Example sentences of "but [prep] the [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | British public opinion welcomed the Charter but for the government it involved repudiating the policies of protection and imperial preference , adopted in the depths of the world depression . |
| 2 | The videotaping of the child 's statement comes at a crucial point in that process but for the child it is only one part of it . |
| 3 | But for the present it will suffice to say that on this matter Lanfranc , no less than Anselm , would seem to have been content to rely on the tradition of the Canterbury monks , supported by documents which gave historical support to the testimony of the living word . |
| 4 | But for the majority it was purity which provided the language both to challenge men 's immorality and to stake out their own claim to speak about sex . |
| 5 | Oh , you get the few stalwarts who come year after year , but for the majority it 's their one and only chance to be pampered , to see places they might otherwise never see . ’ |
| 6 | If it did , it will surely live forever in the annals of infamy ; but for the mapmaker it has ceased to exist . |
| 7 | ‘ Teenage music ’ had not yet arrived , and what there was was essentially for adults , in the form of country and western and rhythm and blues ; jazz was popular , of course , in some circles , but for the rest it was this or classical music , which Leonard also enjoyed , and waltzes . |
| 8 | Much of the deterrent value of the installation lies in having a box on the wall outside the house , but for the rest it is a matter of personal inclination . |
| 9 | One-third of sufferers will never experience a second episode , but for the rest it may be a lifetime 's struggle against repeated attacks , each one taking its toll . |
| 10 | For most historians of architecture and decor this transition is regrettable , since it is marked by the collapse of taste ; but for the novelist it opens up many new territories for exploration . |
| 11 | But for the moment it seems that Chevenement is fighting to keep up appearances of big budget increases while losing at least a little ground to other ministries in that fight for limited funds . |
| 12 | That may have been true , but for the moment it 's irrelevant . ’ |
| 13 | I shall return to these reservations in a later chapter , but for the moment it should be noted that well-qualified observers such as Martin Anderson and Donald Regan take a different view . |
| 14 | The reasons for this change will need to be examined later , in Chapter 6 , but for the moment it should be noted that a change in the instinct theory underpinning this later analysis had been made . |
| 15 | But for the moment it is right to take stock of how much has already been achieved — to the benefit of us all . |
| 16 | But for the moment it is enough to recognize that even unanimity can have its problematic aspects ; and , since unanimity is so rarely achieved on a large scale , we need to consider next the next best thing , the principle with which democracy is very often crudely identified : majority decision-taking or majority rule . |
| 17 | This is a broad , catch-all term which ‘ gatecrashed the literature , thereby avoiding the entrance fee of a definition ’ ( Blackaby , 1979 , p. 2 ) ; the question of definitions is taken up in Chapter 2 but for the moment it is important to note that it is a misleading term for it is often used to describe the relative decline of manufacturing industry rather than industry as a whole which includes primary industries like mining , quarrying and oil and gas production and also includes construction and transport . |
| 18 | We shall be looking at this point more closely later , but for the moment it is sufficient to point out that the gift of the Spirit at Pentecost to all believers without distinction fulfilled one further hope of the prophets of old . |
| 19 | The biggest open room was a wardrobe area with hundreds of costumes on moveable racks , two sewing machines and a makeup chair , but for the moment it was unattended . |
| 20 | This is an important consideration , but for the moment it can be noted that the activities of the drink sellers took place within existing recreational forms . |
| 21 | The pavements were wet when in under an hour they reached Karlovy Vary , but for the moment it had stopped raining . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It comprised some of the very best of the Black-Earth belt , but after the Revolution it had been trampled over first by the Red Army advancing on Kiev from Kharkov , then by the German 20th Army Corps , and later by ruthless and bloodthirsty ‘ Green ’ armies . |
| 24 | He knelt , studying the patterns in the white , but like the rest it meant nothing . |
| 25 | In the water , it breathes with its gills like any normal fish , but like the bichir it uses its lungs too , rising every now and then to gulp air from the surface , a talent which is particularly valuable when the water in the pools becomes tepid and foul and loses most of its oxygen . |
| 26 | It looks like the Microsoft Ballpoint , but under the skin it 's different . |
| 27 | Here , in the gymnasia and exercise studios , they are now worrying not so much about the effects of heavy-duty exercise on their bodily contours , but with the havoc it is wreaking on their faces . |
| 28 | Of course the bigger clients are getting the message and do keep in touch but with the rest it 's proving hard work teasing out the issues and reassuring there 's value in it for them . |
| 29 | ‘ Sarah has gone to see about getting cards printed , but with the weekend it will be difficult . ’ |
| 30 | er if you go to er , er a major store , if you go to Marks and Spencers , somewhere like that , it 's on a return basis , but with the market it 's a little bit here today gone tomorrow |