Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the conflict , Franco was seen as having triumphed , single- handed , but for occasional instances of divine intervention , over evil . |
| 2 | In Western minds the period is associated with the saga of Antony and Cleopatra , but for ordinary Egyptians at the time , one of the greatest legacies was the introduction of Christianity which came to replace the worship of the river and a panoply of associated gods that had characterised the religious life of the pharaonic age . |
| 3 | He wants ITN to continue to gather the news , but for individual companies to be left to edit and present programmes , giving ITN bulletins a local dimension . |
| 4 | But for major decisions about interpersonal relationships , careers , investments , etc. we may be very conscious of the decision process because it often causes stress . |
| 5 | But for vast numbers of children in the developing world , such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams . |
| 6 | But for many years after 1979 this approach seemed to embody many of the qualities which a depressed , declining nation yearned for and acclaimed . |
| 7 | The New Towns programme quickly unfolded , not only for London but for other parts of the country . |
| 8 | After a previous round of talks , held in Moscow earlier in the month , Niyazov decreed on May 26 that conscripts in the Turkmen armed forces should serve for 18 months ( but for two years with the navy and for one year by those with higher education ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Planet of Giants ’ was the penultimate story of the first season production-wise , but for regular members of the production team there was little , if any , time for resting . |
| 10 | But for long periods at The Dell they appeared to be preoccupied by Sunday 's Rumbelow 's Cup final against Manchester United . |
| 11 | This additional volume does , of course , increase the manufacturing costs but for small sizes of hybrid motor this is outweighed by the resultant reduction in drive costs . |
| 12 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm wearing outfits not only for active sports but for all kinds of leisure activities , ’ Dana said , heedless of Claudia 's strained silence . |
| 14 | Habits provide the reassurance of familiarity , not just for the sequence of the day 's events , but for all sorts of minor incidents that occur — like making a pot of tea ; or for the horse , the way down the river bank so that it can drink the water . |
| 15 | The primary role of the Telethon is to raise money , not just for disabled people , but for all sorts of other groups . |
| 16 | A striking feature of the campaign is the firm grasp voters seem to have of the main issues , and the shrewdness and acumen they show in arguing not only for one side or the other but for all sides at once . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , in both experiments there was a clear tendency for risky exemplars of risky junctions to be recognized well but for risky exemplars of less risky junctions to be recognized badly . |
| 18 | But for more details of how Dolphin can make your bathroom beautiful , and to qualify for our fabulous free Power Shower or up to £250 trade-in-discount , ask for our free Home Design Service now . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman is right that there was a change in 1979 , but for different reasons from those he advanced . |
| 20 | Get a number of different quotations , not only for different venues but for different types of meal . |
| 21 | The administration 's success in cutting the budget was an impressive accomplishment , but for supply-side hawks like David Stockman , it was only a means to an end , an essential first step , for the real heart of the Reagan Revolution lay in the massive tax cut needed to unfetter the capitalist system and to revive the American economy . |
| 22 | But for larger numbers of mutational steps , even in the case of the biomorphs with their nine little genes , the mathematical space of all possible trajectories is so vast that the chance of two trajectories ever arriving at the same point becomes vanishingly small . |
| 23 | Schooldays are said to be the happiest days in your life but for Asian children in Britain they are often the harshest . |
| 24 | That makes it difficult not only for Opposition Members but for hon. Members on the Government Benches to discuss matters properly . |
| 25 | But for large jumps in yield , the linear approximation will become very poor if convexity is high . |
| 26 | But for multiparous women in the same age groups , the levels were 2.7 and 10.4 ( quoted in Nortman , 1984 , p.18 ) . |
| 27 | The DHAC had proved that new and imaginative methods of protest could make an impact on the Unionist administration at the Guildhall , but for most opponents of the Unionist Party in Derry this was a reason for achieving a greater degree of anti-Unionist unity in order to press home their advantage , not to become equally hostile to the Nationalist Party . |
| 28 | But for some forms of still life , for example , and for colour work the photographer will be working with plates , which are expensive in themselves . |
| 29 | It is possible to sequence learning in interdisciplinary contexts , but for some kinds of content-sequence it is undoubtedly much easier to keep a steady eye on the subject . |
| 30 | A trader may have a view , not about future movements in the level of the futures or spot prices , but about relative movements in these prices , that is , the basis . |