Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 40 per cent rule was introduced to make sure that the EBRD did not become a prop for state industries , but rather helped to build market economies . |
| 2 | GCC Interior Ministers met in Kuwait on Nov. 21 and 22 , and Finance Ministers met on Nov. 22 but apparently failed to make progress on proposals for a customs union — a step towards creation of a common market by the year 2000 which had been set as an objective earlier in the year [ see p. 38985 ] . |
| 3 | She said she 'd been terrified but somehow managed to keep calm . |
| 4 | Even further out , with less reason for antagonism towards search consultants but still known to bear malice , are the hopefuls who never appeared on the race card at all , who sent in their CVs and waited in vain for a response . |
| 5 | He suggests that state welfare activity not only produced general efficiency gains for the nation but also helped to modify power and status differentials — a somewhat questionable assertion . |
| 6 | The social security official required to secure the delivery of benefits to one-parent families , but also expected to prevent abuse , may well take the latter consideration more seriously than the former , letting his or her conception of morality and stereotypes about the social behaviour of the claimants influence behaviour . |
| 7 | But the promotions appear not only to have brought resentment among officers who were passed over but also failed to overcome unrest at hardship caused by US sanctions . |
| 8 | While MP for Pembroke boroughs from 1695 to 1702 ( he was to sit again , for Haverfordwest , 1718–22 ) , he was responsible for the introduction of several legislative measures to suppress ‘ vice and profaneness ’ , notably the Blasphemy Act of 1698 , aimed principally at anti-trinitarian heretics , and the ill-fated ‘ immorality ’ bill the following year , originally designed to tighten the laws against prostitution , but injudiciously extended to make adultery itself a misdemeanour , and for this reason rejected by Parliament as impracticable . |
| 9 | The project got a name : TBM , for Tarbes/Mooney , 700 for the Pratt and Whitney PT6A-64 's power output ( in fact , the engine is good for nearly 1,500 shp , but heavily de-rated to conserve take-off power up to 23,000 feet ) . |