Example sentences of "[conj] for the [noun sg] [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What evidence can be gleaned for the ‘ Queen Margaret ’ school , or for the counter-argument that such changes are largely a matter of style rather than substance , by examining the procedure and mechanics of government since 1979 ? |
| 2 | A third possibility connected with the idea that life on Earth originated from space is manifestly a nonsense — except for the fact that some remarkably distinguished scientists have supported it , the most recent of them being Francis Crick , winner with lames Watson and Maurice Wilkins of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in unravelling the structure of DNA , the ‘ double helix ’ . |
| 3 | They gave the impression of being a hunting party — not far from the truth , Grant thought , but for the fact that many carried baseball bats and all had their faces heavily smeared with camouflage cream . |
| 4 | as if to ensure , however , that we can not interpret this work as a declaration of Gironella , s ideas about race and colour in Mexico , there exists another version , almost identical but for the fact that this is a white queen . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , he obtained a Commission in the Regular Army before the Great War of 1914 — 1918 , in which he was wounded by a sniper 's bullet through a lung , and would have died but for the fact that one of his men , having also been wounded , fell on top of ‘ Monty ’ and thereby , protected him from further sniper bullets until darkness permitted rescue to be made . |
| 6 | ‘ It would n't have been so bad , ’ Souness remembered , ‘ but for the fact that one of our assailants was wielding a sword . |
| 7 | ‘ Where , in the case of any fishing vessel , the Secretary of State is satisfied that — ( a ) the vessel would be eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel but for the fact that any particular individual , or ( as the case may be ) each of a number of particular individuals , is not a British citizen ( and is accordingly not a qualified person ) , and ( b ) it would be appropriate to dispense with the requirement of British citizenship in the case of that individual or those individuals , in view of the length of time he has or they have resided in the United Kingdom and been involved in the fishing industry of the United Kingdom , the Secretary of State may determine that that requirement should be so dispensed with ; and , if he does so , the vessel shall , so long as paragraph ( a ) above applies to it and any such determination remains in force , be treated for the purposes of this Part as eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel . |
| 8 | This might have been a drawback of such accounts but for the fact that linguistic accounts understood in accord with the current consensus among analytic philosophers either are not possible or lack any philosophical interest . |