Example sentences of "but [pron] is [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But it is Jonny who is the driving force , the black leather jacket may have gone , the cowboy boots were nowhere to be seen yesterday , but the earring is still in place and so is the intensity which stunned Cambridge two years ago .
2 If HaL meets its reported dates , it could beat Sun to market with a 64-bit system — but it is Sun which expects to create a high-volume 64-bit market supplying both its own needs and those of its cloners .
3 Therefore , in history it is not nature and technology which makes human society but it is man himself , who in terms of his already existing ideas and values , makes his own history , as he encounters nature and the problems it poses .
4 But it is Day-Lewis who dominates everything as he races around , long locks flowing and trusty musket in tow .
5 But it is Weede who really makes this worth hearing , keeping his balance with ease between sympathy and schmaltz .
6 A lot of Alfie 's adventures are shared by his little sister Annie Rose , but it is Dad who takes him camping , very close to home .
7 But it is women who are more likely to buy things .
8 But it is bait which hit back with bullets .
9 ‘ Of course , the more snow , the more avalanches come down on to roads and into the valleys , but it is skiers who are normally most at risk . ’
10 Indeed the covenant is important but it is Christ who holds the key to the understanding of baptism and I thought that you would like to hear how your work has helped us to see our way in this respect .
11 If musical politics now involves a constantly shifting ‘ war of position ’ , Adorno helps us to understand the enemy , but it is Benjamin who is more able to offer the tools to carry on the struggle .
12 True , Jack is more famous , but it is Jet who is indelibly linked with the instrument .
13 But it is time they recognised the PLO as the real representative of the Palestinian people . ’
14 " There are other things more unkind , but it is time I went . "
15 The Doctor realises that there is no way the two teachers could have achieved all this , but it is Barbara who arrives at the real solution .
16 It is indeed a case of ‘ what you will ’ in decoding this and all other linguistic signs , but it is Iago who has made Othello construe it in that manner , and will continue to do so .
17 Yes , but it is God we obey , not nature !
18 But it is God who gives the victory , through Moses ' intercession .
19 But it is ground which does not appear to be fertile for anything — let alone an attempt to build an alternative to Africa 's elitist and beleaguered educational system .
20 He said : ‘ We had most of the play , but it is points we need not possession .
21 All systems based on the ideal of equality break down in action : that is a point that might be expected of Waugh , but it is Orwell who makes it the more forcefully : ‘ Some animals are more equal than others ’ , as the pigs decree in Animal Farm , symbolising the easy self-justifications of Leninists in taking and keeping power .
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