Example sentences of "but it be [art] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is the farmers who are the hardest to interest ( although all planting is grant-aided ) . |
| 2 | But it is the parent who is forever admonishing the infant to ‘ be careful ’ who is more likely to instil fear into the young mind . |
| 3 | The teacher 's task is to foster learning , but it is the pupil who must do the learning . |
| 4 | But it is the husband who is responsible for paying it and who must acquire the money from outside in the first place . |
| 5 | In other words the generalist administrator calls upon the economists , the statisticians , etc. for information but it is the generalist who is ‘ on top ’ . |
| 6 | The doctor advises the referee of the injury caused but it is the referee who decides whether the bout should continue . |
| 7 | But it is the horse who was third the day before who could give him his biggest win , matching Omerta 's success in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham in 1986 . |
| 8 | The valuable contribution of the teacher 's aid is , as the name implies , a help to the teacher , but it is the teacher who takes the main responsibility for preparing work in a clear way for all pupils , including those who are visually handicapped . |
| 9 | Of course there are always the one-off wonders , but it 's the guys who do it consistently who impress me . |
| 10 | But it was a man who was standing inside , a policeman . |
| 11 | Coober Pedy ( form the aboriginal kupa piti meaning " white man 's burrow " ) has a large migrant population but it was an Australian who dug me out when I became bogged down in the dull-dust , and an old swagman on the road who warned me to keep an eye on the weather . |
| 12 | SCOTTISH champions Rangers are the undisputed rulers of British soccer but it was an Englishman who engineered the European Cup overthrow of Leeds United . |
| 13 | The architects of Pakistan 's victorious tour were undoubtedly their formidable pacemen , Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis , but it was the batsmen who stole the limelight at the start . |
| 14 | In a discussion on race , Nigel had declared that ‘ we all hate racism ’ , but it was the anti-racists who were stirring up things . |
| 15 | We were aware that there were men among the thickets following us , but it was the monkeys who caused us most trouble . |
| 16 | But it was the students who appealed most strongly to Melissa , sauntering past with enormous packs on their strong young shoulders , clear-eyed , tawny-limbed and confident . |
| 17 | But it was the Earl who said gently , ‘ Theda , my child . |
| 18 | But it was the head who ran to his study to phone . |
| 19 | But it was the American who stood beside her who felt that heat now , she thought with a little shudder . |
| 20 | But it was the man who magnetically held her gaze … |
| 21 | Edward Morris smiled and nodded but it was the stranger who spoke . |
| 22 | Of the old man perhaps , but it was the son who had been shot . |
| 23 | But it was the Whigs who won the general election ; and they returned to office committed to parliamentary reform , the measure which for all the variety of the causes of social unrest and of the disorders they prompted , came increasingly to be the focus of the general demand for change . |
| 24 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 25 | From the later seventh century B.C. the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy but it was the Etruscans who introduced a high culture to the central area of the peninsular . |
| 26 | The Sergeants would take us for training sessions and escort us over to our meals , but it was the Corporals who governed our lives . |
| 27 | But it was the politicians who should have completed their homework more thoroughly . |
| 28 | But it was the IHSM who five years ago produced a report suggesting that new ways of delivering health care should be explored including separating providers from purchasers . |
| 29 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 30 | Concrete had long been utilized as a bonding and covering material but it was the Romans who developed it as a structural one . |