Example sentences of "but [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother and baby get to know each other a few hours after birth … but for some mothers its a felling they can not appreciate … |
| 2 | The non-conformances took a variety of forms — late delivery was the worst but for some customers , early delivery was just as bad . |
| 3 | Exchange control was introduced in 1930 and has been in force ever since , but subject to the provisions of exchange control it was a basic tenet of pre-communist Hungarian law that foreigners had the same rights as Hungarians in all respects ( but for some professions and performing public functions Hungarian citizenship was necessary ) . |
| 4 | This indicates that acinar cells in pancreatitis retain their responsiveness to direct secretory stimulation but for some reasons they become ‘ resistant ’ to the stimulation in vivo . |
| 5 | Often these problems are merely irritating , but for some women the problem can be so severe that the way they live their life can be affected . |
| 6 | Often these problems are merely irritating , but for some women the problem can be so severe that they way they live their life can be affected . |
| 7 | But for some women , seeing and exchanging a few words with a number of other people during the day may actually be a source of negative feelings . |
| 8 | But for some women it 's the preferred option . |
| 9 | The Transport Minister , Mr Robert Atkins , said : ‘ Christmas is a family time of year , but for some families Christmas is going to be unbearable , because a loved one has been killed by a drink-driver . ’ |
| 10 | The evidence will usually be contained in a written report , but for some students it may be more suitable to present this evidence orally . |
| 11 | Such human resources were soon to be available elsewhere — notably in Japan — but for some decades they guaranteed to Europe and North America a monopoly of technical invention and discovery . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But for some countries trade in the wood is of direct benefit to the local people who log it . |
| 14 | Some people are better than others in the use of words , but for some feelings , words always seem grossly inadequate . |
| 15 | Alcaeus and Sappho are obvious models , but for some poems Horace turned to more recondite sources , in variants of the so-called Asclepiadean and Archilochean metres . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But for some printers , it is not the same craft . |
| 18 | But for some variables we do , and some economists have used the available data to carry out these tests of the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 19 | But for some cats — especially Siamese — it continues for a lifetime and is extremely difficult to eradicate . |
| 20 | Of course , travelling can create a large hole in the budget , but for some couples this is worthwhile . |
| 21 | But for some villagers who the remember the Lambourn as it used to be , all that matters is that it flows once again . |
| 22 | But for some rebels and waverers they will become ‘ redundant ’ to the party organisation . |
| 23 | For general use , a limit of 5 mg/l. is desirable , but for some purposes , such as package-bleaching and package-dyeing , an even lower limit is required . |
| 24 | There are other bright coloured buildings to be seen in Newhnam , but for some neighbours , the pink pub is like a red rag to a bull . |
| 25 | There are other bright coloured buildings to be seen in Newhnam , but for some neighbours , the pink pub is like a red rag to a bull . |
| 26 | But for some drivers the ability to cover inhospitable terrain can literally be a matter of life and death — if not for themselves , then for their livestock or their patients . |
| 27 | The twenty fifth anniversary may be special but for some fans whatever they do the band just ca n't go wrong . |
| 28 | The merchants of Awjla and Jalu contested this claim , but after some years of bloody conflict they were confined to the oases : if they wished to travel outside they , too , had to pay a fee to Zuwaya . |
| 29 | Eastern bishops were invited — though those in communion with Constantinople did not turn up — as well as abbots and lay representatives not only of princes , but of some city-states as well . |
| 30 | But despite some concessions made to access considerations , there has been little evidence that he will change his mind . |