Example sentences of "but [to-vb] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lesson , in my view is clear : neither to stand still and simply change leader ; nor , certainly , to go lurching back to the early 1980s , but to continue and intensify the process of change . |
| 2 | It is not to produce publications but to inform and instruct the reader . |
| 3 | The point of counterfactuals , on this view , is not to suggest that at any particular moment something else might have happened , but to indicate and test the relations between causes and consequences . |
| 4 | They are not trying to replace the skill and judgement that comes with years of training and practice , but to enhance and prolong the surgeon 's own capabilities . |
| 5 | Leaders must use sound judgment and , if necessary , part from those who were inclined to involve them in disputes that were not only calculated to bring defeat but to weaken and endanger the position held at the present time " . |
| 6 | In this tradition the role of the PRO is not to direct on behalf of the public good but to guide and co-ordinate the activities of quasi-sovereign government departments . |
| 7 | It will have a new independent statutory role , not only to inspect and produce reports , as now , but to advise and monitor the new system for schools with delegated budgets . |