Example sentences of "but leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she knew that she needed not to sneak out by the convenient back exit , but to leave through the front entrance , trusting its outrageous , ostentatious vulgarity to reassure and comfort her . |
| 2 | Should he be forced not only to retire but to leave behind a multi-party state , the example will be widely noted in Africa . |
| 3 | But to leave this chapter with such a peroration would close prematurely the development of the very argument we need to pursue if a clarification of ‘ biological mind ’ is to follow . |
| 4 | Thus the general scheme of the Regulations is to give public information about the authority and the school but to leave the governors free to make controversial decisions behind closed doors and without public knowledge . |
| 5 | The overall effect was to speed up the disintegration of the larger estates , but to leave the smallholdings virtually untouched but constantly threatened . |
| 6 | He replied that his unit had orders never to become involved in any follow-up action , but to leave that to regular , uniformed troops . |
| 7 | But to leave it there is about as practical as learning to fly an aeroplane by reading a book on the subject . |
| 8 | Indeed when social class and housing tenure variables were included in a multivariate statistical analysis , the effect was to reduce the magnitude of social class effects , but to leave the housing ones largely intact ( Murphy and Sullivan , 1986 , Table 9 ) . |
| 9 | A year earlier , at Erfurt , Napoleon had agreed with the tsar to accept the right of Russia to Wallachia and Moldavia , but to leave Serbia within the Ottoman empire . |
| 10 | At this early stage in getting to know Qbasic you can hardly expect to turn out a master work but to leave you with just Hello World until next month would be cruel . |
| 11 | The Baltic Council had on Jan. 5 appealed to the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) to withdraw the troops , but to leave the military hardware for the Baltic States to form their own militaries . |
| 12 | to speak fully about this but to leave time for questions . |
| 13 | In ( 5 ) the support of predication is also the listener : ( 5 ) " But to leave Pa ! " |
| 14 | It may be felt that the better course is not to deal with such matters in the partnership agreement itself but to leave the offer of consultancy to be produced as an inducement to or reward for retirement at such time as may appear to be in the firm 's best interests . |
| 15 | Simpson says the club 's predicament left him little choice but to leave . |
| 16 | Plant spring bulbs , but leave tulips until November |
| 17 | But leave us out of it just now . |
| 18 | If you can not find wooden boxes , use large polythene bags for storage , but leave the bag tops open . |
| 19 | Later pick up track through caravan site but leave it at cattlegrid ( signposted Coast Path ) , descending to Branscombe Mouth . |
| 20 | Collect little Gusto , but leave big Danny with Joe , my husband , because Luke and Danny loathe each other . |
| 21 | ‘ Khrushchev said , more or less , Sakharov is a good scientist , but leave it to us who are specialists in this tricky business to make foreign policy . ’ |
| 22 | Cut off the top growth of catmint , but leave the pruning of caryopteris and fuchsias until new growth appears . |
| 23 | No further conversation was opened , no invitation to supper was proffered , and so Dorothea could do nothing else but leave for home . |
| 24 | We should not limit the power and majesty of God to what we can understand but leave it to him . |
| 25 | Replace the shroud but leave the screw out of the centre of the lower panel as its locating point is now missing . |
| 26 | Do n't shout too hard for money , but leave it at that . |
| 27 | The piece was written in good taste but could n't help but leave the reader wondering just what had made Morrissey so paranoid . |
| 28 | When you have a list of ‘ probables ’ , do n't waste time viewing inside them all , but leave the car if you have one , and walk the neighbourhood . |
| 29 | Gradually take all the weight off one foot but leave it on the board as a back-up . |
| 30 | The indication so far is that companies will follow a comprehensive site audit with regular spot checks , but leave between two and four years before carrying out a further full audit . |