Example sentences of "but [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christmas may seem far away , but for a show of blooming indoor bulbs to gladden the festive season , September is the month to get to work . |
| 2 | Time will tell whether collecting the alpine 4000ers will become as popular as Munro bagging , but for a real challenge , how about going for a complete set of 150 peaks and 4000m tops ! |
| 3 | He said : ‘ Now and for all time in the future , human skills and human talents will be the major determinants of success or failure — not just for individuals but for a whole society in all of its social , cultural and commercial life . ’ |
| 4 | As with recording advances , there is no such thing as a typical figure , but for a non-performing writer , enough money to live on should be sought . |
| 5 | Every technical device and dramatic trick was blatantly obvious this time through , and yet there was still a lot of delight , not from smug recognition of prize kitsch , but for a good yarn well told with the perfect characterisation of Albert Sharpe in the title role . |
| 6 | But for a while we found it hard . |
| 7 | A Lotus Elan provides more grip and a Peugeot 309GTi offers more communicative steering , but for a combination of fine throttle adjustability , knife-edged balance , the ability to stay accurately on line , and high levels of security — cut the throttle sharply and it wo n't suddenly swap ends — there 's little to touch the Corrado . |
| 8 | The engine may be be smooth , refined and flexible in its mid-range , but for a cross-country sprint it 's asthmatic . |
| 9 | But for a special treat indulge yourself with one of these luxury flavours : English toffee , pecan , Dutch chocolate , strawberry , vanilla and even clotted cream vanilla all from the Cricket St Thomas range of ice creams . |
| 10 | Fish and chips are a Northern favourite and always fresh here , but for a real treat go to Harry Ramsden 's at nearby Guiseley , said to be the largest fish and chip shop in the world — and , with its plush decor and chandeliers , a very chic chippie ! |
| 11 | The length of this splice and the size of the bolt for making the connection depends upon floor span , loading , spacing of joists and distance of the splice from the support , but for a 4m ( 13ft ) span in domestic-type work , with joists at 400mm ( 16in ) centres , the splice would be 610mm ( 24in ) long with two 12mm ( 1/2in ) diameter bolts installed 400mm ( 16in ) apart over 75mm ( 3in ) square toothed-plate connectors . |
| 12 | But for a handful of obvious reasons , Lewis does not draw a picture of ‘ the whole man ’ in Surprised by Joy It is partly that a natural reticence made him draw a veil over the two greatest facts of his emotional history : his relationships with his father and Mrs Moore . |
| 13 | ‘ I believe , in a case like yours , ’ wrote Mountbatten , coincidentally on St Valentine 's Day in 1974 , ‘ the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down , but for a wife he should choose a suitable , attractive and sweet-charactered girl before she met anyone else she might fall for . |
| 14 | But for a game that imagined it was losing its club-orientated mentality , a game convinced that the staging of high-class football in comfortable surroundings would bring in the punters in their thousands , Old Trafford and Elland Road were bitter disappointments . |
| 15 | The Japanese will be offered greater access to Europe , on condition that they open their domestic markets — not only for cars but for a whole range of industrial and service sectors — to European businessmen . |
| 16 | He looked around briefly at the women with the scraggy necks in the Laura Ashley dresses , and the men who all seemed to be wearing red ties , and probably Seiko watches — but for a different reason from Bob . |
| 17 | But for a young casual Tote employee the incident had a different ending . |
| 18 | He said he had heard calls for unity on every side , but for a unity of common interests , attitudes and culture shared by the two Germanys . |
| 19 | There is no village now , but for a thousand years there has been a manor . |
| 20 | But for a time in 1990 it seemed likely to split apart . |
| 21 | But for a while , the frontier of experimental physics will be open to anyone with a fax machine , an electronic mail-box and a reasonably good university laboratory . |
| 22 | But for a sudden , necessary purchase , it is worth scouring the charity shops at any season . |
| 23 | My Japanese friends wonder at my passion , because he is not very well known and not very successful , though when he visited Paris with his fellow sumotori he was at once called ‘ the Japanese Alain Delon ’ — to my mind , an insult to my hero , but for a while that kind of adulation seemed to give him a little of the confidence he needed , and on his return to Japan he delighted me by winning an unusually high number of contests . |
| 24 | The next three days were spent not looking at the buildings and architecture of gay Paree but for a mythical Adidas Centre which one of my mates overheard someone talking about in hushed tones in a Liverpool snug . |
| 25 | On Good Friday 1958 the first march set out for Aldermaston , the atomic research establishment in Berkshire , under the CND symbol , a black circle forked with a white ‘ drooping cross ’ , the semaphore symbols for N and D , which became the membership badge not only for the campaign but for a certain kind of non-conformity among young people . |
| 26 | But for a stranger to see it . |
| 27 | The droid was motionless but for a cautious antenna trembling at its apex . |
| 28 | It is normal not only for stallions to seek mares , but for a mare when she comes into season to seek a stallion . |
| 29 | It is a major handicap for thousands of people , but for a major star for whom flying is a way of life , it is a living nightmare . |
| 30 | Adult actors do that , but for a kid to think of it was terrific . |