Example sentences of "but [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British producers have little choice but to go for the home market , because the lion share of their budgets comes from the B B C , I T V or Channel Four who commission the programmes in the first place . |
| 2 | They cost about 50 pence each to make , but sell for an average of £12.99 . |
| 3 | But financing for a fresh bid remains the main hurdle . |
| 4 | Judith Jones , his editor for the past 15 years , said Mr Hersey not only wrote , but fought for the rights of all authors and was active until the end . |
| 5 | What can I do but intercede for the publicans |
| 6 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On Oct. 17 Habyarimana had agreed to allow all refugees to return to Rwanda , but argued for a regional conference to discuss reintegration problems . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For writers like Altvater , Muller and Neususs , Holloway and Picciotto , Hirsch , Offe , and Gerstenberger , while the role of the state is limited by the laws of capital accumulation ( the state can only redistribute wealth once profits have been made ) and the imperatives of capital that must be maintained , the role of the state in modern capitalism is not to defend the interests of a ruling class on every specific but to provide for the interests of capital ‘ in general ’ . |
| 11 | Bufi 's " government of national stability " was announced on June 12 , including PLA members but incorporating for the first time the DP as well as the Republican Party , the Social Democratic Party and the Agrarian Party ; nine members were non-party . |
| 12 | So there was nothing else to do then but head for the Vareyoc Café and try to relax . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | That is a crisis rate , but designed for the opposite kind of crisis . |
| 16 | This stance was not new but has for a while been taken by Nationalism Today . |
| 17 | confirming their readiness to reinforce security , in particular by adopting effective arms control , disarmament and confidence-building measures ; their willingness not to regard each another as adversaries but to work for a relationship of trust and co-operation ; and accordingly their readiness to consider positively the setting up of appropriate institutional arrangements within the framework of the CSCE ; |
| 18 | Damages are designed not to punish the person in breach but to compensate for the loss sustained by the plaintiff . |
| 19 | The couple returned to the Howard estate at Cardington in Bedfordshire at first but moved for a time to Lymington on the Hampshire coast later , for the sake of her health . |
| 20 | But looking for the truth in nature walks ? |
| 21 | She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944 , but opted for a musical career . |
| 22 | Ian Austin , a hero in Tuesday 's B&H Cup semi final win at Leicester but dropped for the championship match against Essex , returns to the side . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | With young Moray 's and the Steward 's help , Ramsay persuaded him not to wait any longer for the arrival of the Earl of Sutherland 's and the Ross levies , but to march for the Border forthwith . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Marvin is a Liverpool fan but played for an Everton junior side last season and has still not made his mind up for whom to sign . |
| 27 | Debut 1986 v NZ Cavaliers but ignored for the NZ and Australia comeback games before regaining his place during the French tour . |
| 28 | In recession , there is little but hope for the future that a party in Government can offer industry . |
| 29 | Illuminative evaluation is not limited by the initial formulation of aims , but allows for the expression of unexpected results . |
| 30 | But pause for a few moments with the two names it introduces us to — Robert Taylor , the author , and the book 's recipient , Percivall Pott , whose characteristic signature it contains . |