Example sentences of "but [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But luckily for golf this was cancelled when the land was ear-marked for a camp site instead . |
| 2 | He was intensely interested in other people 's inner lives ; he read autobiographies , especially diaries , not as a voyeur but rather for reassurance . |
| 3 | Poor men in towns travelled for necessity but rarely for pleasure , except on foot — the autobiographies of self-improving Victorian artisans are full of titanic country walks — and for short periods . |
| 4 | To provide water for farmers and city dwellers , three sections of the marsh were surrounded with dikes and set aside from development , each one a kind of captured remnant of Everglades , but wholly for man 's use . |
| 5 | Interesting , but perhaps for expert mind travellers only . |
| 6 | Appointment of press secretary erm this was decided last time , that a press secretary would be a very good idea , er to try to achieve more publicity for the orchestra , not just for er concerts , but perhaps for recruitment purposes too . |
| 7 | They are generally found living on fish body tissues but merely for attachment purposes , actually filter-feeding on surrounding debris and organic matter . |
| 8 | It contains considerable protein also , about 35 per cent , but only for animal consumption . |
| 9 | The protocol sets out some reference values , which are still subject to negotiation , but only for member states that participate in stage three . |
| 10 | Morris replied that he would certainly do so , but only for money , and passed on , taking up a position in a corner of the room . |
| 11 | ‘ He does , but only for part of the week ; the rest of the time he works at Conway House . ’ |
| 12 | Report to Liverpool but only for transport . |
| 13 | Oracle7 does support both database remote procedure calls and programmatic two-phase commit , but only for use with Oracle7 's open gateway and programmable server . |
| 14 | ‘ But only for target practice . |
| 15 | Accordingly the Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury recommended a different approach ( but only for death or personal injury ) in the form of a parent statute which would empower a Minister to ‘ list ’ dangerous things or activities as giving rise to strict liability . |
| 16 | To abandon a command tap Esc for Escape ( but not for Help , etc , see page 3 ) . |
| 17 | ( All too often , we take responsibility for failure , but not for success . |
| 18 | Thus , prospective studies concerning different forms of treatment have demonstrated benefits for social and psychological functioning , but not for repetition rates . |
| 19 | A less restrictive coding would be more useful for case 2 , but not for case 1 . |
| 20 | In normal neonates , fixation shifts and OKN have both been taken to reflect subcortical control ; our results are consistent with subcortical control for fixation but not for OKN . |
| 21 | A former DIA agent , for instance , had confirmed the involvement of the US intelligence community in narcotics trafficking , but not for attribution . |
| 22 | These questions express the second misconception concerning doubt — the idea that doubt is a problem for faith but not for knowledge . |
| 23 | If he was grossly careless then he may deserve to be punished but not for rape . ’ |
| 24 | The lake was acceptable for emergency landing , but not for take-off . |
| 25 | Safeguarding , retaliation , imperial preference , protection for industry but not for agriculture , all created a web of almost infinite complexity . |
| 26 | In particular the idea of competition for audiences but not for revenue seemed increasingly an expression of the British genius for making practical contraptions which then turn into beautiful machines . |
| 27 | Evolution seems to have er devised a large number of specific inhibitors for sodium channels but not for potassium channels . |
| 28 | Limestone , marble , and tufa are largely calcium carbonate which will make the water hard and alkaline , which would be fine for Rift Valley Cichlids , but not for community fish such as tetras , danios , gouramis etc . |
| 29 | One shop in Liverpool has discounted Adidas trainers in kids ' size two on display but not for sale . |
| 30 | ANOVA showed a significant main effect of substance for PYY ( F 4 , 8 7 =119.5 , p<0.00001 ) and for enteroglucagon ( F 4 , 8 7 =19.4 , p<0.00001 ) , but not for site . |