Example sentences of "but [noun] [vb -s] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've played to bigger , of course , but quality counts for something . |
| 2 | But Christ does for him have a uniqueness ; and thus I count his position a Christian one . |
| 3 | The objectivity of time , space and matter expresses a fear of death , tries to capture a physical immortality for mankind , but Jones argues for a metaphor for life . |
| 4 | Officials maintain that living standards here are higher than elsewhere in the former superpower , but rationing exists for cereals , sugar , butter , flour , petrol and other basic goods . |
| 5 | Most previous research on economic restructuring has focused on job loss and geographical shifts in investment in manufacturing industry , but manufacturing accounts for only 26% of all employment today and the Thanet area provides an opportunity to examine restructuring processes in an area dominated by the services sector . |
| 6 | But coal accounts for only 19% of Soviet energy production . |
| 7 | But Cadle cares for English basketball enough to have stayed here for 10 years — most of the time on a budget even Norman Lamont could manage . |
| 8 | But evaluation calls for more particular consideration and a closer look at the cultural differences between the domain of disciplines concerned with language and learning and the domain of the subject of language as it appears on the curriculum . |
| 9 | But Scheherezade arranges for her younger sister , Dinarzade , to come on the pretext of bidding her farewell , and ask her to ‘ relate to us a story to beguile the waking hours of our night ’ . |
| 10 | He had Jimmy Dickinson caddying for him , but Jimmy caddies for Jack Nicklaus in the Ryder Cup . |