Example sentences of "to the [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ITC will closely monitor response to the ad but says it will be difficult to edit out offending elements . |
| 2 | Instead Ford has decided not to pass the Government 's tax cut on to the motorist but to pour it into its own pockets and profits . |
| 3 | She duly turned to the Psalms but found them equally disturbing . |
| 4 | If we printed details of the case it would make her identity too plain to the authorities but suffice it to say that she was detained with some others for celebrating a ‘ banned person ’ — Nelson Mandela . |
| 5 | He accomplished the most difficult of all sporting tasks : not just taking his team to the top but keeping it there . |
| 6 | Sometimes the technologists may ‘ agree ’ to the approach but resent it : they feel that they have lost their power in the firm . |
| 7 | Now , I 'd mentioned Benjamin to the Ralembergs but told them nothing about his near kinsman , the great cardinal . |
| 8 | I wanted to keep music integral to the paper but to allow us to cover books , movies , politics ; the whole gamut of pop culture . |