Example sentences of "but it can [adv] [be] a " in BNC.

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1 But it can also be a foreign world to us , and to those whose faces are set against God it is a closed world .
2 The bedroom can be a retreat but it can also be a bitter reminder of the comfort you would like to be getting from your partner .
3 So , from the left perspective , political inactivity can be a sign of satisfaction and strength , but it can also be a sign of disaffection and weakness .
4 But it can equally be an ‘ invisible elbow ’ which brings the earth 's precarious ecological balance crashing down like a pile of cans in a supermarket .
5 The work of Freud , and subsequent psychoanalysts , has indicated that when the pain of unexpressed feelings is not recognized or acknowledged , the subconscious mind ensures that such recognition never re-emerges at a conscious level , but it can nevertheless be a major subconscious influence on the social performance of the individual .
6 But it can only be a quirk ; and the force of its ‘ goodness ’ is strictly limited and circumscribed .
7 We draw up the perfect guest list , and then go about extending the invitations — we have n't yet resorted to blackmail but it can only be a matter of time .
8 They have every right to be different — it 's very presumptuous of us to invent personalities for them simply because we 've seen them act on a cinema screen , but it can still be a shock when they 're not as you 'd hoped .
9 Haemorrhage is usually immediate but it can occasionally be a late complication .
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