Example sentences of "but [verb] for the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | What can I do but intercede for the publicans |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So there was nothing else to do then but head for the Vareyoc Café and try to relax . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That is a crisis rate , but designed for the opposite kind of crisis . |
| 12 | Damages are designed not to punish the person in breach but to compensate for the loss sustained by the plaintiff . |
| 13 | But looking for the truth in nature walks ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Debut 1986 v NZ Cavaliers but ignored for the NZ and Australia comeback games before regaining his place during the French tour . |
| 18 | In recession , there is little but hope for the future that a party in Government can offer industry . |
| 19 | Illuminative evaluation is not limited by the initial formulation of aims , but allows for the expression of unexpected results . |
| 20 | But support for the Americans came from a wider section of the English people than the intellectuals : the presence of discharged and wounded soldiers created a loathing of war itself on humanitarian grounds . |
| 21 | The following day , with the barricades still in place but support for the insurrection eroding , de Gaulle was already talking about the crisis in the past tense . |
| 22 | But support for the Pow Wow appears to be growing . |
| 23 | While in India Aung San gave a press conference where he snapped out that he was ‘ Hoping for the best but prepared for the worst ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | My philosophy is that if somebody beats you then he 's lucky ; that on the day , your best was n't good enough — but wait for the next time round . |
| 26 | None of them looked back to see what happened but galloped for the interchange to the Central Line . |
| 27 | Obviously , there 's no need to give up favourite foods , but look for the healthiest options on the shelves : for example , low-calorie dressing rather than thick mayonnaise ; reduced-sugar baked beans ; margarine or spreads rather than butter ; skimmed milk . |
| 28 | Of course , the owners need to slowly encourage independence , and help their dog to cope with a new sensory environment — but waiting for the dog to learn to cope with the problem is the only real cure . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The possibility of a child being born with a handicap is not only an emotional worry but caring for the child in the future will be expensive . |