Example sentences of "but [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands moved to unbutton his shirt , and , that done , she not only wanted to stroke the golden down on his body , but to see that body , to see him . |
| 2 | But to see communicative significance as deriving from the phylogenetically arbitrary status of apine dance , as a solution to their co-ordination problem , is open to a serious objection . |
| 3 | But to enable these skills to be transferred there needed to be a catalyst — the workforce needed to be trained how to train . |
| 4 | But to conduct such classes well is a difficult business and requires a professional . |
| 5 | The common practice of allocating degree places to standard entrants on the basis of their point scores , but to treat non-standard entrants as a more problematic group appears to be both unjust and academically wasteful . |
| 6 | But to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear yours , to be mingling identities with you as it were , — the vision-wearing fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but hope never dared whisper a promise . |
| 7 | To live in a beautiful country & to inure myself as much as possible to the labors of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my Sigh at midnight — but to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear your 's , to be mingling identities with you , as it were ; — the vision-weaving Fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but Hope never dared whisper a promise ! ’ |
| 8 | It appeared that they encouraged the men not to live there , but to claim social security as if they were . |
| 9 | But to implement these policies requires winning political power , and therefore the debate about the future of the underclass is itself part of the debate about the future of left politics in Britain . |
| 10 | In-mast and headsail furling is standard , as is laid teak in the cockpit and on the bathing platform , but to continue this treatment on the upper deck costs an additional £5,000 ex VAT . |
| 11 | But to continue this work we need your donation today . |
| 12 | All of which may appear to be fairly straightforward , but to connect four musicians in such a short time with a combined objective and musical compatibility is no mean feat . |
| 13 | Bishop Jukes , a Franciscan Friar , made it clear that his concern was not to offer technical solutions on energy policy but to promote Catholic teaching about work and workers . |
| 14 | The purpose of the legislation is , however , not to punish individuals , but to promote good business practices and to prevent unconscionable ones . |
| 15 | As Cross ( 1988 ) reports , there are thirty-six countries producing tropical timber and thirty-three market countries which are party to this agreement that not only aims to regulate the tropical timber trade but to promote sustainable use and conservation of tropical forests . |
| 16 | The case submitted by the DoE was that ‘ the purpose of making fuller use of SDOs would not be to make any general relaxation in development control but to stimulate planned development in acceptable locations , and speed up the planning process ’ . |
| 17 | The purpose is not simply to replicate earlier experiments but to provide new evidence which will help to discriminate between alternative theories and provide insights about the ways in which our understanding of choice under uncertainty might be improved . |
| 18 | The value of reports on one or two skeletons is not to serve as the basis of any theory of morphological relationships , but to provide standardized data which may eventually be built into a general picture of population at one period or through time . |
| 19 | If other , more complex situations can be modelled , it may be possible to gain insights into how financial , strategic and industrial-economics concepts may be fitted together , not just to explain general market tendencies , as the PIMS studies do , but to provide direct advice to business managers in specific markets with specific competitive strengths . |
| 20 | As previously noted , the purpose and effect of Directives is not to regulate international transactions but to impose uniform laws operating on domestic transactions within each member State . |
| 21 | John 's address stressed that the Council was to be pastoral rather than dogmatic , thus distancing himself from his advisers , and endorsing the view , condemned by Cardinal Ruffini , that the task of the Council was not to proclaim new dogmas but to find new ways of expressing the old ( see Abbott , p. 710–19 ) . |
| 22 | The European problem was not to oppose the American proposal adamantly , but to find some compromise that would both satisfy the United States and assuage European fears of a revitalised German militarism . |
| 23 | ‘ Your English is more English than mine , ’ the doctor said , not really to make conversation but to find more time to see . |
| 24 | Electronic coursework is widely practised , and the purpose of this paper is not to expound any revolutionary new ideas , but to relate some experiences and to present some issues for discussion . |
| 25 | But to secure this future we are dependent on nationwide availability of properly capitalised bookshops which are committed to carrying a wide range of stock . |
| 26 | The task of this example is not to play the game but to discover forced sequences of moves . |
| 27 | But to work this morning , I could of done it ! |
| 28 | But to meet two gentlemen on the road — we would not hope to meet them off it . |
| 29 | It relied heavily on Baldwin 's leadership and on the success over the years in persuading the new democracy not to be seduced by socialist abstractions , trade union militancy or Liberal demagogy , but to accept Conservative values as the guarantee of liberty and secure social improvement . |
| 30 | But to obtain enough water Manchester also uses 150 km² ; of wildscape in the Lake District where there is much heavier rainfall and few people . |