Example sentences of "but for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for Arthur Taylor enough is enough — he 's moving out . |
| 2 | He also mobilised the resources of Christian ritual ( again following in his father 's footsteps but going far beyond him ) in the royal and imperial consecrations staged not only for himself and his son but for Ermentrude and Richildis ; in the development of royal funerary cult at St-Denis and in the lavish endowment of liturgical commemorations of himself , his family and friends , at a number of churches ; and in the use of spiritual kinship , especially the godparental bond , in political dealings with neighbouring princes as a paradigm of beneficent authority . |
| 3 | Just as well , perhaps , but for Rose , not so easy . |
| 4 | But the tears , surprisingly , were no longer for herself but for Finn and Francie so long ago , especially Francie . |
| 5 | One swallow does n't make a summer , and neither is a snowfall a portent of the next ice age , but for management a snowfall can be exaggerated , flogged and manipulated to appear that an ice age is imminent . |
| 6 | But for ministers , shadow ministers and most MPs on both sides of the House , the division that comes to mind is not between the executive and the House but between the government and the Opposition . |
| 7 | But for Ireland 's Philip Walton nothing is more important than the final two rounds of the Canon European Masters in Switzerland this weekend . |
| 8 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 9 | But for Jones , still troubled by injury , and Barnes , yet to make a comeback , it is still too early . |
| 10 | As such it is of great interest to the oil companies but for China the discovery of a province as big as the North Sea province or the Alaskan province would be of inestimable importance . |
| 11 | But for Gerard Houlahan 's supreme skill in driving home Armagh 's first goal in the 25th minute the orchard county would surely have been dead and gone by the interval instead of trailing by just one point at 0–7 to 1–3 . |
| 12 | The countryside is deserted but for groups of distant yurts which resemble pickable mushrooms . |
| 13 | Most grocery store advertising in the UK appears on Wednesday or Thursday , in advance of the major grocery shopping days of Friday and Saturday , but for groups of smaller , local grocers , like Mace , which have a through-the-week shopping pattern , advertising on Monday or Tuesday , or even on Sunday , makes sense . |
| 14 | There were now far fewer people about : many streets were deserted but for groups of tethered goats fattening for their slaughter on Idul-Zuha . |
| 15 | Their policy to encourage cycling , not the macho sort but for families , is very progressive . |
| 16 | The short-term lets often suit people such as students when the off-season coincides with their term , but for families the disruption of having to move out for the summer is frustrating . |
| 17 | But for families standards of living were reduced by the fact that women 's earnings had been falling from 1760 . |
| 18 | The denationalisation programme has been good not only for the consumer , but for share owning and the improvement of both investment and wealth in this country . |
| 19 | People talk about how much of a shock , a wonderful shock , it is the first time you realise that there are places like ours that you can go , but for Boy I had the feeling that coming to The Bar did n't feel like that much of a change in his routine . |
| 20 | The early Labour leaders supported votes for women , home rule not merely for Ireland but for Scotland and Wales , and were deeply concerned about the respect that should be paid to individuals , about the sense of freedom that was lacking in the nineteenth-century employer-employee relationship . |
| 21 | The Romantic ideal of the free artist , creating from inner conviction , was not far off , but for Mozart it had not yet arrived . |
| 22 | But for Caroline the trauma had somehow lingered on , unrecognised for years . |
| 23 | For the Delphi as with the Victoria Centre it is important that schools recognize their needs but for Roger this is based upon a mutuality of interest which is unimpeded by the operation of specific criteria . |
| 24 | But for Britain it is reckoning on just 0.4 per cent growth this year and 0.9 per cent in 1993 . |
| 25 | But for Britain , WEU was perhaps satisfactory : it allowed for the possibility of British association with the leaders of integration , if necessary , and may have permitted some form of British influence upon the latter . |
| 26 | Rob Andrew , Craig Chalmers and Ralph Keyes may not be everyone 's cups of tea and it 's quite possible that someone like Colin Stephens may turn out to be a far greater player , but for England , Scotland and Ireland each one has shown that he is virtually indispensable . |
| 27 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |
| 28 | It may not sound like much to get excited about but for enthusiasts even the merest chance of a sighting is somehting worth turning out for . |
| 29 | But I mean basically , that means that for the , tomorrow morning 's breakfast programme , I want a package including lots of different views , but for drive time which is five till six in the evening , I just want a straightforward , two minute head-to-head , one-to-one interview but for lunchtime which is C A T O , which is Cambridgeshire at One , which is our lunchtime programme , I 'd like you to put all the views into a script of about forty seconds , and do n't forget , for the two o'clock bulletin , which is a very short one , I 'd just like three sentences of copy which sums up the story . |
| 30 | Nonconformity had now become part of that high street and as such had a responsibility not just for the souls of the gathered faithful but for society as a whole . |