Example sentences of "but for our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They still have n't fixed a date for the postponed Villa game , but for our away match there on the 6th Feb tickets go on sale on the 15th jan ( same day as tickets for Sheff Wed ) . |
| 2 | But for our present purpose , Parsons ' young friends will be good witnesses for us . |
| 3 | There are many differences between these two groups , but for our present purposes two are critical : |
| 4 | Some people will want to quarrel with this analysis ; but for our present purposes its accuracy is less important than the use Miller makes of it . |
| 5 | But for our present purposes , its interest is that it locates stylistic significance in the ideational function of language ; that is , in the cognitive meaning or sense which for the dualist is the invariant factor of content rather than the variable factor of style . |
| 6 | The analysis of such spectra can give information about the sample , but for our present purposes we are concerned only with the unperturbed signal , which must be derived from atoms near the surface . |
| 7 | I know the other ladies will understand — but for our leading lady there can only be orchids ! ’ |
| 8 | But for our last point we had to rely on being half-right about two issues : we rightly predicted a Common Market between the US and Canada — but wrongly thought it would also include Mexico and Venezuela ; and we predicted that unemployment would rise sharply in the West , causing more flexible working patterns — but were over-optimistic about the implications , seeing masses of people returning to school in middle life and then starting a new career . |