Example sentences of "but [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expert determination is also used in electricity supply contracts , which are not strictly supply contracts but contracts for differences , because the electricity is supplied from a pool and the purpose of the contract is to cover price fluctuations . |
| 2 | A complete professional , he performed to deadline and coined the motto : ‘ Art for art 's sake but money for God 's sake . ’ |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the literature on the professions per se provides a useful entrée into this type of education , because it identifies some of the main themes which characterize not only those professions but preparation for them : the existence of a body of specialized knowledge and expertise ; the influence of professional norms and ethics ; the autonomy and responsibility of the professional ; the relationships with colleagues , clients and the state . |
| 4 | Here at home , banking for business is not an overcrowded market — although painfully short of creditworthy companies — but banking for people has more than enough suppliers with the building societies chasing the same customers . |
| 5 | But plans for post-war reconstruction were to bear only limited fruit . |
| 6 | They were to be weighed under water to measure their body density , but plans for vigorous treadmill tests may have to be shelved because their feet are in such pain . |
| 7 | Provision for the blind and deaf was reasonably comprehensive as a result , although often rather isolated , but provision for the heterogeneous general classes of disability was very slight and uneven between authorities . |
| 8 | but provision for the higher education of eligible members of the deaf community has never been achieved . |
| 9 | But provision for treating dyslexia in Mr Fallon 's own constituency was described by an expert last night as mediocre . |
| 10 | But responsibility for this should not , retrospectively , be fixed on the small group which initiated these events . |
| 11 | But responsibility for the developing conflict with the Jewish community as with the hostility of the Labour movement , has to be seen as a matter of convergence . |
| 12 | Reasonably careful consideration was given to cabinet appointments , and appointments at the sub-cabinet level were also subject to vetting , but responsibility for selecting the remaining 2,000 political appointees was delegated to cabinet members . |
| 13 | But enthusiasm for war itself and for an apocalyptic struggle for ‘ living space ’ was difficult to raise outside circles of nazified youth , the SS , and Party fanatics . |
| 14 | ‘ But enthusiasm for reading among less able pupils began to decline after that . ’ |
| 15 | Recreational drug use is bigger today than it was in the Sixties , but enthusiasm for Ecstasy may be starting to wane . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly the variations in salary made transfers almost as common an object of solicitation as first appointments and promotions , but requests for a change of post might , however , be occasioned by more significant matters than the possibility of attracting a few additional pounds in salary . |
| 17 | But solicitors for the reluctant buyers say the car was not built to the original specification . |
| 18 | If we were to do that , I would not rule out any particular proposed change to the role and structure of the district councils , but proposals for change would need to be likely to command widespread support and to provide an appropriate and fair role for both sides of the community . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course , it is possible for centres to use assessment instruments which are different from the ones in the module descriptor — but permission for this change MUST be obtained from SCOTVEC in advance . |
| 20 | Through pressure and interest groups it could be claimed that the old democratic principle of participation was reinstated , but in a suitably modern form which accepted that it was not individuals but groups for whom this possibility existed . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm too old for it now , but thanks for the thought , ’ Morrow eventually managed . |
| 22 | But thanks for telling me all this . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , of course , said Alex , no , he could n't pretend he was n't hurt , but thanks for saying it , and he 'd be happy to give any advice that might be required . |
| 24 | Sorry to have messed up your date , but thanks for coming . |
| 25 | But thanks for the offer . |
| 26 | She shook her head at once and , keeping her voice level , replied , ‘ There 's nothing you can do for me , but thanks for the offer … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't need you to tell me that but thanks for emphasising it . |
| 28 | But thanks for the beer and grub — and give my best to Mr Shorrocks . ’ |
| 29 | But thanks for the point , and I mean , I 'll make a note of that and take it up to the health authority . |
| 30 | But opportunities for races on grass on the East coast were limited , so he was flown out to California to join Ron McAnally , in whose charge he won a division of the $40,000 Henry P. Russell Handicap . |