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conjonctions > structures en but > sens but conjonction ≠ but préposition ≠ but adverbe
Steve Sack The Minneapolis Star-Tribune Minnesota 1 April 2011
but > mais / sauf / que / quoique
(be) nothing but > (n'être) rien d'autre que
all but > tout sauf / presque / complètement
but for hypothétique > sans / si ce n'est / s'il n'y avait (pas) eu
have no choice but to -> BV > n'avoir pas d'autre choix que
but + for > mais pour / si ce n'est que
can’t help but > ne pouvoir s'empêcher de
nothing but the truth > rien que la vérité
any + N + but + N
anyone / anything but + adj / N > tout sauf
The Guardian p. 1
24 February 2009
The Guardian Weekend p. 26 3.12.2005
The Guardian Wednesday 31 January 2007
The Guardian p. 14 8.1.2007
Guardian p. 7 28.8.2004
How Do You Say ‘Economic Security’?
September 23,
2011
IN the face of nothing but bad economic news, Americans often take heart in remembering that we have been here before — during the Great Depression, when conditions were far worse than they are
today — and we survived.
How Do You Say ‘Economic Security’?, NYT, 23.9.2011,
The End of the Tunnel
October 7, 2010
The Erie Canal. Hoover Dam. The Interstate Highway System. Visionary public projects are part of the American tradition,
and have been a major driver of our economic development. would be an especially good time to improve the nation’s infrastructure. We have the need: our roads, our rail lines, our water and sewer systems are antiquated and increasingly inadequate. We have the resources: a million-and-a-half construction workers are sitting idle, and putting them to work would help the economy as a whole recover from its slump. And the price is right: with interest rates on federal debt at near-record lows,
there has never been a better time to borrow for long-term
investment. is anything but [ groupe adverbial > tout sauf ] rational [ adjectif ]. Republicans bitterly opposed even the modest infrastructure spending contained in the Obama stimulus plan. And, on Thursday, Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, canceled America’s most important current public works project, the long-planned and much-needed second rail tunnel
under the
Hudson River.
The End of the
Tunnel, NYT, 7.10.2010,
First Monday
October 3, 2010
The Supreme Court enjoys all but free rein in selecting which cases to review [ traduction : la Cour Suprême bénéficie d'une liberté complète / absolue... ]. From the end of one term in the summer until the start of the next, on the first Monday in October, the work of the court is to sift through thousands of petitions from parties that lost in one of the federal appeals courts or highest state courts
and
are eager for the justices to reverse their fate. The Warren court, eager to champion individual rights, chose a large number of petitions from downtrodden people. The Rehnquist court, looking for opportunities to vindicate states’ rights,
favored petitions from the states. The cases it has chosen for review this term suggest it will continue that trend. Of the 51 it has so far decided to hear, over 40 percent have a corporation on one side. The most far-reaching example of the Roberts court’s pro-business bias was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. By a 5-to-4 vote, the conservative justices overturned a century of precedent to give corporations,
along with labor unions, an unlimited right to spend money
in politics. First Monday, NYT, 3.10.2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/opinion/04mon1.html
When the Bride Takes a Bride
July 15, 2010
EAST POINT, Ga. — When the Palladinos were planning their wedding, they found that traditional bridal magazines were all but useless [ groupe adverbial > traduction > complètement / presque ].
in addressing their
particular questions.
When the Bride Takes a
Bride, NYT, 15.7.2010,
Google's front page gets an image: are doodles dead, and what's the purpose?
June 10, 2010
View the search engine in any browser but [ conjonction > à l'exception de ... / excepté ... ] Safari or Opera, and you'll get a full-page image. Copying Bing - or is there a more subtle purpose, such as recruiting users?
Google's
front page gets an image: are doodles dead, and what's the purpose?, G,
10.6.2010,
Mayor Candidate Feels Cold Shoulder From Obama
October 7, 2009
To bolster Democratic prospects, President Obama has tried to elbow New York’s governor, David A. Paterson, out of next year’s race, and has thrown his weight behind
New Jersey’s
governor, Jon S. Corzine, in next month’s election. the Democrat running on a message of change
and embraced the incumbent running on the Republican ballot on Nov. 3. has found his attempts to piggyback on Mr. Obama’s popularity thoroughly drowned out by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg,
who has tethered himself to the new president. held public events with four of his cabinet members, and heaped praise on the new administration at every turn,
no matter how mundane the occasion. after Mr. Obama created the obscure-sounding job of chief performance officer at the White House. Mayor Candidate Feels Cold Shoulder From Obama, NYT, 7.10.2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/nyregion/07mayor.html
Adolf Hitler a war hero? Anything but, [ groupe adverbial > traduction > absolument pas, tout le contraire ]. said first world war comrades
Unpublished letters and diaries from List regiment soldiers portray Hitler as a loner, an object of ridicule and 'a rear area pig'
Dalya Alberge
Adolf Hitler a war hero?
