Example sentences of "but [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with four alternative approaches to valuation — whether it should be based on capital values , rental values , maintenance costs or rebuilding costs — its choice was not to go for one of them , or even a mixture of two of them , but to go for all four of them . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher agreed to allow the Report to be sent out for consultation , but asked for one alteration . |
| 3 | The company had been good , the talk relaxing and buoyant , but limited for all that . |
| 4 | Other works may be eligible , but grants for these will be offered at the discretion of the Environmental Health Department . |
| 5 | This was relatively easy in the published bibliography , but made for many tiresome expansions online . |
| 6 | This was relatively easy in the published bibliography , but made for many tiresome expansions online . |
| 7 | This paper describes an essay in implementing logical objects within a hypertext system , with the dual aims of building on the experience of document processing systems , but catering for these six differences . |
| 8 | The method is to show the number of households which would be found if the headship rate were to be kept constant at the values in each age-group in 1971 , but allowing for actual changes in number of persons within these age groups . |
| 9 | She was a good twelve years older than me , but allowing for that , I 'd seen myself look not much better some mornings in the last few months , my skin blotchy , my eyes shadowed and swollen , my lips pale and dry-looking , my hair lifeless and uncombed . |
| 10 | These headings need a minimum fullness of twice the track length and calculations should be treated in the same way as for pinch pleat heading , but allowing for more pleats ( ‘ tubes ’ ) of a smaller size and closer spacing . |
| 11 | But allowing for this criticism , the test seems to be workable . |
| 12 | Over the years , over coffee , lunch , drinks now and then , she found out more : yes to straight , yes to married , but divorced for some fifteen years . |
| 13 | a ) How can schools ensure that records of achievement provide evidence of the skills and aptitudes required for specific employers ' needs ? b ) Would n't it be unfair if employment tests were waived for Compact graduates , but maintained for non-Compact job applicants ? c ) If local policies are negotiated regarding this issue , what will be the implications for national companies ? |
| 14 | The greater affluence of rural patients may explain the better pick up rate in rural areas , but compensating for socioeconomic and ethnic differences between rural and urban areas ( which were small ) would be expected to increase the differences in retinopathy observed . |
| 15 | Albireo is the faintest of the stars in the X , and is further away from the centre of the pattern , marked by Gamma ; but to compensate for this , Albireo is the loveliest double in the sky , with a golden-yellow primary and a 5.4-magnitude blue companion . |
| 16 | Would this lead to the principle of differentiation being accepted but used for different purposes , so that the goals of interest groups , rather than social welfare , dictate which commodities are taxed at a lower rate ? |
| 17 | The beast by candle-light ; the trip to bed where all the things you would n't do , have n't done , are things he 'll make you do , and things you 'll want ; and then the beast 's departure , out on his own , still smelling your smell but looking for fresh tracks . |
| 18 | Nationalisation was not new to France — the railways had been put into State ownership in 1937 — but support for economic planning had grown during the war as a way towards national renewal , greater investment and improved working conditions , and also as a way to punish businessmen who had collaborated with the Nazis . |
| 19 | Outside the top ten , but destined for thousands of Christmas stockings , are compilations from Belinda Carlisle , The Police , Huey Lewis And The News , AC/DC , Jimi Hendrix , Bob Marley and Gary Glitter . |
| 20 | Where it ends , do not continue on track past nature reserve notices but look for narrow path bearing left and passing through small copse on to area of grassy heathland ( b ) . |
| 21 | There is still a good case for booking ahead now , but look for high resorts , preferably with a glacier as well as access to some non-skiing activities . |
| 22 | 2 — as above , but stunned for 1 round only . |
| 23 | In the same manner as with the rest of them , by taking into account the increased danger to property-owners , minute but replicated for each of them , in awareness of which from their viewpoints he reacts against theft . |
| 24 | A statement issued by rainforest countries on Jan. 16 at the end of a rainforest/global warming conference in Sao Paolo , Brazil , recognized that " the conservation of tropical forests is of crucial importance for global climatic stability " but called for simultaneous commitment from industrialized countries to reduce their own production of " greenhouse gases " . |
| 25 | The Supreme Soviet Presidium , at its meeting on 18 July , adopted a formal ruling which rejected any change in the constitutional status of Nagorno-Karabakh , but called for greater attention to be given to the concerns of ethnic Armenians living within the disputed region ; a programme of cultural and economic aid was also approved . |
| 26 | The Politburo , at its meeting on 14 October , blamed the breakdown of negotiations on the Americans , but called for further meetings and discussions on the basis of the proposals that the Soviet side had put forward . |
| 27 | The buyer did not repudiate the contract but pressed for early delivery . |
| 28 | There can be no alternative now but to press for guaranteed and unrestricted verifications , backed up by tougher international penalties against violators and greater pressure on all nations to accede to the treaty . |
| 29 | New English roses from David Austin look and smell like old roses but flower for longer and are more compact . |
| 30 | New English roses like ‘ Heritage ’ look and smell like old roses but flower for longer |