Example sentences of "but [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But financing for a fresh bid remains the main hurdle . |
2 | I suppose that this is a small matter to mention , but allowing for a slight extension to the 24 hours of the second day , the negotiation was completed more or less in the time allotted — a remarkable feat and a testimony to the profound drafting and negotiating skills of many of the member states and many of the governmental teams . |
3 | On Oct. 17 Habyarimana had agreed to allow all refugees to return to Rwanda , but argued for a regional conference to discuss reintegration problems . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | That is a crisis rate , but designed for the opposite kind of crisis . |
8 | She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944 , but opted for a musical career . |
9 | The track continues uphill , soon levelling to pass between the walls of Fell lane , going forward but constricted for a long and uninteresting mile with Ingleborough out of sight and little worthy of note along the way apart from a large rock embedded in the lane and known as Giant 's Grave . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | The Government concedes that subsidies for loss-making services must be maintained , but support for a radical change in the way the railways are run and financed has come from several large private companies , including Richard Branson 's Virgin Group , which is drawing up plans to run trains on key InterCity routes . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | The more you can afford , the better , but look for a realistic minimum of 4Mb . |
14 | The more you can afford , the better , but look for a realistic minimum of 4Mb . |
15 | Since Paribas 's rival Banque Indosuez won the insurance company , Victoire , analysts believe that Paribas did not have much choice but to look for a suitable target in the insurance field . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | That 's what Mansell does — not merely racing , but striving for the supreme prize which has so far eluded him . |
18 | This is not a conclusion , but calls for a well-defined transition . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | But arguing for the additional time and money and confronting the critics transformed a potential failure into a ringing success . |
21 | But care for the poor remained a prime task of bishops . |
22 | The simple racing action was inadequate at full-price , but makes for a fair budget game . |