Example sentences of "but for the [adv] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the most part we shivered in our beds that winter , heaping on more and more blankets , which seemed to be made of a mixture of cardboard and lead and only increased the weight without increasing the heat . |
| 2 | There may be the odd skirmish , but for the most part we 're happy to live alongside and respect one another 's lifestyle 's . |
| 3 | But for the most part they had been undisturbed in their magic island or resort that was closed to others but which they could leave when they pleased . |
| 4 | There are a few serious black runs , but for the most part they are ideal for beginners and intermediate skiers . |
| 5 | ‘ My experience of Christian missions has proved that they may be very good at saving souls , or bodies if they 're medical missions , but for the most part they 're not very good at business . |
| 6 | Here and there they pick up and make use of the old common balks in the former open fields , which must have been the usual way of proceeding from one village to another in open-field country , but for the most part they are drawn straight across the old furlongs and strips regardless of all considerations but that of directness . |
| 7 | Now there are some people who have doubtless believed that they an do such grand things , but for the most part they 've failed . |
| 8 | But for the most part he was , in Lewis 's eyes , an ‘ idle prig ’ who wasted his time cultivating well-born families and pretty boys and visiting exotic churches . |
| 9 | Occasionally , he would break the spell with a droll reminiscence , but for the most part he worked patiently and quietly , first on the symphony and then on the overture , where the work was even more quiet and concentrated , the string recitatives fashioned with a care most conductors would reserve only for the recitatives in the finale of Beethoven 's Ninth . |
| 10 | But for the most part he shouted , ‘ How come if I 'm the Devil Incarnate , I 've spent half this book down here in this poxy little room ? ’ |
| 11 | Once or twice he seems to imply criticism of the manner in which a bishop was appointed , most notably in his account of the appointment of the layman Desiderius to the bishopric of Eauze , despite a promise that the post would go to a cleric , but for the most part he is prepared to record events with apparent impartiality . |
| 12 | Here and there the stuffing bulged , but for the most part it was in reasonable shape . |
| 13 | Hospital staff may possess charisma , but for the most part it is routinised ; it is the charisma of office , not of person . |
| 14 | There was a ‘ worker ’ element but for the most part it was a peasant revolt , described in James Scott 's study of rebellion and subsistence in Southeast Asia as one of the ‘ Depression rebellions ’ of 1930 . |
| 15 | There is a good deal of industry associated with the city , but for the most part it is not heavy industry . |
| 16 | But for the most part I have become a rather precious wayside nibbler , indulging in what the 1930s writer and fruit gourmet Edward Bunyard christened ‘ ambulant consumption ’ — single wild gooseberries ( squeezed to test for ripeness first ) ; sweet cicely seeds on walks before dinner , a kind of herbal aperitif ; squidgy dewberries eaten on the stalk , like cocktail cherries . |
| 17 | Enough there for a painting — but for the most part there is an awful lot of nothing and no canvas seems big enough to contain it . |
| 18 | Occasionally the spark of an intuition flashes across his consciousness , but for the most part his mind is a blank screen filtering out information which would lead to any profound political and social awareness . |