How to use in-sentence of “but for”:
+ Think of it as something like Wikimedia Commons but for data instead of multimedia.
+ This logarithmic relationship is valid, not just for the sensation of weight, but for other stimuli and our sensory perceptions as well.
+ The notes have no value for themselves, but for what they will buy.
+ X-rays are most commonly used, but for some purposes electrons or neutrons are used.
+ It is possible for 51% of voters to view a candidate as their first choice but for that candidate to lose to a compromise candidate because many of those voters approved the compromise candidate as well.
+ On airplanes and helicopters, servos are used not only for steering but for up and down pitch.
+ And – so – but for some mysterious reason, the curse didn’t work on Harry.
Example sentences of “but for”:
+ After high school, he went to the University of Canterbury but for only one year.
+ There are in Purgatory, souls who pray ardently to God, but for whom no relative or friend prays on earth.
+ Hyperacusis cannot always be fully cured, but for most patients the symptoms get better with time and treatment.
+ The Micropædia is used for fast-checking, but for more detailed information, people have to use the Macropædia.
+ And persons with disabilities must be given the chance to grow and use their own creative and intellectual or artistic capacity, not only for themselves but for better society, and their own identity on culture and language including sign language and culture of persons with disabilities.
+ It is the subject of a lot of controversy as some people approve of the system, but for various reasons, many don’t.
+ This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we’re standing here tonight, the fact that we’re able to hold this, it’s just the proof that no matter how far out your dreams are, it’s possible.
+ After being rushed to the hospital, Ford announced he would not be running for Mayor, but for his old seat in the City Council.
+ Studying velocity instead of position makes more sense for a fluid, but for visualization purposes one also can compute various paths that a particle could flow along.
+ The political events which led up to the peaceful dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 could hardly have been attained but for the tact and patience of the king himself.
+ A neutral vote is telling other editors: “look, I would really like to vote, but for some reason, I cannot decide either way”.
+ The Bombyliidae include a large number of species, but for its size this is one of the least understood families of insects.
+ They were not very high and did not look very rugged but for many years no-one could find their way through them.
+ For adults, the price is 40 yuan, but for children, the price is 20 yuan.
+ The 1578 handbook for inquisitors noted “Punishment does not take place primarily and for the correction and good of the person punished, but for the public good in order that others may become terrified and weaned away from the evils they would commit”.
+ Sometimes, a programmer may need to remove something from the code, but for many different reasons, they may not want to just simply delete it.
+ After pounding on the door they all run back to their own house, but for a split second Scout swears she saw a flicker of light in the house, as if they were being watched.
+ For example, a shop might give away its stock in its promotion, but for the production of these goods, resources were needed, so this would not be a free good in an economic sense.
+ It is like a garage but for aircraft instead of cars.
+ After high school, he went to the University of Canterbury but for only one year.
+ There are in Purgatory, souls who pray ardently to God, but for whom no relative or friend prays on earth.
+ Hyperacusis cannot always be fully cured, but for most patients the symptoms get better with time and treatment.
More in-sentence examples of “but for”:
+ Its dances are held at the Auditorium Theatre, but for 2020 the company had plans to move and begin holding its dances in the Civic Opera House as part of a seven-year rental agreement.
+ People like the book, not so much for its plot, but for the careful and detailed picture of Lucy ‘s feelings and emotions.
+ It worked here and here, but for some reason I can’t get it to work now…
+ Not just for our articles but for the communities needs and wishes.
+ Middle Aramaic is the group of dialects, which are used not every day but for special things like writing and religion.
+ The table class could also be tweaked for changes in color or borders, but for the most part the basic wikitable class is often a good choice.
+ In Europe, the Holy Roman Empire was an elective monarchy, but for many hundreds of years, only the head of the Habsburg family was elected.
+ The many churches of the Orthodox Church are distinct in terms of administration and local culture, but for the most part exist in full communion with one another.
+ For example, Disney World in Orlando has its own library that is not open to the public but for the use of the people who work for the company.
+ She is furious, and wants him to drink a potion which had been intended by her mother for King Marke and Isolde as a love potion, but for Tristan it would be death.
+ Some scientists said they thought a similar gene, ANTP, the NK gene, and the Cdx Parahox gene were also in sponges in the phylum Porifera, but for now, Parahoxozoa does not have sponges in it.
+ For a few years the line earned a small profit, but for most of its life the LB lost money.G A Brown, J D C A Prideaux, H G Radcliffe: “The Lynton Barnstaple Railway” published by David and Charles, First Edition 1964, The LB was taken over by the Southern Railway in 1923, and finally closed in September 1935.
+ Telescopes in space can take better pictures than telescopes on Earth, but for some reason, the pictures were not better than the pictures taken on Earth.
