The phrase "adjustment but for" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to express a conditional or causal relationship, but it lacks clarity and proper usage.
Example: "The adjustment but for the unforeseen circumstances would have been successful."
Alternatives: "adjustment except for" or "adjustment aside from".
For Rami Fakih, a wide receiver and defensive back, the nocturnal regimen has taken some adjustment, but for different reasons.
For the euro to survive, Europeans need to be prepared not just for painful fiscal adjustment but for profound structural reform as well.
Those acupuncture patients who were part of the work force had not been more frequently on sick-leave after adjustment, but for a significantly longer period of time: 31.8 (CI 23 40.1) days a year versus 16.1 (CI 12.9 19.4) days a year after adjustment (p <.001).
One study found a negative association between social anxiety and marital adjustment – but only for socially anxious spouses; there was no evidence for partner effects (Filsinger & Wilson, 1983).
Today, we are still learning, and still making adjustments, but for the most part, we negotiate support for one another.
For dose-related RRs restricted to smokers, results with "most adjustment" but without adjustment for other aspects of smoking were also entered if available.
We found an association between CYP1B1 rs1056836 and mammographic density that neared statistical significance only before adjustment, but not after adjustment, for BMI.
Such changes also include ions added via pH adjustments but unaccounted for in the experimental design.
(1998) found that whether or not the sexual abuse experience was consensual was associated with later psychological adjustment for men, but not for women.
This association was unaffected by adjustment for gender but attenuated when adjusting for age (data not shown).
In our study, the association of androgens with risk persisted after adjustment for oestradiol, but not after adjustment for oestrone, the oestrogen that was most strongly associated with risk in these data (Table 6).
