apostolic writings as ‘ prophecy ’ given by Spirit-inspired men altered the perspective . |
| 3 | They wear kimonos around the house ; their walls are decorated with fans , and some even learn the language — not just so as to be able to communicate with Koi farmers when they travel to Japan to buy fish , but to embrace the whole culture . |
| 4 | But what about adding a twist to the puzzle : the task is not merely to find a way out , but to find the shortest route to the way out . ’ |
| 5 | but to shake the dead grass from the blankets , |
| 6 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 7 | Many articles have appeared which describe potentially useful clinical applications of gastric emptying tests but to discover the clinical value of these tests a comprehensive audit of the service is required . |
| 8 | It was for nothing but to counter the parallel sky , and I found it mystical in its impracticality . |
| 9 | But the aim now is not necessarily to liberate sexuality ( the sexual drive ) , but to eroticize the social while at the same time releasing it from the grip of sexuality especially as manifested in the ideology of sexual difference . |
| 10 | But to celebrate the unacknowledged commitment of time , talent and energy that some do make , Esquire and Principles Menswear have named these four men , ‘ Men of Principles ’ . |
| 11 | This approach is not adopted in order to personalise the issues but to reflect the legal position . |
| 12 | Later , Hazel had said that there was nothing for it but to cross the open pasture and under Silver 's direction they had crossed it , with Dandelion running ahead to reconnoitre . |
| 13 | To the extent that maximising profits conflicts with the public interest , the solution from this perspective is not to modify corporate objectives , but to strengthen the limiting conditions within which companies are required to operate . |
| 14 | And from that centre of chivalry , the Burgundian court , came the nobleman Jacques de Lalain in 1448 , to challenge James , brother of William earl of Douglas , ‘ neither for hatred nor envy nor any evil wish whatsoever , but to do the greatest honour in his power to one who came of such high descent , and was besides of such great renown and courage , that he desired his acquaintance more than that of any lord in the said kingdom of Scotland ’ . |
| 15 | He said he had not wanted to upset the head teacher at Hylands but to put the other side of the story . |
| 16 | A more oblique approach , a project of the elder James Stephen , was to create a central registry of slaves intended not only to provide evidence of the extent to which the anti-slave trade legislation was being evaded , but to illuminate the demographic trends within the slave population and indirectly the conditions and treatment of the bondsmen . |
| 17 | The Baltic Council had on Jan. 5 appealed to the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) to withdraw the troops , but to leave the military hardware for the Baltic States to form their own militaries . |
| 18 | This is not to deny that the purpose of teaching is the education of children , but to stress the crucial relationship between a teacher 's professional development and his or her personal growth . |
| 19 | As Clinton Rossiter maintained , for some presidents the chief executive 's most difficult task ‘ is not to persuade Congress to support a policy dear to his political heart , but to persuade the pertinent bureau or agency or mission , even when headed by men of his own choosing , to follow his direction faithfully and transform the shadow of the policy into the substance of a program ’ . |
| 20 | If not , the fairness of an election may be suspect ; but to use the senatorial rules is to add a further complication to a system whose misguided ingenuity can in any case scarcely fail to give rise to misunderstandings and doubts about the way in which it works . |
| 21 | Nutritional counselling aims not to prescribe yet another rigid diet but to guide the patient back to eating in a normal and relaxed way , with sufficient flexibility to adapt to various social settings such as going to a restaurant or eating with friends . |
| 22 | The ultimate insult had been thrown at him : he , the Maître Auguste Didier , had been obliged , nay commanded , not only to appear in Dickensian dress but to don the unmistakable apparel of Alexis Soyer : tight white drill trousers , matching tunic , short jacket , ridiculous cummerbund , slotted into which was his own kitchen knife ( no doubt for a speedy self-martyrdom after the imminent disaster of this meal ) and , worse , the horror on his head . |
| 23 | But to understand the substantive provisions it is necessary to look first at certain definitions in section 94 . |
| 24 | The point is not to seek to vindicate , but to understand the differing responses of pacifists to the most difficult situation they have faced in this century . |
| 25 | The ordeal of repetition is a way to jumpstart the indecision of beginning again : not to repeat what has been done but to retrace the same path . |
| 26 | In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) . |
| 27 | Outlining his " America First " platform , Buchanan stated his intention not merely to challenge Bush , but to transform the political debate surrounding his party 's choice of nominee . |
| 28 | He gave aid to the tribesmen and aimed primarily not to convert by teaching , ‘ but to live the Christian life , alone among the natives ’ . |
| 29 | As Ariel 's voice reached through the darkness that had walled up Sycorax in pain , she tried to recall some of the things she had once known ; she murmured and found that when she did so Ariel stopped singing , so she tried not to remember out loud , but to save the retrieved pieces inside her so that the low , scraping voice of the girl she loved would not be interrupted . |
| 30 | He was n't out to get drunk — perish the thought ! — but to savour the unique individuality of each wine to the full . |