Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a post that Mr Havel did not seek but for which he was the only serious candidate . |
| 2 | Mr Harrison is known as Chopper , for reasons that Chelsea fans will understand but upon which the ladies of Esh Winning can only speculate . |
| 3 | And look at the way the wish connects with the fear , in a kind of fascinated ambivalence , a horrified curiosity about experiencing , through literature , something we may unconsciously want but by which we are consciously appalled . |
| 4 | Here there are evident overlaps with political theory and with general sociology , which cultural sociology can not replace but to which it can try to contribute its own kinds of evidence . |
| 5 | Here there are again overlaps with political theory and with general sociology , which cultural sociology can not replace but to which it can try to contribute its distinctive emphasis on the organization of signifying systems and on the special kinds of social formation which are professionally concerned with this , among them the difficult category usually identified as ‘ intellectuals ’ . |