Example sentences of "but [verb] [noun sg] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The endeavours of a man truly good , ’ he once wrote , ‘ are not confined to this or that particular design , but lay hold on all opportunities of doing the best service he can to the souls and bodies of mankind . ’ |
| 2 | Not only is diesel much less expensive at the pumps , especially in France and Italy , but purchase tax on diesel-powered cars is reduced . |
| 3 | The influential Rafael Rodriguez ( who at first refused government positions , but gave advice on economic matters ) believed that Cuba could not rely on the Western capitalist countries ( accustomed to regarding Cuba as their sugar-bowl ) for the assistance necessary to develop an industrial economy . |
| 4 | Its main task was not to detect or prevent crime , but to maintain order on public occasions , perform guard duties and apprehend well-known criminals . |
| 5 | The tentacle pores are small , each armed with one large flap-like tentacle scale , which is pointed on proximal pores but becomes rugose on distal ones . |
| 6 | But to attack holism on these grounds is , as I have sought to show , merely to reassert the alleged hegemony of the individualist interest . |