Example sentences of "but [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provision for the blind and deaf was reasonably comprehensive as a result , although often rather isolated , but provision for the heterogeneous general classes of disability was very slight and uneven between authorities . |
| 2 | but provision for the higher education of eligible members of the deaf community has never been achieved . |
| 3 | But responsibility for the developing conflict with the Jewish community as with the hostility of the Labour movement , has to be seen as a matter of convergence . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly the variations in salary made transfers almost as common an object of solicitation as first appointments and promotions , but requests for a change of post might , however , be occasioned by more significant matters than the possibility of attracting a few additional pounds in salary . |
| 5 | But solicitors for the reluctant buyers say the car was not built to the original specification . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm too old for it now , but thanks for the thought , ’ Morrow eventually managed . |
| 7 | But thanks for the offer . |
| 8 | She shook her head at once and , keeping her voice level , replied , ‘ There 's nothing you can do for me , but thanks for the offer … ’ |
| 9 | But thanks for the beer and grub — and give my best to Mr Shorrocks . ’ |
| 10 | But thanks for the point , and I mean , I 'll make a note of that and take it up to the health authority . |
| 11 | As the large informal sector becomes more entrenched in Third World economies , the articulation between sectors becomes stronger , with resulting poverty for many , but opportunities for a few . |
| 12 | But opportunities for the next generation may be restricted in the current climate of spending curbs … |
| 13 | But candidates for the presidency are becoming an increasingly rare breed , and this time round the officers ' task has not been easy . |
| 14 | On the following day at least 10,000 people , including striking workers , rallied in front of the Byelorussian government building , and speakers announced not only the wage demands but demands for the resignation of Gorbachev , of Byelorussian President Nikolai Dementei , and of the central and republican governments , as well as for an emergency session of the Byelorussian Supreme Soviet to disband Communist Party cells in factories . |
| 15 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 16 | But contractors for the Re-Roof Housing Association have now sorted out the problems . |
| 17 | The boar 's ‘ vaginal grin ’ is less attractive , but par for the course . |
| 18 | Help has come partly from donations , but cash for a resistance movement in a drawn out conflict could come from the Kuwait investment office ; it has a hundred billion dollars in foreign assets . |
| 19 | Each bedroom would be reached via a staircase sited in the central bay , but headroom for a lower-storey living-room could not be achieved below this stair and still give an adequate height for a door opening beneath the truss tie-beams , allowing unobstructed access from the main landing into the bedrooms . |
| 20 | But campaigners for the Glosters are being advised not to give up their fight |
| 21 | Flu sunk his chances , but back for the second year running is Kingsley Poole . |
| 22 | This ‘ hands-off ’ status meant social security money could be obtained by charging residents , who would claim it back from the DSS , but staff for the homes were provided by the health authority 's mental handicap unit through a separate agreement . |
| 23 | The company is not making a profit forecast , but profits for the 36 weeks to 9 January have grown to £9.79 million . |
| 24 | This Northern Rebellion soured any possibility of Mary ever being trusted by her cousin Elizabeth , and spelt little but trouble for the always uneasy Border . |
| 25 | The paintings were usually English or French , some oils , but watercolours for the most part — country scenes , portraits , and one strange canvas of a lady dressed in a ball gown holding a dead hare by the hind legs . |
| 26 | But music for the time doth change his nature , — |
| 27 | The pressure was less intense in the sugar islands , where British garrisons and naval support were visible , but life for a governor on the mainland was difficult and grew harder as memories of the wars against the French became dimmer . |
| 28 | But life for the population of Halling of any class was hard . |
| 29 | But life for the servi or slave must have been intolerable . |
| 30 | Obviously we do n't deal with incoming , but holidays for the U K residents , yes that 's a fairly major part of our business , and certainly has been pretty successful in recent weeks . |