Example sentences of "but [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have now had thrust upon us is a precedent to hasten death , not really to help the patient die with dignity but to accommodate the judgment of others that the patient 's life is no longer possessed of ‘ quality ’ . |
| 2 | But to see the delight on the players ' faces on their return to the headquarters marquee after each day 's match for a glass or two of DB export and sumptuous food made for a highly successful occasion . |
| 3 | Two days later we were at Wrexham Hospital — not for Nigel to undergo traction as anticipated but to see the chest specialist and to be told that he had a fatal disease . |
| 4 | In mid-August a dozen members paid an evening visit to the Bridgnorth area , not this time to see the Severn Valley Railway , but to see the Oldbury Live Steam Museum , a complete garden given over to a variety of exhibits , mainly around a railway theme , but also with models of vintage buses , ships and aeroplanes . |
| 5 | Well , of course ! — everyone knew that , but to see the results so soon … |
| 6 | Or we could comply with the 30 October 1993 rule but amend the accounting reference date within the first nine months of incorporation , as we may , and draw up accounts to 31 October 1993 , which is within the seven day period allowed by s 223(2) . |
| 7 | Success , however , ruined its author , who took to strange clothes and beliefs and ‘ never wrote any more , but wasted the rest of his time trying to explain what he had and what he had not meant in John Inglesant' . |
| 8 | For Great Britain , the Department of Trade and Industry persuaded Luke Rittner , former Secretary General of the Arts Council , to act as its cultural adviser , but wasted the invitation by equipping him with a totally inadequate budget . |
| 9 | If you had but divided the cake with your brothers , |
| 10 | Cross-addiction ensures that the weaker Fellowships receive support from members who have experience of stronger Fellowships but it may nonetheless at times be more helpful for a newcomer to receive slightly less individual identification but gain the experience of a stronger Fellowship . |
| 11 | The teachers in the two departments are possessed of a missionary zeal to improve the quality of their pupils ' lives ; they do not want an English education to be useful or vocational , but to enable the pupils to think critically about themselves , about life , and about society . |
| 12 | Severn Trent wants to develop the land , but asked the archaelogists to excavate it before the builders move in . |
| 13 | The studied plainness of diction in these poems of country life was an important part of their experimental character , but became the object of much ridicule . |
| 14 | but tackles the oxer with a random , |
| 15 | At 10 am , with the French heavily outnumbered but enjoying the weather gauge , as a ‘ small gale ’ was blowing from the south-south-west , some miles off Cap Barfleur , at the north-east point of the Cotentin peninsula , de Tourville , who had no faith in the proposed invasion , led his ships towards the enemy . |
| 16 | They imply also that the organization is prepared to make more mistakes , but to carry the consequences in view of the greater benefits to the organization as a whole from being action-oriented . |
| 17 | To do so requires a flexible mind and a strong will , but to carry the mind and the will requires a strong and fluid body . |
| 18 | ‘ We filled a big order for a Yorkshire company , but got the colour of the material wrong . ’ |
| 19 | He then made one or two suggestions for limiting her liability , but got the impression that she was indifferent to his suggestions as though she thought it would be a waste of time to put them forward . |
| 20 | The next day in the House of Commons he was able not only to listen to tributes to himself — a rare experience normally confined to a man 's widow — but to perform the role of an out-of-season Father Christmas . |
| 21 | The congress expressed support for President Kravchuk , but sought the dismissal of the present government under Prime Minister Vitold Fokin , the dissolution of the current parliament ( elected in March 1990 ) and the holding of fresh legislative elections . |
| 22 | P.S. I would like for Monica Seles ' fans to know that there 's nothing personal in my mentioning her , but given the circumstances I think I am right in using her as she did n't commit herself to the Tour Events much last year . |
| 23 | The marriage , too , had been a miscalculation , but given the circumstances of the time , an understandable one . |
| 24 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 25 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 26 | But given the complexity of galaxy formation processes and small-scale dynamics , it is doubtful whether this scale is securely in the linear regime . |
| 27 | But given the lengthiness of the dispute , the demands of other policework , and the regularity of ‘ trouble ’ , the ‘ permanent ’ mobile reserve , the SPG , became a routine feature of the policing of Grunwick , and especially the confrontational aspects . |
| 28 | The above section used the limiting case of value at expiry to illustrate the profit and loss potential of various investment strategies , but given the ability of investors in traded options to sell or exercise before maturity it is essential that there is some way of evaluating options before expiry . |
| 29 | He also felt that the evidence of abuse was unconvincing but given the involvement of other agencies in this area it was beyond his remit to challenge it in compiling his advice for the Statement . |
| 30 | But given the shortage of money , ought not some of that money go towards preserving some of the great companies who are now under great pressure ? |