Example sentences of "but it is a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You may not feel that this is always necessary with designs that can be knitted automatically , since they will appear on screen in colour , but it is a great memory jogger and , rather then going back into the programme to look at a design , the colours and design may be seen from the printout .
2 But it is a great temptation for people to say the latter , especially if they are ignorant of what others believe .
3 Admittedly , only 25% of adults survive the most common form of adult leukaemia , acute myeloid , but it is a great improvement on 30 years ago , when nearly every sufferer died .
4 But it is a great burden to carry , emotionally-demanding , time-consuming and requiring great dedication and understanding of the self and the other .
5 But it is a great eye opener that you are not indispensable .
6 There is no shortage of theoretical models suggesting how agents might act , or should act , in the face of risk and uncertainty , but it is a great deal more difficult to find evidence which really helps us to understand and explain how agents actually do act .
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