Example sentences of "but [adv] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a matter of ‘ if only … ’ , but rather a nostalgia for a different , a parallel plane of existence , a nostalgia for a future she could never have lived . |
| 2 | A similar conception of the role of sociology ( though with a more ‘ radical ’ political orientation ) is held by certain contemporary sociologists who want sociology to be not simply a discipline which analyses and explains social life but rather a vehicle for changing society , a discipline committed to the extensive alteration of existing social structural arrangements . |
| 3 | In one sense , the characterisation of the transaction as being either sale or exchange may be important because the remedy for defective performance in exchange is not for the price , but rather a claim for unliquidated damages for non delivery . |
| 4 | Polish nationalism , as Rosa Luxemburg pointed out to Lenin on several occasions , was unusual in that it was not primarily a bourgeois phenomenon , but rather a substitute for ideology taken over from the szlachta by the Polish peasantry as they and the lower ranks of the gentry coalesced to form an industrial working class and a commercial bourgeoisie.14 An important component of Polish political life , and part of the damage wrought by partition , was the continuing failure to produce an ideology that went beyond the purely national to link the aspiration to exist as an independent nation with either capitalist organisation or a socialist vision of society . |
| 5 | In creating the conservation plan the Trust 's initial purpose was not to create a special reserve for rare species , but rather a haven for the common things of Nature which ought to be on any farm — meadow and hedgerow flowers and grasses , butterflies , dragonflies , lizards , frogs , newts , hedgerows and owls . |
| 6 | What Ryedale is seeking is not a figure for its sector within the Greater York area , and the same with the other districts , but rather a figure for the Greater York area as a whole , and then a figure for the remainder of those parts of the districts outside the Greater York area , so you do n't get a situation with my colleagues on the left where you are in the structure plan dictating the number of houses that should be allocated in , for example , two parishes . |
| 7 | This is far from an argument that we should avoid such measures ( let alone empirical research itself ) but rather an argument for a continual critical assessment of them , and perhaps a call for better measures . |
| 8 | Brave and good in the air , Dave consistently proved his ability to find the net at all levels , but perhaps the goal for which he will be best remembered by Palace fans of the period was that which he scored at Elland Road , Leeds , in January 1976 when 3rd Division Palace dismissed the mighty Yorkshire outfit on our way to our first FA Cup semi-final . |
| 9 | This restoration of the sense of life may well be an effect frequently produced by techniques of making strange , but Shklovsky makes it clear that in the end the object itself is not important , but merely a pretext for art . |
| 10 | The three asserted that their only observation had been to suggest that because such a rumour was circulating it would be wise for it to be firmly denied or some enquiry made , and that they had not made any allegation against Profumo but only a suggestion for his benefit . |
| 11 | Because of the barrier against incest , the final object of the sexual instinct ‘ is never any longer the original object but only a surrogate for it … . |
| 12 | But generally the arena for attack or defence was in England and Europe . |
| 13 | But yesterday a spokesman for Yannis Paleokrassas , the EC environment commissioner , predicted that other countries would be prepared to follow the Clinton policy reversal . |
| 14 | Much less embarrassing for Celia and Alan , but possibly a shock for Donna . |
| 15 | The demand for personal freedom , a recurrent feature in late medieval peasant society , does not reflect only a wish for improved social status , but also a hope for potential economic advantages . |
| 16 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 17 | In broad terms , a high p/e ratio suggests a share is expensive ; a low one means it is cheap — although the p/e will also reflect not only next year 's likely performance but also the outlook for the company beyond that . |
| 18 | In particular , the IBM Database Management System ( IMS ) offered not only the advantages of a single unique data store with considerable flexibility as regards the future development of management information systems , but also the facility for on-line update and enquiry . |
| 19 | Among this generation was Ralph Hengham to whom are attributed not only two short legal treatises but also the initiative for much of Edward 's legislation . |
| 20 | This work was not merely a move towards understanding molecular bonding but also the material for an entire branch of chemistry . |
| 21 | The head bears not only the senses but also the machinery for integrating information and organizing appropriate responses . |
| 22 | The manufacturers found themselves ‘ excluded alike from the County Commission of the Peace and the Municipal Corporation ’ , and from ‘ this essentially ‘ caste ’ struggle between the Tory squires and the radical manufacturers ’ ( Webb and Webb 1963:93 ) there emerged not only the widening of the parliamentary franchise but also the pressure for change in the urban areas . |
| 23 | Not only do they receive the first offers of any work that is available ( and in other than special circumstances always accept such offers ) , but also the organisations for which they work undertake a sufficient volume of business to make offers of work for many days each week and for most weeks of the year . |
| 24 | But now a test for the drug is years away , and for those athletes desperate enough to win , only their own sense of honour would stop them using it . |
| 25 | For years , people have been calling for sixth form studies to be broadened and updated , but now the pressures for change have become urgent . |
| 26 | But now the Commission for Racial Equality is threatening to withdraw its grant to the centre , claiming it 's not doing its job properly . |
| 27 | For example , Friedan ( 1983 ) believed that it was the ‘ feminine mystique ’ which prevented women from leading successful public lives ; the education system was partly to blame for the ideology of the feminine mystique , but equally the solution for women who were trapped in their roles as wives and mothers was to return to college to obtain an education . |
| 28 | Socialism does not mean the equal distribution of misery ; but simply the desire for a little more wealth , a little more justice all around . ’ |
| 29 | In the arts it has become over the last century not the exception but almost the rule for the innovator at the crucial time of forming his style to find something in another culture from which he can learn , an influence not superficial , as in eighteenth century chinoiserie , but radical ( the Impressionists and the Japanese woodcut , Debussy and the Javanese gamelan , Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese architecture , the Imagists and Japanese and Chinese poetry , the Cubists and African sculpture , Henry Moore and the Mexican Chac Mool , Brecht and Chinese theatre , Artaud and Balinese dance ) . |
| 30 | Communion comes but twice a year for some |