Example sentences of "but [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAV stressed its commitment to extensive devolution of powers from the federal to the republican governments , but argued for the federal government to retain strong powers for the economic good of the country and to maintain Czech-Slovak co-operation . |
| 2 | Having seen all of this , Stoker , they say , told Irving he wished not only to administer Irving 's theatrical affairs , but to write for the great man . |
| 3 | But no entry is given by Meude-Monpas for ‘ Batteur de mesure , and it is relevant to note that Meude-Monpas 's stated purpose was not to be academic about things , but to write for the ordinary reader . |
| 4 | That is a crisis rate , but designed for the opposite kind of crisis . |
| 5 | Yes they just had one maybe one melodeon or one fiddle , but played for the whole dance and you could hear it from end to end of the hall . |
| 6 | But there was a flat period just after lunch when there seemed nothing to do but wait for the special meeting at half past three . |
| 7 | It was a potent stimulator for our technical people , not just for the marginal improvements from our operating experience which would be built into the next plant , but to look for the major change in thinking which alone would put us ahead of the competition . |
| 8 | That 's what Mansell does — not merely racing , but striving for the supreme prize which has so far eluded him . |
| 9 | Jakobson 's answer to this argument is , however , a powerful one : all users of a language must necessarily know the system of categories into which its different elements are divided , even if only unconsciously ; and his analysis of poetry does not claim to represent what goes on in the reader 's mind , but to account for the special effect which the poetry , for reasons of which he may well be unaware , exercises on him . |
| 10 | But arguing for the additional time and money and confronting the critics transformed a potential failure into a ringing success . |
| 11 | But care for the poor remained a prime task of bishops . |