Example sentences of "[noun] but [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following day , with the barricades still in place but support for the insurrection eroding , de Gaulle was already talking about the crisis in the past tense . |
| 2 | The possibility of a child being born with a handicap is not only an emotional worry but caring for the child in the future will be expensive . |
| 3 | He did not even state his demand but waited for the rupee to drop . |
| 4 | British producers have little choice but to go for the home market , because the lion share of their budgets comes from the B B C , I T V or Channel Four who commission the programmes in the first place . |
| 5 | The Soviet leadership , for its part , deplored Chinese policy on many international issues but called for the normalisation of relations ‘ on the basis of peaceful coexistence ’ . |
| 6 | Mr Richards , who met two of the demonstrators , said he had not supported the closures but voted for the Government motion for a review of the threatened pits . |
| 7 | Damages are designed not to punish the person in breach but to compensate for the loss sustained by the plaintiff . |
| 8 | Ian Austin , a hero in Tuesday 's B&H Cup semi final win at Leicester but dropped for the championship match against Essex , returns to the side . |