Example sentences of "but [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore a dove-grey Jaeger frock , discreet and asexual , but off an expensive peg . |
| 2 | For a philosopher , whether an idea is logical or illogical is very important , but for an historian of ideas this concern is of relatively little significance . |
| 3 | To argue over the logic or truth of an idea in absolute terms is to explore the nature of belief itself , but for an historian of ideas what is most interesting is ‘ who held a particular belief at a particular time and what needs it fulfilled for them . |
| 4 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 5 | Everyone grieves for lost love , but for an acutely sensitive figure like Gedge , it was a trauma from which he will always struggle to recover fully . |
| 6 | George immediately became a fixture in the Palace side and , but for an occasional injury , he remained there for seven seasons . |
| 7 | Debenham & Freebody 's of Wigmore Street did so in 1920 , but not for tardy payment of a long outstanding account but for an order which the customer denied had ever been given . |
| 8 | But for an undertaker to insist that both , or even either , are necessary for public health , except in a tiny minority of instances , is not true . |
| 9 | It is fitting to feel resentful , for example , when we have been wantonly injured ; but for an injury to be wanton it must satisfy these conditions . |
| 10 | Afterwards she was forced to walk back to her own barracks on a freezing winter night , naked but for an anorak round her shoulders . |
| 11 | But for an owner operator who wants an aircraft that is inexpensive to maintain , sophisticated and easy to fly , the Trinidad has a lot going for it . |
| 12 | But for an illustrated account of nature reserves , consult the ‘ Natural History ’ . |
| 13 | Similarly , if a floating.point compare instruction is provided , it should test not for equality but for an absolute difference lying within this range . |
| 14 | Only period modifications and factory option equipment are allowed , but for an event like the Monte Carlo , reliability is the number one priority , not tweaked , revvy little numbers ! |
| 15 | BANGOR finished with a flourish , but for an hour this First Trust Senior Cup tie was as dreary and depressing as the weather . |
| 16 | But for an ordinary church service this can be regarded as absolutely matter of fact . |
| 17 | my lord various er matters arise under that , we would ask er at this stage erm not for a judgement , two reasons , but for an adjournment , the first reason is the court of protection costs will have to be calculated |
| 18 | But for an afternoon 's work , not bad at all . |
| 19 | Most of the yarn is spun in factories , but for an extra special jumper , there 's still room for the traditional methods . |
| 20 | But for an authoritative opinion on either work , Bill really needs to see them . |
| 21 | But for an invitation from the Foreign Office to work for the World Bank in 1968 , his career could have been very different . |
| 22 | In his mid-twenties , he joins Custer ( Richard Mulligan ) , but during an attack on an Indian village he meets Sunshine ( Amy Eccles ) who becomes his wife . |
| 23 | Similarly , a realist claim that electrons exist is a claim not about the instrumental observations or theoretical predictions of physics but about an independent world which physics investigates . |
| 24 | Nobody wants a florid letter from someone they have never seen before but as an actor your style and personality must come through sufficiently — a bare list of parts played wo n't convey much . |
| 25 | But resemblance can not explain how a thinker could experience one object as standing for another ; for how could the fact that a particular datum is similar to other things mean anything to a thinker unless he experienced it as being like many others — that is , unless he grasped it , not just as a particular but as an instance of a kind ? |
| 26 | But as an Indian woman , and the only daughter among seven brothers , she resisted all attempts to teach her how to cook and clean fish and how to prepare spices for sauces . |
| 27 | This book shows something of what has emerged out of religious interpretations of death , not as a history of death but as an indication of what lies at the root of the major religious traditions , lending to each its characteristic style . |
| 28 | The pointes must not be thought of as a prop on which to balance the body , but as an extra dimension to make dramatic sense of a statement about the character on pointes and/or to relate in some way to the story or theme . |
| 29 | One of Crossman 's cardinal convictions was that Britain was run not as a democracy but as an oligarchy — and that view of his was perhaps partially reflected in my own youthful outburst against the essentially incestuous relationship between politicians and journalists that I thought I had discovered even within the people 's party . |
| 30 | But as an ex-Immigration Officer told the magazine Race Today ( June 1973 ) ‘ If you do n't show a good record in refusing people it is thought you are not doing your job properly . ’ |