Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The engine may be be smooth , refined and flexible in its mid-range , but for a cross-country sprint it 's asthmatic . |
| 2 | It 's great fun , very enjoyable , but for a young women who 's perhaps come up from a convent or an all girls ' school and who feels very uncomfortable with this person because he 's thirty years older and has power over here , it 's not perceived in the same way . |
| 3 | There is no village now , but for a thousand years there has been a manor . |
| 4 | It seems an obvious assumption that these relatively simple organisms appeared very early in the history of life , but for a long time there was no proof that they actually did so . |
| 5 | Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes . |
| 6 | Spokesman Brian Adams explained : ‘ The historical society is one of the oldest clubs at Queen 's but for a long time it seemed to have fallen into a plodding routine . |
| 7 | There is a standard lie for each club , but for a short person it ought to be one or two degrees flatter . |
| 8 | I really think you should go for the Broughton 's ‘ Wasa Wasa ’ masterpiece instead of this , but for a quick fix it will suffice . |
| 9 | But for a nagging worry she was fully recovered . |
| 10 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 11 | Opening a window or door will give temporary relief , but for a permanent solution you will need to fit air vents in an outside wall , or either side of the hearth if the floor is timber . |
| 12 | But for the many guests who lie basking in the sun , around the pool or on the Club 's beach , the most familiar view is the endless expanse of brilliant blue sky . |
| 13 | Opposition Members believe that the British people have the basic talents and abilities which , with investment in their skills and a programme committed to training , will allow us to map out a better , more secure and more dignified future not for only those already in work but for the many people who will join the labour market in years to come . |
| 14 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 15 | Being rude about Palin feels like bombing Switzerland , but for the first time he seems , with this series , to be to post-Python what Paul McCartney was to post-Beatles . |
| 16 | It was hard work , but for the first time there are signs of movement in Stephen 's legs and clinic staff are hopeful he may soon be able to walk . |
| 17 | It 's relaxing and rewarding when you get ir right , not because dace are big or particularly strong , but for the sheer number you can catch . |
| 18 | In her report on the first two years , Ms Costigan said : ‘ The area where they live is a tourist area and on the whole is a very beautiful area , but for the young people who live here it does have its drawbacks . ’ |
| 19 | For instance , we are well-used to integrating vocational assessments in care , but for the general SVQ we have for the first time found it necessary to set up meetings with colleagues delivering modules in numeracy , information technology and budget financing . |
| 20 | These notions of the automatisation of processes which no longer require close monitoring are described in more detail in Underwood ( 1982 ) , but for the present purposes it is sufficient to note that attention can only be devoted to higher-level activities , such as comprehension , when lower-level activities have become skilled through practice . |
| 21 | But for the best bile you need to tune in to the critics . |
| 22 | Aromatherapy can help many disorders , but for the best results it should form part of a holistic health regime . |
| 23 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 24 | But for the real enthusaists it 's the Russians and their East European neighbours which have aroused the most interest . |
| 25 | To that extent the SuperCut is also on the right lines , and has some benefits , but for the serious woodcutter it is limiting . |
| 26 | But for the thousandth time I do n't do anything and we get to the bathroom safely . |
| 27 | If you 're an old age pensioner you can get get concessions but for the average person who who is n't one of those no chance . |
| 28 | It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table . |
| 29 | The Board of Trade 's official figure for 1892 was 20,000 and for 1893 , 15,000 but for the latter year it may actually have been less , little more than 12,000 . |
| 30 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |