Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the conflict , Franco was seen as having triumphed , single- handed , but for occasional instances of divine intervention , over evil . |
| 2 | But for certain reasons , which I will mention presently , we do n't want to use it ; so we pretend that it does not exist and hope that no one will be guilty of such bad taste as to refer to it . ) |
| 3 | As it was not a corporate borough it has no freemen 's registers , other than those of the Cutlers ' Company , but for certain periods the parish registers give the occupations of recorded males . |
| 4 | They thrust him stumbling up a winding stairway cut in the rock , and along another passage into a large , smoky room , blackened and bare but for certain engines and implements that stood against the walls , and a low brazier in the centre . |
| 5 | This restrained attitude did , at least , enable farm cats and some town cats to live a tolerable life as unloved pest-controllers , but for certain village cats life was far more unpleasant . |
| 6 | But for real visitors it was a must . |
| 7 | ‘ But for real compatibility , software needs to be tested dynamically , ’ as it is being executed . |
| 8 | ‘ But for real compatibility , software needs to be tested dynamically , ’ as it is being executed . |
| 9 | In Western minds the period is associated with the saga of Antony and Cleopatra , but for ordinary Egyptians at the time , one of the greatest legacies was the introduction of Christianity which came to replace the worship of the river and a panoply of associated gods that had characterised the religious life of the pharaonic age . |
| 10 | But for ordinary voters , their President 's character is easily as important as his programme . |
| 11 | Saettler traces programmed learning back to Montessori , but for ordinary purposes it is to B. F. Skinner that we must turn for the initiation of the programmed learning movement as such . |
| 12 | There were through Workman 's tickets to other lines , but for internal use these were referred to as Early Morning Returns . |
| 13 | In different ways , but for similar reasons , Hoccleve and Margery Kempe began a new kind of writing . |
| 14 | In order to maintain health , both personal and public , much energy has to be directed at maintaining an external environment which is as safe as possible , not only for the present but for future generations to inherit . |
| 15 | Of course the most important issue of all is retaining the intrinsic beauty of the hills , not only for us , but for future generations . |
| 16 | He wants ITN to continue to gather the news , but for individual companies to be left to edit and present programmes , giving ITN bulletins a local dimension . |
| 17 | A description of a Tantric painting as a linear diagram may seem uninteresting , but then the effect of such a picture is not meant to be pleasure for the eye alone , but for religious use . |
| 18 | I think it reinforces the case , not so much for retaining the bobby in New Deer , but for increasing policing in country areas where crime is increasing just as much as it is in the towns . ’ |
| 19 | Any young woman may enjoy following the latest fashions , but for Pakistani women there is a difference in their attitude to clothes . |
| 20 | But for major decisions about interpersonal relationships , careers , investments , etc. we may be very conscious of the decision process because it often causes stress . |
| 21 | Courses in Accountancy and European and Human Rights Law are being set up and it is hoped that as many pupils as possible will attend them , but for economic reasons it has been decided not to make them compulsory this year . |
| 22 | Fares were low , not only because passengers from the lower orders were not believed to require or deserve much better accommodation than cattle and fortunately needed less space , or even because of improvements in communications , but for economic reasons . |
| 23 | Remarkably United have n't lost to Charlton in their last eleven meetings ; today 's draw means they 've drawn six of them and won five of them , but for eleven meetings , United have not lost to Charlton . |
| 24 | He used to export half his rice crop , but for four years there has been no export and so no incentive to grow more than he needs . |
| 25 | For example , some simple organic solvents such as and give very strong Raman spectra , whereas water gives only very weak scattering , but for each solvent the various allowed bands have similar intensities . |
| 26 | These are discussed in detail in Chapter 13 but for each patient , the nurse needs to assess what that particular mobilising problem means in relation to the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 27 | Thus the Treasury had to give permission for all borrowing undertaken by a local authority , not merely in total but for each project for which money was borrowed . |
| 28 | The later chapters on the regions of Britain describe particular local features but for each region you should remember that many of the people are engaged in the activities indicated on these pages . |
| 29 | These are made in the same kind of way but for each pattern shape you work on the same set of needles as if you were turning the heel of a sock . |
| 30 | But for vast numbers of children in the developing world , such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams . |