Example sentences of "[noun prp] but for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The freshly unveiled Natal anthem ‘ 15 Men of the Last Outpost ’ , a folksy ballad , was unwittingly to become a fitting epitaph for not only Natal but for nearly every other South African side that took the field against either set of Antipodeans . |
| 2 | So the family overstayed its permitted time and then left , not for the United States but for Galway , without notifying the authorities . |
| 3 | Yet we hear so much in chapters 1–3 of the faithlessness of men in high positions in Israel ( chapter 4 will tell us that Eli was not only high priest at Shiloh but for forty years ‘ judge ’ in Israel , the one in whom resided the greatest political and spiritual as well as judicial authority among all the tribes ) . |
| 4 | Through anger , self-confidence , love and eventual forgiveness a difficult happiness is forged , not just for Celie but for those whom she loves and those who have abused her . |
| 5 | The early Labour leaders supported votes for women , home rule not merely for Ireland but for Scotland and Wales , and were deeply concerned about the respect that should be paid to individuals , about the sense of freedom that was lacking in the nineteenth-century employer-employee relationship . |
| 6 | She had been feeling so very proud of her adventure in Horsfall Woods , which had turned out so well , not only for Rosalind but for the poor gardener . |
| 7 | Thenceforth he played many games not only for the MCC but for a variety of sides . |
| 8 | So let's , ask ourself these questions , not just for this woman of Samaria but for us , why did our Lord seek the interview with this woman ? |
| 9 | Such was the prophetic hope , not only for the Suffering Servant or the Messiah of Israel but for the whole people of God . |
| 10 | Well there is not for Kathy but for Kathy she thought this would be . |
| 11 | ‘ The tunnel will create an opportunity not for BR but for foreign railways , because they have an infrastructure . ’ |
| 12 | I understood her logic : to anyone , or to be precise to any tourist , who cast an eye towards the subcontinent , Machu Picchu was not only a symbol for Peru but for the whole of Latin America . |
| 13 | We can all still bring leather in from our friends in Australia but for reasons that I do n't wholly understand , this is very much dearer than the local er supplies available and for the time being it 's not of interest to the saddlery-makers in Walsall . |
| 14 | ‘ We agree with Barry that , not only for the good of Barnet FC but for football in general , action needs to be taken now or the players and the supporters will be the losers . |
| 15 | ‘ The government is giving this project every conceivable support because of the enormous amount of work it would provide not just for Cleveland but for many other British companies . |
| 16 | President Mitterrand of France ( and he 's not alone in this ) has been anxious that too swift a move to reunify the two Germanys could destabilise Gorbachev , something that could spell disaster not only for the West but for the balance of world power . |
| 17 | Tim Devlin waves the lone Tory flag in the county following Ashok Kumar 's November by-election win for Labour in nearby Langbaurgh but for how much longer ? |
| 18 | The book was a triumph not just for the ‘ Nonconformist ’ Mrs Stowe but for English Nonconformity . |
| 19 | His devotion to the cause of Bonapartism became devout and unswerving , based on a conviction that it was the only possible political solution not only for France but for Europe . |
| 20 | I found that I no longer felt for Jean-Claude but for myself . |
| 21 | I know the tourists are very important to York but for goodness sake it is n't a huge city ca n't they walk round ? |
| 22 | As I wait at the traffic lights I find myself crying ; I realise it is not for Hilda but for him . |
| 23 | The 1958 war is remembered now not so much for the vicious sectarian battles that occurred in Beirut but for the arrival of the US Marines , who stormed ashore only to find the beaches occupied not by militiamen but by bikini-clad ladies and street urchins who were merely waiting to sell Coca-Cola to the country 's latest rescuers . |
| 24 | A new product release , for example , might be angled for the consumer media along the lines of the second release given above for Brand A. But for the retail trade press much more emphasis will need to be given to discounts , special promotions and advertising — in fact , full details of what 's in it for the retailer . |
| 25 | The British attaché in Berlin was expected to cover Holland and the Scandinavian countries as well as Germany , while his French counterpart was responsible not only for the Reich but for Holland , Belgium and Switzerland , and another had the whole of the Far East as his sphere of activity . |
| 26 | It is built on the shape of the letter ‘ E ’ , not necessarily as a compliment to Queen Elizabeth but for the satisfactory symmetry it afforded to the most important east-facing front which the world and his wife could view as they passed by . |
| 27 | If it is crushed it will be a severe setback not just for the people of Segundo Montes but for other refugee communities seeking repatriation as well . |
| 28 | The remaining antecedents all emerged in North America but for slightly different reasons . |
| 29 | The New Towns programme quickly unfolded , not only for London but for other parts of the country . |
| 30 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |