Example sentences of "but for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for many cities jealousy of Milan was as powerful as hatred of the emperor 's control , and a rival faction formed under Pavia which was for a time loyal to Frederick — a map of the two teams shows in a fascinating way how difficult it was to love one 's neighbour in this world of riotous freedom and traditional internecine feuds . |
| 2 | But for many others , including ourselves , the dawn and the return of the sun is a welcome relief from a time of enforced inactivity . |
| 3 | Boundaries between the ‘ fringe ’ and mainstream media have blurred , but for many women this appears a selective process of appropriation , a plucking of ‘ useful ’ radical ideas from their political context . |
| 4 | So much has changed , but for many women writers that cry is eternal . |
| 5 | WHY : Bad living conditions and lack of space are facts of British prison life ; but for many prisoners the greatest hardship is isolation . |
| 6 | Urgent medical supplies were flown out from Lyneham yesterday , but for many victims the only hope of a full recovery requires the full faclities which only countries like Britain can provide . |
| 7 | But for many years after 1979 this approach seemed to embody many of the qualities which a depressed , declining nation yearned for and acclaimed . |
| 8 | It is in the heart of Manchester , but for many years industry and commerce have been moving away from the city centre , increasing the risk that only a lifeless core will be left . |
| 9 | Nowadays we can judge the sound from the advantage of good quality roundwound strings , but for many years flat/tapewound strings with their poor magnetic response and rapid note decay were the only option . |
| 10 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 11 | But for many years Soviet statements have considered the DRA 's ‘ peaceful initiatives ’ on settling the situation around Afghanistan ( such as the regime 's political programme of 14 May 1980 ) ‘ in the context of normalising the situation in the region as a whole ’ . |
| 12 | What has proved to be a thorny problem , not just during the past four years but for many years before , is the basis for financing all the services provided by local authorities and the level of services that should be provided . |
| 13 | For some time , Mrs Edwards worked in the Denbigh office of solicitors Kerfoot Owen and Company but for many years had to care for her elderly mother with whom she lived . |
| 14 | Tinka 's home is now in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , but for many years she lived in Johannesburg , where she established the Medau Society of South Africa . |
| 15 | But for many workers the move did n't come as a surprise . |
| 16 | But for many participants what is needed is something more definite in the way of a scheme of work of some kind which will direct and maintain the momentum of the course into a continuing programme of monitored activities in the classroom . |
| 17 | But for many drivers using the road regularly the present situation is unacceptable . |
| 18 | Prokarvotic and eukaryotic systems have approximately equal emphasis and there is a useful chapter on recombinant-DNA techniques : but for many courses the treatment of bacteriophages and F plasmids will be inadequate . |
| 19 | But for many booksellers and librarians the barricades of desks and tables of busily negotiating suits that fill most stands must be both forbidding and frustrating . |
| 20 | If income is over £100,000 accounts will be fully audited , but for many charities income tends to fluctuate around the £100,000 mark . |
| 21 | This is the remote area of Appenzell , known to many for the unique flavour of its celebrated cheese , but for many tourists , not much more than that . |
| 22 | Inpatient waiting times have long been the focus of attention , but for many patients waiting to be admitted to hospital is just the tip of a ‘ waiting iceberg . ’ |
| 23 | But for such degenerates as Cade , or these two , Shakespeare can also deprive his prose of rhythm , make it flaccid , shapeless , a difficult mouthful to get out : Caliban 's verse stands out with the greater force , cured as he now is of his delusions : But — so at least the juxtaposition suggests — that is in part the judgement that verse can make over prose . |
| 24 | You know very often , in fact usually the best way of working things out is to go right back to the beginning is n't it , it , to start off at square one and the trouble is sometimes we want to start in the middle , we want to pick it up where we think we can come in and it does n't work that way , we 've got to go right back to the beginning , and what is it at the beginning , well we look to see how God , what God 's plan and his purpose for us is , how God made us , it tells us there in the book of Genesis in the first chapter in verse twenty seven , that God created us to be like himself and you 've got to look in the mirror and I 've got to look in the mirror , not just the glass mirror on the wall , but into the mirror of ourselves and realise we do n't have to be intellectuals , we do n't have to be astute observers , but even the very cursory of glances will show to us that were nothing like it , if God made you and me to be in his image , then something has gone wrong , but that 's how we started , that is how he made us and in making us to be like himself that does something tremendous because it gives to men and women , it gives to human kind a status and a responsibility in creation , he did not make you and me like the animals , no matter how wonderful their abilities are , they 've got tremendous instincts , they 've got tremendous homing instincts , how that tiny bird weighing , weighing less than an ounce can fly thousands and thousands of miles , for the first time and come back , six , nine months later to the very spot where it was hatched out of an nest , now you ca n't do it , I ca n't do it , but for all wonders that God has put into the , into his , to his creative to his , in , in his creation , in animals , in birds and in other creatures , he has done something that marks you and I humanity out above and beyond all his others creation , he has given to us a status and a responsibility |
| 25 | This positive shift in investment occurred not only in one or two large industries but for all industries — a fact which strengthens the view that the shift was due to regional policy rather than to other factors . |
| 26 | But for all Protestants it is the record of scriptures which is crucial . |
| 27 | They will be designed not for any particular proportion of the ability range but for all candidates whatever their ability relative to other candidates who are able to reach the standards required for the award of particular grades in each subject . |
| 28 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm wearing outfits not only for active sports but for all kinds of leisure activities , ’ Dana said , heedless of Claudia 's strained silence . |
| 30 | When the press noted the change in tone , Hitler agreed that he had altered his stance , but only to the extent , he said , that he had earlier been too mild , and had realized while at work on Mein Kampf that the ‘ Jewish Question ’ was one not solely for the German people , but for all peoples , ‘ for Juda is the world plague ’ . |