Example sentences of "but [indef pn] [Wh det] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their value for the reader lies in enlarging or changing our perceptions , in helping us to break out from a deadening routine ; in short , the carnivalesque : ‘ The prophets of extremity put up a distorting mirror against our world — but one which properly attended to , can tell us something about that world , and about the possibilities of changing it , or changing ourselves . ’ |
| 2 | Thus the London weavers , an economically depressed group , but one which nevertheless contained a high preponderance of Nonconformists , rallied behind the Whig government at the time of the Sacheverell affair and helped the trained bands suppress High Church crowds in the City . |
| 3 | Throughout the week you come upon games which you see as vital and by the end of the week you have had so many vital games that you have forgotten some of them but one which definitely stood out was the fourball between Howard Clark and Mark James and Curtis Strange and Payne Stewart . |
| 4 | We addressed civil society in particular ; an area of social life currently at the centre of urban sociology , but one which so far incorporates insufficient understanding of human agency . |
| 5 | The result is a lighter weight fabric , but one which still shows off the yarn . |
| 6 | If we speak of control , we are speaking of empowerment , a now much abused word , but one which still conveys the sense of movement from situations of experienced powerlessness , both individual and collective , to one where people acquire some measure of determination in the course of events and policies . |
| 7 | A chequered picture then , but one which amply demonstrates that democracy remains a burning issue and a potent watchword in many quarters of the globe . |
| 8 | The fourth class of sites is also characterized by an irregular and haphazard network of internal streets and lanes , but one which apparently developed independently of major through routes . |