+ I have monitored the progression of several of these bad-English sections over several years hoping they would eventually be fixed, but for every one that was overwritten or fixed, 5+ remain uncorrected or were outright deleted by passing IPs.
+ There they eventually rebuilt the Temple, but for over a century the administrative capital remained at Mizpah.
+ The paper explained these basic rights, not only for French people but for “all men without exception”, it did not say anything about the rights or role of women.
+ They are a utility, like a power company is a utility, but for financial things.
+ Chalo Chatu is a free site just like that anybody can start or edit a page but for you to edit on Chalo Chatu one has to be a registered and verified user with a website.
+ To me this means that not only don’t you have respect for him but for the process as a whole and to be honest in my mind your “votes” are totally meaningless and should be indented and not even counted in the end.
+ If someone puts the string on fire, the flame burns slowly but for a long time.
+ Some small and large scale societies use kinship not only for human reproduction but for “economic transactions, the political system and religious beliefs”.
+ Austria-Hungary’s government did not directly accuse Serbia for the assassination but for “doing nothing to suppress” the subversive anti-Austro-Hungarian movement in Serbia which grew beyond Serbia’s borders and which was responsible for acts of terrorism, assassination attempts and murders.
+ Some P’ent’ay communities—especially the Mekane Yesus Lutheran Church for example—have been influenced by the Orthodox Tewahedo churches, which represents the dominant traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean Christian demographic, but for the most part are very Pentecostal in their worship and theology.
+ The battle was essentially a draw, but for Cassius’ suicide.
+ Its dances are held at the Auditorium Theatre, but for 2020 the company had plans to move and begin holding its dances in the Civic Opera House as part of a seven-year rental agreement.
+ People like the book, not so much for its plot, but for the careful and detailed picture of Lucy 's feelings and emotions.
+ It worked here and here, but for some reason I can't get it to work now...
+ Boston Terriers do have sensitive stomachs and will eat grass when their stomach is upset but for the most part, this breed does not have restrictions on what they can eat.
+ As for the subject, when Fra Girolamo Savonarola began to preach hellfire and damnation, the susceptible Sandro Botticelli became one of his adherents, a “piagnone” left painting as a worldly vanity, burned much of his own early work, fell into poverty as a result, and would have starved but for the tender support of his former patrons.
+ These changes will not affect display, but for those curious, this is the rationale for such bot manipulations.
+ The North Stand is used by away fans but for larger away supports part of the West Stand can also be given to away fans.
+ It is still used today for some professional recording and playback, but for home use reels were mostly replaced with other kinds of tape in the 1970s.
+ It may be easier to think about this in reverse: The market is not in equilibrium if people want to buy a haircut for ten dollars, but for some reason this does not happen.
+ Many pesticides are poisonous, and are bad for not only the organisms they kill, but for humans too.
+ Sorry, I wasn’t clear about this–the code snippet/gadget actually re-enables the character palette; it is part of MediaWiki’s interface, but for some reason we decided to hide it by default in MediaWiki:Common.css, and display it on an opt-in basis.
+ A single module is enough to power an emergency telephone, but for a house or a power station the modules must be arranged in multiples as arrays.
+ After naming the Urraco after a bull breed, in 1974, Lamborghini broke from tradition, naming the Countach not for a bull, but for “contacc”, a Piedmontese exclamation of astonishment.
+ John became a huge star, not only for his musical abilities, but for his flamboyant stage personality.
+ Whatever we decide might eventually be overruled by a higher authority, but for now we can at least decide which way we will be consistent.
+ In an interview Coventry said: “The book is not trying to be a metaphor for the war, but for remembering the war.” The novel creates its own legends around the riders and pays homage to ancestral competitors.
+ I also note that this is not for a country, but for an island, which could be more relevant.
+ Stowe was not trying to make Tom an example for “blacks” but for white “and” black people.
+ Percy and Annabeth decide to go also, not just for the Golden Fleece, but for their friend Grover who is trapped in Polyphemus’ cave.
+ For some ways of making coffee, such as “espresso” it is best to have the coffee ground into fine powder but for other types of coffee-making, such as “filtered coffee”, the coffee is in larger pieces to stop it going through the filter.
+ This is because in medieval times, people worked their entire lives under lords who depended on them not only for work but for war.
+ The observation would not have been made but for the theory, and then the observation was convincing evidence in favour of the theory.
+ Young was qualifiedor promotion, but for someone who did not graduate the Hendon Police College and did not go to a public school, his promotion over the next dozen years was meteoric for the 1930s and 1940s.
+ HardingHarding proposed a Department of Education and Welfare as early as 1923, and similar proposals were also recommended by subsequent presidents, but for various reasons was not implemented.
+ So there must be this continuous renewal of talented, dedicated, honest, able people who will do things not for themselves but for their people and for their country.