Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | o overall er the plan looks reasonably sound except for the which er reflect in the price . |
| 2 | The sky now suddenly seemed clear except for a CR 42 going down in a spin ahead of me . |
| 3 | Shaped like straw mushrooms , they are completely clear except for a gossamer veil which makes up their body . |
| 4 | Every detail was clear except for the number-plate . |
| 5 | He returned to England in 1844 but was unemployed except for a brief tenure of the post of governor of the new prison in Birmingham in 1849–51 , before dismissal . |
| 6 | Most of these are now desolate except for the fifteenth century Church of the Pantanassa , still a convent , and a few others such as the fourteenth century Church of Evangelistria , S. Sophia , c. 1350 , and the fourteenth century Church of Peribleptos . |
| 7 | It is far easier for the British than for the American executive to do this . |
| 8 | If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use |
| 9 | The difference in performance between large and small hardware firms was less marked than for the other sectors . |
| 10 | The hybridisation patterns are different except for the Eco RI fragment of 6.5 kb detected by both probes . |
| 11 | What can be easier than for a manufacturer to limit his sales to those members of the public who fulfil the qualification of being this or doing that ? |
| 12 | The radial shields are rounded triangular to teardrop shaped , slightly greater than a quarter of the disk diameter in length , distally contiguous except for a row of granules which runs along the suture . |
| 13 | The water trough was empty except for a layer of scum , a beer bottle and some sweet wrappers . |
| 14 | They were empty except for a caretaker or two . |
| 15 | The benches are empty except for a solitary figure sitting huddled in a mackintosh , watching with fierce concentration . |
| 16 | The doorway led into a small court with white walls and flat roof of red earth , empty except for a man sitting on the ground on a blue mat . |
| 17 | The field was empty except for a few ewes with young lambs . |
| 18 | The doors to the great white stone building that led to the palatial rotunda were open , the lobby empty except for a single security guard sitting and reading behind the circular information desk . |
| 19 | I was in a round room , which was empty except for a large square computer . |
| 20 | The incinerator was empty except for a trace of carbon ash . |
| 21 | The yard was empty except for a neat looking two-horse box and at the far end a large powerful motorbike . |
| 22 | The street below was empty except for a girl walking along sobbing quietly and a boy behind her trying to explain . |
| 23 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 24 | It was empty except for an ox and ass who snorted and brayed a greeting . |
| 25 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 26 | The place was almost empty except for an old man in one corner and a boy and a girl eating chicken and chips two booths away . |
| 27 | The mess was almost empty except for an Education Corps captain who was also using the place as an hotel , and three unmarried young officers who 'd been playing tennis and should n't have been in the ante-room dressed like that . |
| 28 | To his annoyance he found that the Treasurer 's office was now completely empty except for the four telephones set down in a row on the bare boards of the floor . |
| 29 | He picked up the canvas shoulder-bag , which was empty except for the map and a compass . |
| 30 | The buildings were empty except for the occasional orderly and the Assistant Commissioner at the other end of the corridor , and sometimes Nikos working late , and he was able to get a lot of work done . |