Sentence examples for but to explain from inspiring English sources

Professor Putnam's purpose is not just to note the decline but to explain it.

But to explain a violent sexual urge that way would be ridiculous.

That's not intended to excuse their behaviour, but to explain it".

But to explain I shall have to go back and account for the improbable fact of my having a claque.

But to explain the current administration's reckless disregard of science, we need no recourse to broad trends.

Furthermore, the real purpose of the sentence was not to explain what the statutory provision meant, but to explain why the Department of Justice believed it was constitutional.

They voted not to march in the P-rade, but to explain to the returning alumni why (the class president was "volunteered" for the task).

He mentions Young not to name-drop, but to explain why Young's decision-making on a particular play in 1998, against a particular defense, was shrewd.

The pairings were required not only to find the correct answer, but to explain why all of the other options were wrong.

"We're encouraging having proxy parties," Ms. Tifft said, "not to tell them how to vote but to explain what the process is and what the proposal means".

"I know you're not from here but to explain...that word has negative, insidious connotations.