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Example sentences of "but it be [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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	But it is Day-Lewis who dominates everything as he races around , long locks flowing and trusty musket in tow .
3	But it is Weede who really makes this worth hearing , keeping his balance with ease between sympathy and schmaltz .
4	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 .
5	But it is women who are more likely to buy things .
6	‘ 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 . ’
7	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 .
8	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 .
9	True , Jack is more famous , but it is Jet who is indelibly linked with the instrument .
10	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 .
11	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 .
12	But it is God who gives the victory , through Moses ' intercession .
13	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 .
14	But it 's Johannsen who 's dead .
15	Both want to make love , but it 's men who are more interested in having sex .
16	But it 's people who convert that into a successful business . ’
17	But it was Ryker who sat forward to restrain his companion .
18	Cuvier had claimed to be able to reconstruct an animal from a single bone , but it was Owen who did it , working out that a bone from New Zealand , broken at the ends , must have come from an enormous flightless bird , and being vindicated when the complete skeleton of a moa was found later .
19	Ruth clenched her hands inside her cloak , nerving herself to follow him ; but it was Fand who did n't move .
20	But it was Preston who 'd become the adulterer , not William .
21	But it was Wolf who succeeded best in the nineteenth century in bringing drama into natural history illustration .
22	But it was Woodruffe who came around from the cab .
23	For Swindon it was shooting practice young Marcus Phillips on as sub for the first time nearly got a goal but it was Torquay who tookover towards the end …
24	But it was Morse who answered : ‘ If you wish , Lewis , I will give you the names and addresses of the three of them there that open all day .
25	But it was Morse who did so , as he continued :
26	Kubitsky was holding the weapon , but it was Sandor who was smiling as he watched the others — Yuan , Zukov , Mubarak , even Vorontseff — as they climbed unarmed from the hatch .
27	His departure spurred Widnes , especially lively second rower Richie Eyres , but it was Wigan who pounced first .
28	But it was Casaubon who fifty years later imposed Polybius as the expert in political life , as a far better guide than the fashionable Tacitus .
29	But it was Belle who said , ‘ What about the hats ? ’
30	They 'd only been beaten 3 times this season so you feared the worst , but it was Oxford who struck next ; another no goal , or no penalty , according to Kevin Keegan .