Example sentences of "but [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was small , but adequate for the Gormans ' needs and comforts , built in the Midland Railway 's style of architecture having a pantile roof and very solidly constructed of red brick . |
| 2 | Other people , he thought , probably found him funny , but funny for the wrong reasons . |
| 3 | 30 June was a busy day for the battalion , but typical for an AMF ( L ) exercise . |
| 4 | In 1793 , Lord Chesterfield 's chief steward deemed it ‘ an old whimsical house , but fit for a gentleman 's occupation ’ . |
| 5 | They saw " may be interpreted as being ( almost ) literally true for the people , who regard parts of the body as independent entities , but metaphorical for the reader . |
| 6 | His salary — 150 florins a year — was modest , but reasonable for a 16-year-old . |
| 7 | Hard to sell maybe , but great for the members . |
| 8 | McLeish nodded , not entirely convinced , but unwilling for a variety of reasons to discourage Catherine . |
| 9 | Madhouse ( 15 ) did n't set cinema audiences on fire but good for a night at home . |
| 10 | Mr Heyes , who has been with Compass since 1972 , will be based in Glasgow but responsible for the North of England . |
| 11 | Their PS was 3.6 , i.e. six actual seats instead of the nine that accurate PR would have given them : not a large difference , but important for a small party . |
| 12 | Ken was constantly outrageous — ‘ but outrageous for the sake of being so , rather than deliberately trying to upset anyone . ’ |
| 13 | The weather was not wild and stormy , as has sometimes been suggested , but mild for the time of year . |
| 14 | There are plenty of both , more than enough to sustain an indictment of the war , but insufficient for an understanding of what it was all about . |
| 15 | Pruning ( discussed elsewhere ) is simple but essential for the best crops , especially from trained trees . |
| 16 | In 1918 she became the chief woman officer of the Labour party , in which role she was particularly active in pressing for improved working-class housing estates to include community centres with nurseries , restaurants , libraries , concert halls , and home-help services , all of which she saw as not merely desirable in themselves but essential for the emancipation of working-class housewives . |
| 17 | BARREN BUT desperate for a child , US Senator 's daughter Leo persuades her stiff-upper-lip Brit husband Wilby to soak up some fertility vibes at a Karachi shrine for three days . |
| 18 | A technique may be consistent with a principle but ineffective for a particular group of learners . |
| 19 | The interesting exception comes in the lead up to the 1979 election , when people were very harsh about the past period ( during a Labour administration ) but hopeful for the future ( which was to be under Conservative administration ) ; however , gloomy expectations about the future soon followed that 1979 election . |
| 20 | It 's unnecessary and unkind for any dog but disastrous for the likes of Moby . |
| 21 | A great game for the neutral fan , but infuriating for the rest of us . |
| 22 | He was described as ‘ a good man , but slow for a very celebrated canvasser ’ . |
| 23 | Yeah , it 's er , it 's er cheap for the wardrobes , but expensive for the over bed unit , I mean Gary said well at that price he said the over bed unit we might as well get out of a catalogue . |
| 24 | As a result of living within the rigours of a farming calendar these people understood the imperatives of the seasons ; they knew instinctively that the day did not stop just because it was dark , that work might be slack one day but fraught for the next three . |
| 25 | But what if a gene exerted a phenotypic effect that was good for itself but bad for the rest of the genes in the body ? |
| 26 | Growth is good for the country but bad for the Labour party . |
| 27 | The cure for cat phobia is straightforward enough , but distressing for the patient . |