Example sentences of "but it [be] [indef pn] that " in BNC.

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1 This appears to be a key point , but it is one that is left controversial .
2 Whether they can be mapped seismically within or below thrust sheets is more of a problem , but it is one that the industry seems confident of defeating in other parts of the world .
3 This biographical approach has its weaknesses , but it is one that an amateur often finds easy to handle .
4 This is not a problem that is confined to the sociology of religion , but it is one that arises frequently when students wish to study ‘ closed ’ sects or new religions which they believe ( probably quite correctly ) would not allow them to carry out their research — there is an unmeasured but , I suspect , strong relationship between the theological conservatism of a religion and the distrust with which its believers view sociologists .
5 For example , the view that taking extra vitamins may be harmful does not ring true ; the possibility of harm is acknowledged but it is one that is regarded as remote and pedantic .
6 These fish appear to rely on a rapid circulation of plasma to meet their oxygen needs ; what advantage ( if any ) this stratagem confers is not clear , but it is one that would not be feasible in warmer oceans where the oxygen content of the water is lower .
7 This can be a difficult and expensive process , but it is one that delivers a range of environmental benefits .
8 Kelvin 's scale of temperature , the only true ratio scale of temperature since it has a non-arbitrary zero point , is not simply a mathematically more powerful scale or one that is invariably more useful , as far as the latter is concerned quite the contrary , but it is one that " incorporates a profound understanding of how a certain class of phenomenon works " .
9 A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go .
10 But it is something that you recognize as a problem ?
11 No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it .
12 Fey was something they would tell me I had just invented , but it is something that never left me during the entire period I was an Instructor and sadly I was to learn very shortly after he left Kinloss that he did not survive very long on the squadron that he joined .
13 Now he was talking in the context of er of of a , er but it is something that I think the government does need to look at because given the nature of multi-national companies or even the nature of public companies and private companies in this country where there is a public interest , not just in efficiency but also in probity .
14 I and we er do n't have a concluded view on the matter but it is something that I think that we need to look at .
15 I do sympathise with the problem that that the local residents have there but I I dare say closing off the road would n't be a very good idea but it is something that only the county council can do and the county council have said that they will not do this in advance of the southern relief road being built so I think that really is simply .
16 ‘ I think the players are used to lack of recognition , but it is something that puzzles me .
17 I hope I will , that we will have support in it on this issue and I do n't want to take up all the time but it is something that members do approach me in , and and others on the members ' services sub and I hope we have time Chairman to er give this report some consideration and let's say it 's a v , it 's a very important if you Chairman want any additionals to the recommendations , or if you say we 're going too far in the recommendations because those recommendations you have down in front of you will be forwarded on and you 're officers and your your your policies and resources they 've given some time on on this report and therefore on the bottom of page thirty one the motion to be moved says that the comments of the policy and resources committee and the recommendations of the joint working party and the internal management of the local authorities be noted for submission to the Association of County Councils as appropriate .
18 I do n't think it should cause you any problems , but it is something that 's come on late erm as a result of maternity cover .
19 I mentioned earlier that I encountered a problem with the bass E string , but it 's something that can be easily rectified .
20 They believe that women are well aware of the power of their sexual attractiveness as well as their power of refusal , but it 's something that they accept cheerfully enough .
21 But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen .
22 I mean it 's been a helpful conversation , erm you know I 'm not s I you know you persuaded me , rightly or wrongly , that it 's not that much of an issue in in our fellowship , but it 's something that we do always need to be aware of .
23 Erm but it 's something that we need to work at .
24 But it 's something that we need to preserve strongly .
25 It 's not an historical thing , it 's not something we look back to , but it 's something that every one of us should be looking to as a present daily experience in our life .
26 I would have thought that it is in the government 's interest to promote efficiency , it 's certainly in the government 's interest to maintain the public interest with regard er to fraud or other wrong doing er but it 's something that the government ought to look at and again it seems to me that it ought to be a matter that er could be looked at if there was a proper inquiry .
27 No , it needs to be done but it 's something that
28 She said alright it 's twenty five quid , it 's an expense but she said but it 's something that she 'll keep .
29 Tampons are something that only women use , but it 's something that must become part of our voc vocabulary if we 're to save lives .
30 But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem .
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