Example sentences of "but [pron] is it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The five doors are clearly the five senses , the restless ape is the ego , but who is it that gives the order ‘ Half , ape ! ’ ? |
| 2 | ‘ Er , I 'm sorry , but who is it that has died ? |
| 3 | ‘ But who is it , ma'am ? |
| 4 | No , but he is it ? |
| 5 | Erm but it is it 's it 's a it 's a cultural it 's a cultural issue . |
| 6 | but it , but it maybe , it it would seem to me if that is a consideration of yours , that might be something that you reflect upon in y in your report , but it is it is not a necessary er requirement that , er that be part and parcel of this particular E I P . |
| 7 | That 's just because she 's married to an older man basically er she 's I know it 's a sweeping generalisation but it is it is a fact that and and she 's more your type |
| 8 | It is , it is , yes , is it , it is at the present time , but it is it is growing . |
| 9 | Whether inherited or picked up from an antique shop , it often holds a sentimental value — but what is it really worth ? |
| 10 | But what is it like to go from one pregnancy to the next — going on having more and more children ? |
| 11 | But what is it like to face Immigration Officers when you come to Britain for the first time , not knowing the language , uncertain about the future ? |
| 12 | But what is it , exactly , that we value in the personal ? |
| 13 | CPD may be voluntary or obligatory , but what is it that 's required ? |
| 14 | But what is it like to possess 360° vision with two , narrow and separate binocular fields ? |
| 15 | But what is it that persuades artists ( music hall or oils ) , comedians , actors , deep think-ers , burlesque queens and ‘ significant novelists ’ that they should contribute to the political debate ? |
| 16 | But what is it about these forms of thought that is ‘ idealist ’ ? |
| 17 | But what is it to have the concept ‘ pain' if not to have in one 's mind some notion of what the word means , a notion presumably acquired by experiencing pain ? |
| 18 | But what is it that enables a person to recognise a pain as having its source in , say , his finger ? |
| 19 | But what is it that we believe when we believe that one thing caused another , that the second was the effect of the first ? |
| 20 | " But what is it really ? " they say . |
| 21 | But what is it supposed to mean . |
| 22 | But what is it ? |
| 23 | ‘ Handcraftmanship sounds good , but what is it ? |
| 24 | ‘ But what is it ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But what is it for ? ’ |
| 26 | But what is it you resent so much , Maria ? |
| 27 | But what is it for ? |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but what is it ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Handcraftmanship sounds good , but what is it ? |
| 30 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |