Example sentences of "but [verb] [noun] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At twenty , he was too old for youth training schemes , but lacked experience for the type of job he wanted in book-keeping . |
| 2 | This animal does not hibernate , but stores food for the winter , which means that the damage it can cause is out of proportion to its diminutive size . |
| 3 | This is what is planned in the community care services , with local authorities losing some of their responsibility for provision but retaining responsibility for the allocation of resources . |
| 4 | He had come to Canterbury with a firmly established and clearly defined view of liberty as a state of the will wholly integrated with the will of God , seeking no escape from obedience , but finding freedom for the development of the soul in ever-deepening understanding of the divine nature , and ever-broadening assent to God 's will . |
| 5 | These views may well apply to the centre of the empire but require modification for the northwest provinces . |