Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the overall effect is to increase profit but not volume the resources may be better utilized in creating a new product . |
| 2 | If the overall effect is to increase profit but not volume the resources may be better utilized in creating a new product . |
| 3 | Hopelessly inadequate if a pond is to contain fish but , Lou insisted , quite enough to cover the shins of a bathing nuthatch . |
| 4 | One intent of the review , says Nancy Maynard , an assistant director at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , is to eliminate duplication but it is not likely to lead to a wholesale restructuring of agency missions . |
| 5 | The last thing Ken Sawkins wants is to upset people but he feels strongly that he is doing the area a good turn . |
| 6 | His original aim was to study medicine but he narrowly failed to reach the required A-level grades . |