Example sentences of "but for a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.14 " Working day " means any day on which clearing banks in the City of London are ( or would be but for a strike lock-out or other stoppage affecting such banks generally ) open during banking hours and " working days " shall be construed accordingly |
| 2 | Today , for example , was the seventy-fifth birthday of the brassiere ; but for a Sun feature called ‘ All Our Breasterdays ’ he would not have known this . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's happened ? ’ she said , but for a while Lucy could only shake her head . |
| 4 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |
| 5 | Daly would be with him but for a paperwork problem , and is in Harrogate Town where Frank Gray is manager now . |