Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun pl] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is evidence too that people see the two sectors of health care as complementary rather than in opposition : they are happy to use private medicine for specific purposes but want a strong publicly funded NHS as the backbone of the health care system ( Taylor-Gooby 1985 ) . |
| 2 | The company is building several satellites for European organisations but has yet to win an order from the developing world . |
| 3 | It became an extremely successful series , done with Professor Chris Kiernan , with a special agenda for mentally-handicapped children but appearing like a rather glossy children 's comic . |
| 4 | In many cases the shabashniki have abandoned their official jobs and are organized into independent teams who no longer do work for private individuals but work virtually as ‘ troubleshooters ’ for public concerns which have run into problems . |
| 5 | We also looked for unpublished trials but found none . |
| 6 | This frees journalists from some restraints when they write for foreign publications but has awkward consequences for those who distribute foreign papers in this country . |
| 7 | The judge postponed sentencing for pyschiatric reports but warned the normal punishment for attempted robbery was at least 7 years in prison . |
| 8 | There are reports of severe tailbacks for southbound motorists but northbound traffic is moving normally say the police . |
| 9 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
| 10 | Under 2* and 3* policies , guns and firearms are covered for standard perils but excluded under Wider Cover for Sports Equipment . |
| 11 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 12 | Palestinians find it almost impossible to recall their final departure from Palestine without considerable emotion , for it was not only a tragedy for individual families but has become a critical moment in modern Palestinian history . |
| 13 | The almost flat or gently undulating land of the region is suitable for large machines but to assist their use farmers have removed many hedges . |
| 14 | Elizabeth retired a little earlier than she had planned for domestic reasons but says that she intends to keep in touch with colleagues . |
| 15 | The Conservative leaders expressed their preference for contributory pensions but did not restrain many of their backbenchers from voting for it . |
| 16 | This has led to researchers making a distinction between central and peripheral information in a scene and the assumption that arousal will impair memory for peripheral details but improve it for central ones ( see particularly Christianson , in press ) . |
| 17 | Initially it was thought that there was an impairment in memory for visual stimuli but work carried out in the 1970s largely dispelled this notion . |
| 18 | Mr Justice Potts told the 17-year-old youth , who can not be named for legal reasons but comes from the Bury St Edmunds area , a custodial sentence was ‘ essential ’ . |
| 19 | The US company Du Pont acknowledged the same day that it had exported to Iraq a special lubricant used for nuclear weapons but stressed that permission to do so had been granted by the US government in 1989 . |
| 20 | American women , they learned , did not much care for murky colours but wanted bright yellows and apple greens , vibrant colours which were hardly used at all in Europe . |
| 21 | Ideally the initial investigation should be total colonoscopy as this will not only examine for malignant lesions but offers an opportunity to assess the mucosa for angiodysplasia . |
| 22 | Personal computer manufacturers have not waited for new standards but have begun to build CD-ROM drives into their products . |
| 23 | The Scheme had already taken steps in this direction for new employees but had no plans to equalize the NRAs of existing members . |
| 24 | One other scheme allowed for one-to-one tests but left the decision about including them to individual teachers . |
| 25 | Adopted just five weeks ago ‘ I 'd tried for other seats but had n't got anywhere ’ he has been staying in Northallerton with Jim Stafford , the cheery and down to earth constituency agent . |
| 26 | For example , Regional Railways still bears the responsibility for a clutch of rural services , lifelines for local communities but offering little scope for expansion or profitability . |
| 27 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |
| 28 | Park City received 71cm of snow earlier in the week , a bonanza for recreational skiers but causing a headache for organisers who had already constructed a firm course from artificial snow . |