Example sentences of "but [verb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 99MHz Model 755 offers similar performance and uses the same input-output system as the 735 but offers 64Mb to 768Mb RAM with up to 4Gb internal storage , supports 297Gb hard disk and two removables — either floppy , CD or DAT and has four EISA slots . |
| 2 | And if the Spirit was truly to represent Jesus , he had to remain bound to the person and character of Jesus.Jesus was God 's Last Word to man ; and the function of the Spirit was not to give some new revelation of his own , but to bear witness to Jesus , to draw out the implications of God 's Last Word . |
| 3 | What has set the United States ' pulse racing is a realisation that it is no longer the most prosperous of the three , but lies second to Japan ( and Europe , if ever its internal bickering stops , could easily push the US into third place ) . |
| 4 | But seen face to face , even in the informality of her own house , the absence of a spark of sexuality and , he sensed , a deep-seated reserve , made her seem less feminine and more formidable than he had expected , and she held herself stiffly as if repelling invaders of her personal space . |
| 5 | Eggs are spherical but give rise to animals with well-defined axes with heads at one end and ‘ tails ’ at the other . |
| 6 | About wet conditions that may be dangerous but give rise to regeneration , and scorched ones that appear daunting but may lead to growth . ’ |
| 7 | But give thanks to God above ? |
| 8 | This not only produces a balanced form to the plant , carrying and showing the blooms to advantage , but reduces hindrance to air movement to a minimum . |
| 9 | I have to include this extract if for no other reason but to draw attention to JTR 's unconscious déjá vu language comparisons and the uncanny metaphor of ‘ the strongholds of a brotherhood in holy alliance with each other to withstand all assaults . ’ |
| 10 | The main function of early presbyters was not to preach or celebrate but to give counsel to bishops . |
| 11 | I see the whole chapter as a subtle but misconceived footnote to Crime and Punishment ; in these pages , instead of brushing past Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov in his return upon the underground man , Dostoevsky has allowed himself to be obstructed by them , and the result is a Stavrogin who compounds Raskolnikov 's bracing himself to enter the police station ‘ as a man ’ and confess with Svidrigailov 's reaching out in all directions , including the far extremes of moral and physical debauchery , in the hope that something , it does n't matter what , will make him unbored . |
| 12 | But giving thanks to God , even in suffering , can be inspired by a radiance of hope that sees all things in the light of eternity . |
| 13 | But linking transactions to rumour-mongers is virtually impossible . |
| 14 | Henry kept Richard and John in England over Christmas , but sent Geoffrey to Normandy " to hold it in custody " . |
| 15 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 16 | Our role in the group is not to have all the answers but to direct parents to sources where these might be found . ’ |
| 17 | Although in practice this means that some patients with chronic stable renal failure would have been referred for rapid investigation and diagnosis , we believe that this is preferable to taking a lower cut-off for carbamylated haemoglobin , such as 125 g VH/g Hb which would reduce sensitivity to 80% but increase specificity to 75% , since this would exclude some patients with a potentially reversible element to their renal failure that may not be so readily reversible if investigation and appropriate management were delayed . |