Anything but, said first world war comrades, G, 16.8.2010,
No matter how many times we are told sun bathing can cause skin cancer, we still insist on exposing ourselves to the dangers. The fact is that more than 70,000 new cases are reported in Britain every year. Simon Garfield reveals why a 'healthy tan' is anything but The burning issue, sub, O, 18.7.2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2004/jul/18/cancercare.observermagazine
Science funding cuts: We won't fill the gaps, say firms and charities Big R&D spenders say they won't step up funding of university research in the UK to make up for science funding cuts
Imran Khan, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, said: "Industry leaders have consistenly said their private sector investment depends on public support for science. If that support disappears, they will have no other choice but to look abroad for their raw materials: world class research and talented scientists and engineers."
Science funding cuts:
Women have no choice now but to halt this backlash
This is far from being a post-feminist era - the battle is only half-won Headline
and sub, G, 14.7.2004,
Consumers are all but [ groupe adverbial : presque ] impotent [ adjectif ] in facing up to companies - unless they decide to act together
My refund nightmare, G,
7.1.20004,
So it is surprising that Mr Bush is showing such interest in Africa. His tour will include five countries: the continent's two main powers (South Africa and Nigeria), and three small but successful countries (Senegal, Bostwana and Uganda). Talks will focus on security, trade and aid. For Mr Bush, security means, first and foremost, preventing terrorist attacks on Americans in Africa. Al-Qaeda has little support south of the Sahara, but finds it easy to operate in countries with lax security - hence its successes blowing up embassies in Kenya and TAnzania in 1998, its more recent murders of Israelis in Kenya and the suicide bombings by an unknown Islamist group in Morocco in May. This week, Mr Bush promised $100m to east African countries to beef up the security around their airports, sea ports and other vulnerable places, which should help a bit. When terrorists murder westerners in Africa, a much larger number of Africans usually die, too. But African leaders do not get nearly as worked up about terrorism as Americans do, because they have much bigger security problems to contend with. Africa's wars claim thousands of times more lives than a-Qaeda. Nigeria and South Africa each do their bit to try to keep the peace in their respective spheres of influence, but both would like some American help. (...) Most of Africa is not at war, however, and needs different kinds of help. As a baby-eating right-winger, Mr Bush is loved neither by Africa's chattering classes nor by the West's professional worriers about Africa. But he has a habit of suprising foe and friend alike. His recent promise to give $15 billion to the fight against AIDS prompted Bob Geldof, a campaigning Irish rock star, to tell Britain's Guardian newspaper that "You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical - in a positive sense- in its approach to Africa since Kenedy."
Now for Africa: Next week, George Bush will visit Africa.
Camp Delta, a camp within a camp at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, is a measure of how much America has changed. Yet because it is perched on a remote corner of Cuba, out of bounds to all but a few thousand troops and specially vetted service workers, the mutation has gone mostly unseen by the American people. Rights flouted at Guantanamo Bay, GE, p. 4, 9.9.2002.
The strongest surge in industry’s confidence for nearly 30 years fuelled hopes yesterday that the deep recession in British manufacturing is all but [ groupe adverbial : presque ] over. CBI sees an end to industrial recession, T Business, p. 23, 24.4.2002.
‘Julie’s track record and the vision she has articulated over the past couple of years for ‘building Europe.net’ is one that I cannot help but support.' Net’s queen bee still buzzes, O, Business pullout, 28.4.2002.
There are some great songs here, proper songs, which choruses that are impossible to dislodge from the brain, and lyrics that you can’t help but sing along to [ ... ]. When the lights go down, GE2, p. vI, 30.8.2002.
I was nervous. I adjusted my headphones for the translation, I accidentally hit the microphone, and then I stumbled as I read out my solemn declaration that I would tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Grilled by the butcher, G2, p. 1, 29.8.2002.
There is nothing to do but to wait. BBC Radio 4 radio drama, 3.9.2002.
but for hypothétique > sans / si ce n'est / s'il n'y avait (pas) eu
but conjonction + for préposition > mais pour / si ce n'est que
The sight of Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, the "smlling bomber" of Bali, raising his arms in triumph as his death sentence was announced was profoundly disturbing. Throughout his trial, Amrozi betrayed no glimmer of remorse for the appalling crime he had helped execute. His claim to be seeking vengeance against America, the west and "the Jews" might be dismissed as delusional, but for [ traduction : si ce n'est que ... ] the uncomfortable fact that many Muslim extremists have a similar aim. The smile of death: Executing the Bali bomber is no remedy, G, p. 23, 9.8.2003.
But for [ traduction : si il n'y avait eu / sans ... ] the intervention of a solitary security steward and the timely arrival of the first of 15 police officers, there would have been a major incident. Police look into ugly scenes at Rushden, GE/G2, p. 9, 29.4.2002.
I'm sorry, but [ conjonction ] for [ préposition ] the greater good, the green belt has just got to go
By Tom Utley
The green belt, celebrating its 50th birthday this week, is one of those subjects that many of us free-marketeers would rather not think about. Our heads tell us that there is clearly a shortage of housing in many parts of the country - and particularly in the South-East - and that the answer must surely be to build more. There are places where the shortage is so acute that as many as two thirds of would-be first-time buyers cannot afford even the grottiest one-bedroom flat. That causes a great deal of unhappiness, which could be lifted almost at a stroke by handing over huge swathes of the green belt to property developers. I'm sorry, but for
the greater good, the green belt has just got to go, DT, 5.8.2005,
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