Example sentences of "but [vb past] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of Bishop Zhu Hongsheng , 76 , sentenced to 15 years in prison , was unrelated to the pro-democracy protests but led to international calls that China allow more freedom of worship . |
| 2 | This ruling mirrored the previous one but applied to occupational pension schemes as opposed to the then state retirement ages . |
| 3 | Where Mallet began in agreement with Blauner but came to different conclusions , Naville starts from a quite different position , arguing that work itself , under automated technology , is inherently unsatisfying . |
| 4 | No new vision , no new votes Stuart Hall says that Labour desperately needed to address the changing aspirations of the British electorate , but reverted to traditional doctrine instead |
| 5 | Reviewing women at between 22–28 years after the index pregnancy ( when they had had abnormal glucose tolerance , but reverted to normal tolerance afterwards ) , he found a 50% prevalence of diabetes and 25% of abnormal glucose tolerance , whereas the controls had rates of 7% and 3% . |
| 6 | Many of the decorative touches — bows , tassels , swags and rosettes — were derived from old prints , but adapted to contemporary needs . |
| 7 | He was upright but fell to unmanly worship : |