Example sentences of "but [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have now had thrust upon us is a precedent to hasten death , not really to help the patient die with dignity but to accommodate the judgment of others that the patient 's life is no longer possessed of ‘ quality ’ . |
| 2 | But to see the delight on the players ' faces on their return to the headquarters marquee after each day 's match for a glass or two of DB export and sumptuous food made for a highly successful occasion . |
| 3 | Two days later we were at Wrexham Hospital — not for Nigel to undergo traction as anticipated but to see the chest specialist and to be told that he had a fatal disease . |
| 4 | The mountains south of the head of Loch Arkaig are fully in view from the end of the road , Sgurr Thuilm and Streap in particular being well displayed , but to see the even grander mountains bordering Glen Dessarry , a short walk up this glen should be taken . |
| 5 | Well , of course ! — everyone knew that , but to see the results so soon … |
| 6 | In mid-August a dozen members paid an evening visit to the Bridgnorth area , not this time to see the Severn Valley Railway , but to see the Oldbury Live Steam Museum , a complete garden given over to a variety of exhibits , mainly around a railway theme , but also with models of vintage buses , ships and aeroplanes . |
| 7 | The teachers in the two departments are possessed of a missionary zeal to improve the quality of their pupils ' lives ; they do not want an English education to be useful or vocational , but to enable the pupils to think critically about themselves , about life , and about society . |
| 8 | To do so requires a flexible mind and a strong will , but to carry the mind and the will requires a strong and fluid body . |
| 9 | They imply also that the organization is prepared to make more mistakes , but to carry the consequences in view of the greater benefits to the organization as a whole from being action-oriented . |
| 10 | The next day in the House of Commons he was able not only to listen to tributes to himself — a rare experience normally confined to a man 's widow — but to perform the role of an out-of-season Father Christmas . |
| 11 | So from the first he attempted to make himself master of the city — a prelude to an active policy not only to control Rome but to restore the Papal State to its old frontiers . |
| 12 | Of course , one has to be careful in this context to recognise that many of the infractions I 'm referring to are not necessarily offences AGAINST others — but represent errors of performance , imperfections which reflect badly on the offender — so that one undertakes remedial work , NOT for the purpose of making amends but to re-draw the picture of oneself so that it corresponds more closely to the one which one would like to project to the world at large . |
| 13 | I feel they 're putting units into this country , why not us put a unit into their country , not to kill their women and children , but to kill the people who 's actually doing it , whether they be I R A , U D A , knock 'em out , let's have 'em out once and for all . |
| 14 | In 1698 Celia Fiennes records in her ‘ Journeys ’ that she visited Windermere , but the object of the visit was not only to view the scenery but to taste the Windermere char , a fish already so famous that , for instance , James Graham of Levens Hall used to order his steward to send down potted char to London , where he presented some to Queen Anne . |
| 15 | It was intended , not to concentrate on women as an object of interest , but to compare the experiences of men and women , to look for difference and similarity . |
| 16 | But to treat the apostolic writings as ‘ prophecy ’ given by Spirit-inspired men altered the perspective . |
| 17 | They wear kimonos around the house ; their walls are decorated with fans , and some even learn the language — not just so as to be able to communicate with Koi farmers when they travel to Japan to buy fish , but to embrace the whole culture . |
| 18 | In her famed speech on election night 1987 , as she rallied her party troops on the steps of Party Headquarters not to rest on their laurels but to continue the fight ( they were to be allowed one night of ‘ marvellous partying ’ but must start back the next day with renewed vigour ) , she announced that ‘ we 've got a big job to do in some of those inner cities … and politically , we 've got to get back in there — we want to win those too ’ . |
| 19 | But to lose the part to George Birkitt … that he found hard to stomach . |
| 20 | These positions were not held for his own status but to promote the cause of rowing where it needed clout . |
| 21 | The Crown made one last attempt to revive the Forest law and the Forest courts , not for the preservation of the king 's hunting rights , but to promote the production of timber . |
| 22 | Relying on brothers and cousins to help administer the family 's good fortune — in this case , the Romanian state — was not at all unusual , but to promote the career of a wife was a remarkable innovation . |
| 23 | When the Duke of Montrose arranged for his own appointment as bailie of the regality of Glasgow in the winter of 1714/15 , in order to prevent the office from being obtained by his rival the Duke of Argyll , the object was not to make money out of the profits of the court but to increase the duke 's influence in the city of Glasgow . |
| 24 | Their effect would be not to stabilize output but to increase the fluctuations of output around its natural level — the precise opposite of what Keynesian policies aim to achieve . |
| 25 | My staff and I welcome the opportunity to sit down with local exporters and importers to offer not only our own expertise but to provide the link to the truly international help that is available . |
| 26 | Although the analysis was of necessity extensive , it was not the intention of the study to explore each activity in detail to determine where procedural or other changes were required , but to provide the basis for reviewing existing structures , particularly those related to non-teaching staff . |
| 27 | But to attract the funds needed to capitalize , NoS would have to persuade a merchant bank to sponsor it , which would inevitably lead to confrontation over the Right-On organizational principles on which the project was based . |
| 28 | But what about adding a twist to the puzzle : the task is not merely to find a way out , but to find the shortest route to the way out . ’ |
| 29 | And if people and pupils do not fit the stereotypic formula , we will , I hope , be disinclined to maim them into conformity , but to adjust the dimensions of the bed to accommodate them . |
| 30 | He said the rebels ' objective was ‘ not to conquer Kabul by force , but to smash the security perimeter ’ established by government forces . |