Example sentences of "[adv] but for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All her hair had been burnt away but for the black roots and her features hideously charred . |
| 2 | Yes the best if there was a dry time a dry stack , they kept that very best but for the calf beds , both for the bothy and the house . |
| 3 | States parties may accede separately tot he convention and to the jurisdiction of the Commission and the Court , and they may do so not permanently but for a specific term on the expiry of which the accession will end . |
| 4 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 5 | The world of the Zoo seemed to move without any noise at all and around the Cages all was still but for the visitor Creggan had attacked , who swayed back and forth where he sat on the ground , others gathered around him . |
| 6 | THE stock market rang out 1989 in fine style yesterday but for the pound it was the familiar story of a struggling recovery from a previous hefty fall . |
| 7 | As for working the ebony , it blunts tools very rapidly and it is really best to use scrapers and stockscrapers when performing shaping operations , as they keep their edge and give a superb shiny finish , leaving little cleaning up but for a rub-over with 400 grit paper . |
| 8 | Cos I 've I 've thought about a kit before but for the money I 've got I could n't do what I really wanted . |
| 9 | Sometime later he did turn up , also very much put out but for a different reason . |
| 10 | The high spot of the V16 period came in 1953 at Albi , where BRM should have won convincingly but for the immense torque of the engines destroying the tyres . |
| 11 | Mr Singh and i drove through the wide streets of New Delhi , empty now but for a few pilgrims washing under the public pumps near the shrine of Nizamuddin . |
| 12 | All went well but for a small hitch . |
| 13 | However , the treasurer needs to know how much he will be borrowing not just today but for the rest of this week , the rest of this month and the rest of this year . |
| 14 | Euturpia Kennedy turned untenanted eyes in a face laid waste ; even her lips , emptied of succulence , were hardly there but for the outlined ridge . |
| 15 | The next half-hour or so passed quietly but for the sound of happy munching and quaffing . |