Example sentences of "but [not/n't] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This does erupt , but not to a defined time schedule . |
2 | Here , indications for hydrothermal activity along Hercynian striking fractures were found , so that a strong but short heat supply may be assumed , leading to local coalification maxima but not to a significant loss of reservoir porosity . |
3 | I wanted to get rid of him , but not to a cop . |
4 | Thus they considered it an affront to a man 's dignity — but not to a woman 's — to earn a wage only on a par with social security benefits . |
5 | Atherton argues that the mass of the American people remain committed to support for the ‘ genuinely poor , sick , disabled and disadvantaged ’ , but not to a redistributive welfare programme . |
6 | Older people may take longer to retrain for new tasks than younger , but not to a degree that makes such retraining not worth while . |
7 | Andrew 's face lights up when he talks about such projects and his conversation is punctuated with the names of theatres , directors and actor 's actors — people well-known in the business but not to a wider audience . |
8 | ‘ But not to a midget who 's just eaten my lunch and whom I 've subsequently insulted , who then turns out to be one of the world 's top dress designers . |
9 | Section 61(1) of the Sale of Goods Act defines a warranty as ’ … an agreement with reference to goods which are the subject of a contract of sale , but collateral to the main purpose of such contract , the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages , but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated . ’ |
10 | Lesson observation has been used , but not to a great extent , by half of Oxfordshire teachers . |
11 | Owen had been to the Coptic Cathedral before but not to a Coptic church ; so he was surprised to find that most of the congregation appeared to be on crutches . |
12 | Of the five potential transplant candidates who had not been referred and who had died , two suffered hepatocellular carcinoma ( diagnosed during routine monitoring in both instances , one with no further imaging , one with imaging showing tumour localised to the liver ) and three had cryptogenic cirrhosis ( one of these three patients was referred to a regional unit but not to a transplant unit ) . |
13 | The concentration of phospholipids was also higher in the cholesterol gall stone patients but not to a significant degree . |
14 | The relative distribution of vesicular cholesterol in hepatic bile of the cholesterol gall stone patients was higher than that of the gall stone free patients , but not to a significant extent ( 42.3 ( 14.9 ) % v 21.9 ( 21.0 ) % ) . |
15 | Previous studies have shown that hepatic bile from cholesterol gall stone patients provides a greater total lipid concentration but not to a significant degree compared with controls . |
16 | At this point I shall return to Hirsch , who argues that there can be no intrinsic understanding of literature , only a variety of understandings : ‘ Aesthetic categories are intrinsic to aesthetic inquiries , but not to the nature of literary work . |
17 | The German guns then opened up but not to the same extent . |
18 | That Immigration Officers should be National Front members may seem utterly wrong to some people but not to the Home Office . |
19 | If the stimulus is removed for a period , the cell response recovers , but not to the original level . |
20 | The focus of this book is upon the social element , but not to the exclusion of the physical parameters . |
21 | There have also been well annotated studies of the transmission of trichomonal infection to the newborn offspring of mothers harbouring the organism , but not to the children of uninfected mothers . |
22 | Samuel admitted to the burglaries but not to the robbery . |
23 | Two other departments also undertake this role but not to the same extent . |
24 | Although it is conceded that a ‘ decline ’ occurred in a few trades , reformers are said to have been confused by terminology and to have failed to distinguish between ‘ deskilling of individual jobs and industrial changes which led to the number of jobs in certain industries or occupations declining either relatively or absolutely , but not to the nature of the job themselves changing ’ . |
25 | Even this HG activity had its lighter moments , but not to the participants of this incident . |
26 | It will just be visible to the teacher but not to the class . |
27 | That is , the rabbit still blinks to the air puff but not to the tone . |
28 | It may be applicable to an individual firm , but not to the economy as a whole — if real wages were reduced throughout the economy , this would reduce aggregate demand and so may increase rather than reduce the actual level of unemployment . |
29 | The tank was gently filled , but not to the top — there would be a danger of slopping water over the floor when adding the bogwood and plants . |
30 | The speakers also generate distortion which adds to the harmonic content , or crunch , but not to the clarity of individual notes . |