Example sentences of "but [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to condone ‘ stretching ’ defences , using diminished responsibility to cover mercy killing , for example , or provocation to cover excessive defence , but rather to examine whether the defences have common rationales which can be drawn together . |
| 2 | In the Discourse of the Common Weal Smith ( to whom it is now attributed ) did not set out to delineate the structure of society , but rather to present and analyse the responses of the four main economic interests in the community to the crisis of the late 1540s . |
| 3 | This is not to deny the vital role played by language in naturalizing cultural differences such as gender roles , but rather to assert that artefacts may be still more powerful mechanisms in this process . |
| 4 | The general result of the fusion of Law and Equity has been , then , not to alter substantive law , but rather to alter and simplify the procedure . |
| 5 | This is not intended to demean in any way the at times very fine lithographs that Redon produced , but rather to imply that they are directly connected in his mind to the literary and visual sources that interested him , including Edgar Allan Poe , Charles Baudelaire , Gustave Flaubert , Stephane Mallarmé , and Goya amongst others . |
| 6 | Advocates of state ‘ collectivism ’ very rarely wished government action to take the place of self-help , philanthropy and the duty to work , but rather to supplement and reinforce these attributes . |
| 7 | However , this recognition is not in order to freeze into cynical inaction , in the words of John Huddleston , but rather to ensure that our thinking about the future is practical and down-to-earth as well as visionary ( Huddleston , 1991 ) . |
| 8 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 9 | She was wrong to think that genuine criticism could be severed from evaluation , but right to think that there was no place for such criticism in the academy . |
| 10 | She was flying , just within the still pocket of air , but enough to know that she had the power . |
| 11 | You may use your hands to emphasise points — not in too exaggerated a way , but sufficiently to show that you are putting your whole being into it . |
| 12 | I say this not because any holder of judicial office should ever regard it as an affront to be overruled by an appellate court but merely to emphasise that as a practical matter the chances are that the visitor probably will get it right . |
| 13 | This is not to reject the approach out of hand ; but merely to acknowledge that it has weaknesses . |
| 14 | Professor Gower noted in his review of investor protection , which ultimately gave rise to the FSA , that the aim should not be to protect fools from their own folly but merely to ensure that ordinary people were not made fools of . |
| 15 | He wants the party to stop running the country , but merely to inspire and guide it . |
| 16 | They too have taken an interest in the ideological and cultural world of the communities but only to facilitate and improve their marketing of so-called popular drugs like aspirin and alkaseltzer . |
| 17 | Although I knew that he was getting the care that he needed it was so hard not to be able to hold and feed him , but only to sit and look at him lying in this bright , plastic container . |
| 18 | Moreover , he does not use them as precise logical connectives but only to indicate that ‘ one sentence is connected with another without reference to the nature of the connection ’ ( ibid. : 247 ) . |
| 19 | One of the things I do recall , Command in its wisdom used to send some of its very senior people to spend a period — not to fly mind you — but just to see and taste the scene at an operational station . |
| 20 | Drawing No. 78 has this comment : ‘ This Plate exhibits one of these new buildings which afford comforts the poor inhabitants of the picturesque seldome enjoy ; but it is but just to observe that the wealthy residents in Ambleside , natives and strangers , are exceedingly attentive to the wants of the needy , and supply them with a discriminating kindness that does equal honour to their heads and to their hearts . ’ |
| 21 | But just to prove that the rivalry is only for fun they will be working together on Easter Saturday to organise a penny mile laying in Guisborough . |
| 22 | He was not scheduled to address them but just to prove that even the most carefully planned trips have an element of flexibility , he did rise to speak , without the use of notes , for 15 minutes . |
| 23 | I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation . |
| 24 | The amiable West Indian realized that the man who served up the frothy coffee was not looking at his watch in order to see what time it was but more to indicate that he knew damned well what time it was — late , too late . |
| 25 | As an alternative assembly procedure , it is not only possible to attach one model to another but also to declare that this model is inserted into the model space of the other . |
| 26 | The pool system was not just to protect journalists and share the work out fairly , but also to control and censor the media . |
| 27 | The parents needed not only extensive marital therapy but also to realize that Suzy needed sympathy and understanding about the distress she felt when her parents argued . |
| 28 | These tools should enable all children , not only to gain access to the curriculum but also to allow and encourage them to respond to it in a way which clearly expresses their understanding . |
| 29 | Not only to advocate the giving of second chances but also to say that I hope that Shaun and the rest manage to get themselves out of the rut they 've dug for themselves . |
| 30 | This will be not only to gain a first impression of the infrared sky but also to check that the satellite is functioning properly . |