Example sentences of "but [pron] is this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good , then , but who is this man ? |
| 2 | Well not many girls but there is this shipping merchant Antonio . |
| 3 | But there is this centre which is right op on Parliament Street opposite Boots and you can go in there and all these leaflets that I 've got come from there , you can get those any time , they also have all the timetables , they also have all , have all the other information and two ladies sitting there , voluntary , er who will phone up and get you any information on any subject that you want . |
| 4 | But there is this thing that all of the forms are in the intellect and all of the forms ah are in the intellect and all of the forms do somehow weave together into some sort of unitary thing . |
| 5 | . But it is this facility of er of you determining that an expense is , is generally for the business , therefore it can be claimed , so |
| 6 | These steps might , at first sight , appear unnecessary and bureaucratic but it is this flow of information between practitioners , even where there is a fee dispute , that enables the ‘ public interest ’ to be upheld . |
| 7 | It is legendary that actuarial training is rigorous and difficult , but it is this depth of training which enables actuaries to take on the responsibility of advising on the financing of future payments involving billions of pounds for insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 8 | For we still believe that our femaleness is a biological entity ; but it is this biology that a century ago wished to remove our clitoris and that continues now to impose upon us a desire that only functions in passive reaction to the actions of men , and that is as a result based in narcissism and masochism . |
| 9 | If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together . |
| 10 | But it is this chair , less comfortable , which has remained empty . |
| 11 | But it is this aspect that costs £120,000 |
| 12 | But what is this paragon of a social anthropologist trying to find out ? |