Example sentences of "but it [is] a [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |
| 2 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 3 | Since we wanted to record long , in-depth interviews , this was inevitable , but it is a difficulty which must bring caution . |
| 4 | This is a highly skilled and sensitive business , but it is a capacity which will be in increasing demand from management developers : it involves combining the skills of the counsellor with those of the management consultant . |
| 5 | There is some sense in this comment which may well explain the position of the Situationists at a particular conjunction , but it is a sense which would also explain earlier avant-garde trends in art ( if not cinema ) since , say , Futurism . |
| 6 | But it is a self which readers of the book can only rarely have found it hard to experience . |
| 7 | Within masculine sexuality the most significant other is the male — but it is a significance which presupposes , and is rehearsed in relation to , the female . |
| 8 | We shall see more formally why this is the case when we discuss bonds in Chapter 6 , but it is a relationship which is easy to grasp intuitively if we just consider the position of a holder of existing bills . |
| 9 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 10 | Indeed , but it is a pretension which effectively connects with the masses . |
| 11 | This gives an important role to word-recognition skills , but it is a role which recent studies are tending to support ( see , for instance , Gough , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | It does n't have to happen but it is a disease which is n't noticed until too late . |
| 13 | The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable . |
| 14 | It may be tempting to regard today 's share price as a buying opportunity but it is a temptation which should be avoided given the uncertainties and high risk which the company still attracts . |
| 15 | It will always be hard for the courts to distinguish between what is harmful and what is merely unpleasant or challenging , but it is a task which society must confront for its own good . |
| 16 | WWR would probably pass to another country for chairmanship but it is a move which I suspect British WW racers would be prepared to accept for the benefit of WWR as a whole . |
| 17 | Every adult is presumed to have that capacity , but it is a presumption which can be rebutted . |
| 18 | But it is a view which is questioned by the leading independent adviser and actuary , . |
| 19 | But it 's a technique which can be used in many different ways , for example : |
| 20 | Elstir 's paintings persuade Marcel of their truth , but it 's a truth which is different from the intellectual truth which he first brought to his initial contemplation of those paintings , and Marcel says that in this way , by his art , Elstir frees us from the cramping tyranny of the intellect , by painting , and again I quote , ‘ by painting some unusual picture of a familiar object . |
| 21 | But it 's a theory which does n't give us an special or privileged role or position in this origin . |