Example sentences of "but [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Recreational drug use is bigger today than it was in the Sixties , but enthusiasm for Ecstasy may be starting to wane . |
2 | But enthusiasm for war itself and for an apocalyptic struggle for ‘ living space ’ was difficult to raise outside circles of nazified youth , the SS , and Party fanatics . |
3 | But kidnapping for ransom … . |
4 | These are extreme cases , but competition for business clients between travel companies is keen and the services laid on for business travellers are considerable and proclaimed through high pressure marketing . |
5 | I did not choose to reprint it , but the material has been freely drawn on by others , sometimes in all but word for word form . |
6 | But cup for cup the polystyrene generates less air pollution . |
7 | In 1861 the Insolvent Debtors Court had been abolished , he said , but imprisonment for debt continued . |
8 | Millett J commented : ‘ It would not , I think , be unfair to say that the defendants wish to embark on a fishing expedition , and that what they hope to catch is not primary evidence , but material for cross-examination ’ . |