Example sentences of "for [noun] but it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be lawful for a grant maintained school to reject children with special needs who were otherwise eligible for admission but it is impossible to legislate against the temptation to work towards greater academic activity or to concentrate on subjects which are regarded as prestigious by the potential client group . |
| 2 | So , the electorate can choose representatives for Parliament but it is less able to choose a government and a programme that will be implemented . |
| 3 | Life imprisonment is the mandatory sentence for murder but it is also the maximum sentence for a number of other offences , including manslaughter , armed robbery , wounding with intent , arson , rape , Kidnapping , and causing an explosion . |
| 4 | I 'm longing for kids but it 's not up to me . |
| 5 | It is liable no doubt to be avoided for fraud but it is still a good contract … ’ |
| 6 | This may not worry a small brewer unduly since other effects offer greater potential for variability but it is anathema to bulk production which must couple closely to marketing and customer perception . |
| 7 | Methyl tertiary butyl ether could work as substitute for lead but it is expensive . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been eating it for years but it 's weird . |
| 9 | WWR would probably pass to another country for chairmanship but it is a move which I suspect British WW racers would be prepared to accept for the benefit of WWR as a whole . |
| 10 | We have matching for age and for education but it is possible that people who are older and well-educated have special opinions ; such a person happens to receive X and may give rise to a spurious effect . |
| 11 | Clearly this is no place for novices but it is possible for them , if armed with a torch and wearing boots and clothes that do n't matter , to go into one hole and emerge from the other , the two entrance passages converging after fifteen yards of stumbling progress . |
| 12 | Those in the States may have to travel long distances for tournaments but it 's still in their own country . ’ |
| 13 | Those in the States may have to travel long distances for tournaments but it 's still in their own country . ’ |
| 14 | We do have cause for concern but it is not a problem which can be solved by law enforcement alone . |
| 15 | Just supposed to be word for word but it 's a bit of a erm Right , filling in booklet 's a er a bit of a pain . |
| 16 | In other words the generalist administrator calls upon the economists , the statisticians , etc. for information but it is the generalist who is ‘ on top ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen . |
| 18 | It is true that the capitalist system of production with its inherent conflicts between workers and management makes for inefficiency but it is not necessarily true , as they claim , that collectivism is a more powerful force for productivity than individualism . |
| 19 | So far , only six NHS trusts have introduced performance — related pay for nurses but it is clear almost all trusts want to introduce such a system . |
| 20 | I 'll go for C but it 's B I would of thought , I 'll go for C |