Example sentences of "but [det] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temperature may be lower than in the height of summer , but that 's compensated for by the peace and quiet you find out of season . |
| 2 | But that 's provided for you and it is erm it you know certainly the assignments I did on the medical practice they were it was very valuable . |
| 3 | Deliberately , the colour has little force , but this is compensated for by its allusive subtlety . |
| 4 | For example , the declining firm needs an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent to compensate for the capital loss of 5 per cent per annum , whereas the supernormal growth firm has a dividend yield of only 2.66 per cent , but this is compensated for by an average annual growth in the share price of 12.34 per cent . |
| 5 | K. Some of the H.E.P. is used in people 's homes , but much was used for two new industries — smelting aluminium and making paper pulp . |
| 6 | Errors will also be experienced during rotation immediately prior to take-off , but these are allowed for during calibration of flight instruments and static vents , during the pre-certification flight trials of an aircraft . |
| 7 | Many amphibians , including the horned toad , have very serviceable rows of teeth on their jaws , as their ancestors had , but these are used for defence or as a way of gripping the prey . |
| 8 | High mountains in the middle section define the watershed , streams draining west from it to Morar and east to Lochaber but all are destined for the Atlantic . |
| 9 | Keegan rested new signings Barry Venison , Paul Bracewell and John Beresford and striker David Kelly but all are set for a place in Saturday 's line-up . |
| 10 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 11 | Some fungus is used as food for the Night Goblins and their strange animals , but many are grown for their hallucinogenic or intoxicating properties or because they affect the Goblin metabolism in some other way . |
| 12 | The Labour Department said the figures were in line with economists ' forecasts , but many were looking for a modest reduction . |