Example sentences of "but to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beinn Lair , A' Mhaighdean , the twins Beinn Dearg Mor and Bheag , Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair and Ruadh Stac Mor , the latter recently promoted to Munro status — all these are mountains with magic and mystery in their stones and are unknown but to a few . |
| 2 | The credit for securing this freedom belongs not so much to the legislators ( many of whom now profess themselves appalled at developments ) but to a few courageous publishers who risked jail by inviting juries to take a stand against censorship , and to the ineptitude and corruption of police enforcement . |
| 3 | The summit is 2373 feet above the sea , not a great altitude , but to the many pilgrims who climb to it time and time again , it is a stepping stone to heaven . |
| 4 | Once again , the male homosexual is someone who refuses to risk himself in relation to the other , but now the risk is not in relation to the opposite sex ( as in Scruton and Mailer ) , but to the same sex as rival . |
| 5 | But to the same tree . |
| 6 | I strongly predict that the changes that have come about in the Soviet Union are likely to come to China in a different form but to the same degree in the years that lie ahead . |
| 7 | Most people who notice it at parties are too polite to ask what it is and why I am wearing it , but to the few who do I say ( because I find it embarrassing to explain ) that it is concerned with the story of the sinking of the Bismarck ; and then relish the look of puzzlement on their faces . |