Example sentences of "but [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Search me , squire , ’ I replied , ‘ But off the top of my bonce I 'll hazard a guess how many have masturbated ! ’ |
| 2 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |
| 3 | I remember that there was terrible screaming and that blows were delivered , but for the life of me I ca n't recall ever making sense of the basic problem . |
| 4 | Until now , however , there has been no prize which has honoured our major creative writers not just for a single work but for the achievement of a lifetime . ’ |
| 5 | This is necessary not only for the individual but for the development of society . |
| 6 | To return to the central question about how the boundaries of special educational provision and therefore of support teaching are to be defined , I shall argue in the remainder of this chapter that although the ‘ individual ’ approach represents what has always traditionally been accepted to be our role , to continue to define our responsibilities in these purely individual terms could have serious consequences , not only for the future of support teaching when we come to evaluate it , but for the development of comprehensive education as a whole . |
| 7 | Silence , but for the hiss of blood in my ears and the thud of my heart . |
| 8 | The battles of heterodoxy against orthodoxy are not just for changes , but for the autonomization of a given field from the field of power . |
| 9 | In September 1329 Edward sent a yeoman of his household , William Montague , to enlist the aid of the pope in the matter of appointments ‘ not only for our own needs but for the advancement of the people of our household and for others ’ . |
| 10 | In the night it was difficult to know that she was there , but for the wall of the screen . |
| 11 | But for the help of a friend who sleeps in the bungalow at night , and who can help her go to the toilet if she needs to , she says she would have to go into a home . |
| 12 | But for the remainder of the Fifties the initiative was seized in the Soviet Union , and often the world , by this gifted peasant , a copy-book proletarian , a metal worker who did not read or write until he was in his twenties and who summed up in his character so many of the strengths and weaknesses of the Communist system . |
| 13 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |
| 14 | He was again imprisoned in 1677 for six months for failing to attend the Church of England 's services , but for the remainder of his life was free , devoting himself to his pastoral duties and his writings . |
| 15 | Carol 's kitchen was silent but for the hum of the refrigerator . |
| 16 | I pretend I am at my father 's in the spring of my eighth year , staying awake late together , the two of us , miles past bedtime , eating cold takeout spaghetti from the local Italian deli , watching My Man Godfrey on hastily edited late night television , the tiny room dark but for the flicker of a tatty late night screen , our tired eyes bleary but soft , placid , from feeding . |
| 17 | Hopefully such ideas will spread to the rest of the community , but for the majority of this year 's school leavers it will be too late . |
| 18 | They ask me how much I paid for everything I was wearing , how much I pay for my room at the pension , how much salary I shall be getting at the university — a salary to me ridiculously small , little more than pocket-money , but for the majority of working-class Spaniards a fortune . |
| 19 | Those who work in the formal sector are partly protected by the continued existence of a minimum wage requirement , but for the majority of those in the informal sector or in peasant agriculture , there is no such security . |
| 20 | But for the majority of us there 's enough to get the best out of most effects in most playing situations . |
| 21 | However , as the WPGET ventures into a 13th season , it is pleasing to reflect that it has been lucky not just for some , but for the majority of women golfers , both amateur and professional . |
| 22 | But for the majority of teachers , the converse is true and changes in assessment are forcing changes in the curriculum . |
| 23 | But for the strip of mirror and the portrait of her aunt , the walls were empty . |
| 24 | Hofmann believed that the proper objectives of such research should not be for personal gain , but for the pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the fulfilment of social needs . |
| 25 | I knew sexual love and had a love for those very close to me — perhaps half a dozen people in all — but for the rest of the world , well , they really were just the Mafia . |
| 26 | On Saturday nights we had a bath in a tin tub by the fire , but for the rest of the week , washing was done in the bedrooms . |
| 27 | Looking back , it seems a marvel that the houses surrounding the Greencroft were never set on fire — the residents must have suffered very anxious hours , but for the rest of us the sight of so many fires all blazing away was one never forgotten . |
| 28 | But for the rest of the year they are dominated by dead plants . |
| 29 | However , the treasurer needs to know how much he will be borrowing not just today but for the rest of this week , the rest of this month and the rest of this year . |
| 30 | But for the rest of spoken language , our neo-cortex is heavily involved , with strong evidence furthermore of lateralisation for speech even as early as birth . |