Example sentences of "but [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |
| 2 | Something about Marius not using the Rolls , but sticking to the Datsun . |
| 3 | Some go on to argue , however , that value-freedom within the social sciences as a whole may be achieved by the interplay of arguments and evidence , each biased in different ways but contributing to the advancement of unbiased knowledge as a whole . |
| 4 | The tour was disappointing but looking to the longer term future of Scottish rugby it was certainly not a disaster . |
| 5 | George Marshall , head of human resources , said : ‘ In spite of our current employment difficulties , but looking to the future of our business , I am announcing we will have an intake of 20–30 first year apprentices in September . |
| 6 | The party was ‘ not only telling itself , but exuding to the British public the feeling that we are fit to serve our country ’ , he said . |
| 7 | Concluding , Mr Kinnock looked beyond the conference : ‘ It is an encouragement , an inspiration to see this party working together , coming to a joint position on objectives , and of not only telling itself , but exuding to the British public the feeling that we are fit to serve our country . ’ |
| 8 | But according to a report Education and Single Sex Schools ( compiled by the union of Muslim organisations in the UK ) , quoted by Afshan Begum : |
| 9 | But according to a report by an observer from the US National Marine Fisheries Service , during a 6-week period in summer 1986 , a single Japanese squid vessel working in Alaskan waters killed 53 dolphins and porpoises and 14 fur seals by entanglement in its nets . |
| 10 | The years were not numbered in a linear succession but according to a particular pharaoh 's reign , each mounting the throne in the year 1 , and also according to the levy of taxes . |
| 11 | But according to a report in The Builder , some architects protested against the competition , while P. L. Hardwick wanted to limit it to British architects . |
| 12 | But according to a front-page splash in Le Nouveau Quotidien , quoting a Swiss-based intelligence newsletter , Revue de la Sécurité , he was really MI6 's Geneva station chief . |
| 13 | This is not always so , but according to a great many sportsmen , their overconcentration on sport , often as a result of the encouragement of teachers , led to a neglect of academic work with the consequence that examination results failed to convey accurately what they felt to be their actual capability . |
| 14 | The initials stand for Tax Exempt Special Savings Account , but according to a recent survey not everyone it seems is aware of a Tessa 's principal attraction — its tax free label . |
| 15 | Initially the currencies would coexist , but according to a radio report of May 22 , it would in future only be possible to pay in food shops with rubels , since " their basic function is to protect the internal market " . |
| 16 | One knows , but according to a concrete mode . |
| 17 | One appreciates , but according to a felt meaning . |
| 18 | Peat-based products that are not from SSSIs will continue to be stocked , but according to a spokeswoman the move is a part of an overall shift away from peat to substitutes . |
| 19 | But according to a Greenpeace scientist , the amount of cod and capelin taken by the seals is insufficient to account for any significant decline in cod numbers . |
| 20 | But according to a White House spokeswoman , the commission set up to work out the details has not yet completed its economic and environmental analyses . |
| 21 | They 've given some of the business to local estate agents … but according to a leaked Government document some estimates have been inaccurate . |
| 22 | The situation will be reviewed this morning by a medical-nursing and management team but according to an insider , the five operating theatres knocked out of action by the bomb may not be deemed re-sterilised before Friday . |
| 23 | Kelly trains as hard as the rest of the squad at a sports centre in nearby Stone , but according to the team 's joint manager , Ken Roberts , he has been known to polish off three Chinese take-aways afterwards . |
| 24 | Boycott was asked for ‘ constructive questions ’ but according to the chairman Brian Walsh , ‘ he had none or declined to ask any ’ at which point the former England opener left . |
| 25 | ‘ Duckie ’ Weston , a renowned local breeder , was an Aylesbury follower in his time , and one confused bird did waddle aimlessly around the ground a few seasons ago , but according to the club 's chief executive , Tony Graham , ‘ they are a devil of a mascot to parade about . ’ |
| 26 | But according to the Association of Sunni Muslims , Friday 's Day of Solidarity will also herald a new , nationally co-ordinated anti-Rushdie campaign . |
| 27 | ‘ Duckie ’ Weston , a renowned local breeder , was an Aylesbury follower in his time , and one confused bird did waddle aimlessly around the ground a few seasons ago , but according to the club 's chief executive , Tony Graham , ‘ they are a devil of a mascot to parade about . ’ |
| 28 | The question , for instance , whether the goods of a person who dies intestate ought to be divided among his relations according to the rules of English or of some foreign law , will be decided by an English court , not according to the citizenship , but according to the domicile of the deceased at the time of his death . |
| 29 | His holy cause was being fought not only under the cross but according to the rules of ‘ spiritual warfare ’ , the particular battle of charismatics and evangelicals , confident of their closeness to Christ , against the wiles of the devil in the world . |
| 30 | But according to the common understanding of neutrality , Uruguay would have been breaking its neutrality if in the circumstances described it would have started supplying one of the parties with militarily useful materials after the outbreak of hostilities . |