Example sentences of "but [pron] is [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that the VT2 binding sites may have their own distinct 3' sequence , but none is apparent for the sites identified in this study . |
| 2 | Everything they grow they must take to the market to survive , but everything is expensive for them and so they have nothing . |
| 3 | Thankfully for the Hibs manager , Reid 's ankle is not broken as was first feared but he is doubtful for Saturday 's match against Airdrie which could result in a recall for John Burridge . |
| 4 | The authority is not bound to accept his recommendations but it is rare for many , or any of substance , to be overruled . |
| 5 | There is suspicion of the work of demons ; but it is rare for demons to attack the rich , and above all to leave no trace of violence on the bodies . |
| 6 | The experience of tragic art confirms that the relation of pleasure and awareness is two-way ; if a welcoming of the sharpest awareness of things from which we most deeply recoil , without any reservations of the sort of ‘ This hurts but it is good for me ’ , can make even the fate of Lear or Oedipus enjoyable , it would seem that there can be no involuntary quickening of awareness without joy . |
| 7 | ISDN is currently priced in fixed 64Kb/second chunks , which some see as a limitation : with the latest compression techniques in place , 64Kb is a bit excessive for phone calls , but it is insufficient for some other purposes . |
| 8 | There may be complaints and accusations of neglect to be endured at first , but it is stimulating for the old person to have new company and most important for you , the carer , to maintain some friends and some life outside the home , both for present needs and for the future when you will be alone . |
| 9 | Clearly this is no place for novices but it is possible for them , if armed with a torch and wearing boots and clothes that do n't matter , to go into one hole and emerge from the other , the two entrance passages converging after fifteen yards of stumbling progress . |
| 10 | In general we value goods with a price , and devalue the ‘ free lunch ’ , but it is possible for some institutions and professional and personal relationships to be viewed in different terms . |
| 11 | Sometimes proportionality can be very close indeed but it is possible for there to be divergences from strict proportionality for the reasons explained above . |
| 12 | Normally , however , one would expect the transport police to be responsible , but it is possible for other police officers to conduct tests . |
| 13 | But it is possible for people growing up in a totally different culture to see kingship in terms of tyranny , in which case they would receive the statement that God is like a king as meaning that God is tyrannical , even some kind of dictator , so that religion resembles a prison rather than paradise . |
| 14 | There is no preference in the law between an adult or a child in the use of the available seat belts but it is safer for the adult to be restrained . |
| 15 | The picture quality is n't as good as that from an IV disc , but it is suitable for many business applications . |
| 16 | It 's not a marvellous touring aircraft but it is suitable for trekking in a way that a Tomahawk or 152 is n't . |
| 17 | But it is uncommon for the baby to arrive on that date , and women find it disappointing and sometimes worrying if delivery does not occur soon after this time . |
| 18 | The evidence is slender — nothing more than a feline jaw-bone — but it is convincing for a special reason . |
| 19 | Fat lesbians and fat heterosexual women may experience fat oppression in different ways , but it is present for both . |
| 20 | But it is essential for the man or woman to be prepared to admit that they have a drink problem and be ready to receive help , if there is to be any cure . |
| 21 | In the colonies there are no Inns of Court , but it is essential for the due administration of justice that some persons should have authority to determine , who are fit persons to practise as advocates and attornies there . |
| 22 | I do not think much of the House of Lords anyhow , but it is essential for the proper performance of parliamentary government that the major Bills — this is one — are introduced first in this House . |
| 23 | Not that I want to kill anybody now , but it is all for defence rather than offence , and it does make me feel a lot more secure . |
| 24 | But it is sad for the ordinary cat owner to realize that there is a whole range of sounds that simply can not be shared with a much-loved pet . |
| 25 | The ‘ opt out ’ method taken by the current system is not ideal but it is preferable for a system to admit it 's ignorance than to submit an incorrect suggestion . |
| 26 | But it is necessary for the individual mind to cooperate with the external Mind in Nature ; the two minds are related and together they create the world — in Tintern Abbey the beholder loves |
| 27 | In the seat belt cases the plaintiff 's failure to take precautions for his own safety is regarded as a contributing cause of his injuries , but it is necessary for the defendant to prove that the failure to wear a seat belt was a cause of the injuries . |
| 28 | But it is impossible for anyone to feel depressed for long at Liphook . |
| 29 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |
| 30 | But it is impossible for him in his findings not to interpret events . |