Example sentences of "but [verb] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But looking for the truth in nature walks ? |
| 2 | Illuminative evaluation is not limited by the initial formulation of aims , but allows for the expression of unexpected results . |
| 3 | None of them looked back to see what happened but galloped for the interchange to the Central Line . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Laura often visited the Cambrian Mill , owned by the British Legion since 1927 but run for the benefit of all local disabled people who then , as now , make up 80 per cent of the workforce . |
| 6 | A US State Department spokesman referred to de Klerk 's " courageous statesmanship " but called for the release of all political prisoners . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | This gave warning to the outside interests and to members and gave them time to gather their thoughts and explain their views before the first reading , which was purely formal but provided for the printing of the bill . |
| 9 | The Benefit was an unqualified success , which was the main thing , but asking for the support of hundreds of strangers inevitably meant that the focus of their concern would be on John as well as on the terrible thing that was happening to him . |
| 10 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 11 | In fact , however , its function ‘ was not to represent the workers ’ interests , but to prepare for the seizure of power and to serve as the organizational prototype of a new form of state power . ’ |
| 12 | But concern for the vulnerability of land threatened by erosion and climate change is spread across much of the country . |