Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the phrase had remained with him , particularly in its darker aspect , the way it appears to most of those who are bound by the puritan ethic , not as a haven to live in and enjoy but as a paradise to be expelled from . |
| 2 | Many permutations do exist but as a general rule , the matching of items clause should apply where the remaining undamaged parts of a set or suite can still fulfill the role for which they were purchased . |
| 3 | Like the pain , it ‘ can not exist but in a mind perceiving it . ’ |
| 4 | My primary target was the heat-pain argument , and its conclusion : that heat , like pain , ‘ can not exist but in a mind perceiving it ’ . |
| 5 | This is not a very palatable view : each of us likes to think that we are ‘ some-body special ’ — which is why each of us accepts intellectually that someday we must die but at a gut level believes that , in our own case , God , Fate or whatever will make an exception . |
| 6 | Development of all major new weapons programmes would nevertheless continue but over a longer time span . |
| 7 | Thus , when the UK figure rises the Scottish figure will also rise but at a higher rate and likewise decrease at a faster rate when the UK figure falls . |