Example sentences of "but [adv] [vb -s] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind .
2 It intends to concentrate on its main markets first , but also intends to provide migration tools for those customers that want them .
3 It is within this group that he comes to establish both personal social bonds within his particular sub-group , but also comes to feel part of a wider social collective , as witnessed by the ‘ we 're all in it together ’ type of accounts given by members .
4 In making time to provide reflection the head not only has to be clear about the relative priority of helping out , taking on chores and providing workaday leadership but also has to have confidence in the extent to which his or her colleagues expect leadership .
5 This is a US pot-boiler set in the Old West of Oregon , where Chinese girl Lalu , played by the luminous Rosalind Chao , has been sold to a brother keeper but feistily refuses to play ball .
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