Example sentences of "but to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | and conscience is either killed , or , if it lives at all , lives but to give rebellion its fascination , and disobedience its charm . |
| 2 | The main function of early presbyters was not to preach or celebrate but to give counsel to bishops . |
| 3 | ‘ But to give way to those feelings , and start a sexual relationship with the patient was a betrayal of the therapist 's role , which could only damage the patient . |
| 4 | The District 's response was not to appoint a successor to Mrs. Collingwood but to give the Essex Federation Executive the opportunity to take on the tutor-organiser 's work , leaving all teaching to part-time tutors : an arrangement which was still in force at the District 's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1988 . |
| 5 | This observation is necessary not because the lines quoted are of great importance to her poetry , but to give a balanced view of her own conflicts as a domestic servant . |
| 6 | Elizabeth , and Marion of course , heard him practise , and were kind enough and wise enough not to admire too uncritically , but to give fair , helpful comments . |
| 7 | The route of divorce may ultimately be open to him , but to give him more may , in the context of this argument , be unfair . |
| 8 | It made sense , of course , but to give up direct production of national network features , which I had originated and perfected , was a wrench ; it was like putting out one 's own child for adoption . |
| 9 | To derive appropriate interpretations for its input , a natural language processing ( NLP ) system must take account not only of absolute constraints on possible structures and meanings but also of preferences that serve not to rule out individual readings as inherently unacceptable , but to give priority to more acceptable readings over less acceptable ones . |
| 10 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 11 | Engineers often introduce into factories new electronic machinery not because it is better than the old methods but to give management the upper hand over the workers |
| 12 | The prime aim of the Marriott fellowship is not to turn chemists into budding journalists , but to give them the chance to see some of the opportunities available in scientific publishing without committing themselves . |
| 13 | The object of this true account is not war , but to give a lightning résumé of my family between the wars . |
| 14 | But to give the impression I am not afraid , I tell jokey stories to calm them , though I do n't feel jokey at all . ’ |
| 15 | Jesus said he came not for such ‘ virtuous ’ people but to give hope to those who were aware of their need of God . |
| 16 | The aim of marking is , of course , not just to assign a number to a piece of work but to give constructive feedback so that the students ' work steadily improves . |
| 17 | " By this means we hope to place at the disposal of our party in Parliament and in the country a trained body of fully formed critics , able not only to expose and correct the usual crudities of Radical-Socialist legislation , but to give form to a comprehensive policy of social reform . " |
| 18 | In this country where the same vicious law which imprisoned Wilde still operates one looks to those with pretensions to a scientific approach not to be victims of prejudice and intolerance but to give a lead for at least a saner and more comprehensive attitude towards the homosexual in society . ’ |
| 19 | The purpose of looking at Hansard will not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear . |
| 20 | Despite all these considerations , Tito 's intransigence left Alexander with no option — as Harold Macmillan , present at the conference , later put it in his diary — but to give " instruction to the planners for a full appreciation of the forces required to throw out the Yugoslavs " , while referring the matter to " his two Governments " . |
| 21 | Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes . |
| 22 | Nizan chose not simply to suspend judgement , but to give public support to the Moscow version of events on the grounds that critical accounts of the Soviet state generally lacked both historical perspective and scientific rigour , and more importantly , that the defence of the Soviet Union in the torrid international political climate of the late 1930s was imperative . |
| 23 | She wants the Monster out of her room , of course she does , but to give it MY room ! ? |
| 24 | Nothing was important but to give in again to the onrush of his mouth . |
| 25 | If , and it was a very big ‘ if ’ , Riddle 's body had been substituted for the Scapegoat he felt sure that it was not as a convenient way of disposing of the body but to give more effective expression to the hatred which had inspired his killing . |
| 26 | Finally , in rejecting the submission that relaxing the exclusionary rule could amount to the courts questioning proceedings in Parliament contrary to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights , Lord Browne-Wilkinson observed that ‘ the purpose of looking at Hansard could not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear ’ . |
| 27 | If the trailer knows that the car he wishes to sell has already been ‘ clocked , ’ the way for him to avoid committing an offence is , not to ‘ clock ’ it further himself , but to give the customer a candid intimation of its falsity , i. e. a disclaimer . |
| 28 | She knelt longer than she would normally have done , not out of devotion but to give him time to get away . |
| 29 | What do the Government intend to do not just to offer help to individuals but to give areas such as mine the opportunity to be again a fully participating part of this nation ? |
| 30 | Retiring in 1961 , there is no-one on the current staff who worked closely with Ralph but to give a flavour of his long life two articles are recreated below . |