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 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 All went well but for a small hitch .
11 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 .
12 Euturpia Kennedy turned untenanted eyes in a face laid waste ; even her lips , emptied of succulence , were hardly there but for the outlined ridge .
13 The next half-hour or so passed quietly but for the sound of happy munching and quaffing .
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