Example sentences of "for [art] [noun pl] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you more for the governors but hard luck . |
| 2 | They are not reasons for the impulses but causes that hark back to the primitive responses that we share with many animals ; yet qualified by noting that we , unlike dumb brutes , can reflect upon our impulses and resist them if we so decide , as happened in my example . |
| 3 | So far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombs but an Animal Liberation Front supporter passing the Minister Lovell incident denied any knowledge . |
| 4 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |
| 5 | These animals show evidence of considerable kin selection in that the females show communal suckling while the two males in the pride not only show no sexual competition for the females but are very tolerant towards all cubs . |
| 6 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 7 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
| 8 | Its certainty was attained once the bill was separated from the charter party and became not only a receipt for the goods but also an independent ( captain or master of the vessel issued ) abstract document of title . |
| 9 | Thompson , in an interview on BBC Television 's Sportsnight programme , says he is neither pessimistic nor optimistic about his prospects for the Games but is convinced he can still be an athletics force for the next four or five years . |
| 10 | Dad , dad used to use it for the bonfires but when he , when he did n't have any petrol he used to use it on the bonfire and he had it in a secret bottle and erm he got it too near and he did n't realize and all of a sudden it goes really really hot and he threw it and everywhere . |
| 11 | This ‘ second dispute ’ argument was not advanced by counsel for the steelworkers but emanated from the bench . |
| 12 | Reforms , however , should focus not only on the quality of care for detainees and on advice and evidence for the courts but also on services for the victims of crime . |
| 13 | Lear had managed to attract 175 subscribers for the Parrots but had not the temperament or the means to press them for payment . |
| 14 | Jungle Boy and City Girl reach for the stars but it ca n't last , can it ? |
| 15 | Which ( as labelling theory rightly suggests ) is bad not only for the offenders but for the rest of society , because it makes re-offending much more likely . |
| 16 | Another place of worship was built in 1828 for the Methodists but as attendances dwindled in the 1970s it was decided to share with Christ church , a facility which made economic sense . |
| 17 | Hitchcock wanted her for The Birds but she turned him down . |
| 18 | In many parts of the world , as King 's survey stresses , the redistribution process involves the splitting-up of large estates , where land is farmed to produce a satisfactory return for the owners but not as intensively as could be the case ; insufficient land productivity is thus a contributory cause of the widespread poverty . |
| 19 | The shepherd ‘ pulls ’ the wool from his ‘ pretty lambs ’ , an experience which I imagine would not be too pleasant for the creatures but to him it is as if the sheep offer their wool with the same eagerness as he offers his gifts . |
| 20 | The exercise proved valuable not only in securing support for the projects but also in identifying issues requiring clarification or more closely reasoned argument . |
| 21 | Queensland has a warm tropical climate and going barefoot was quite common even for the boys but some form of footwear was needed on occasion . |
| 22 | He had four chances of piling on the agony for the Londoners but could not find a way past keeper Bob Bolder . |
| 23 | Some high-class fillies contest the Group Two Sun Chariot Stakes , including Tessla ( 3.00 ) , who was winter favourite for the Oaks but has yet to win this season . |
| 24 | The floor was of black and red quarry tiles and there were racks on the walls for the guns but these , of course , had gone , Hilbert 's two shot-guns had gone , one buried in the Little Wood , the other in his bedroom at home in Edgware , zipped up in an old golf-bag under the bed . |
| 25 | Where work can be planned in co-operation , in any modification or adaptation of team teaching , not only are there obvious gains for the students but the teacher himself receives much needed support . |
| 26 | It would certainly create more work for the lawyers but would not add a great deal of protection for the ordinary person . |
| 27 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 28 | Tennant and his girlfriend , Mandy Simpson , 21 , are not headed for the discos but to top up their tans at the Electric Beach instant tan centre . |
| 29 | For the locals life goes on until the race approaches … over 100 police are on duty … they 've managed to close the city centre for the leaders but for the tailenders there 's a real old jam … |
| 30 | The Maronites were later to claim that there had been provocation for the killings but the attack appeared to have been carefully planned . |