Example sentences of "[be] it the " in BNC.

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1 Everything the school does should be geared to providing most effectively and efficiently for pupil learning — be it the structures and systems used to run the school , the deployment of staff , or the use of its other resources .
2 The ‘ lost object ’ ( be it the good mother , or good management ) can be converted into an object of hate .
3 Twentieth-century developments in communications — be it the faster postal service , the telephone , telegrams or improved road conditions and means of transport — would enable far-flung relations to keep in touch with each other with an ease at which their ancestors might have marvelled .
4 Just like it does not allow us to sing an old song that was sung often , Show Me The Road And The Miles To Dundee perhaps that 's the song we should be singing just now in these particular circumstances and be it the day , maybe even in Portsmouth this particular day .
5 An evident interest , shared by many of the group members , is the desire to explore the pleasures of paint coupled with an sensual delight in the decorative aspects of design — be it the tangible substance and glowing colours of woven , embroidered and printed textiles , or the flowing line of a fashion garment , or the presence of domestic artefacts .
6 What were you took to him Joyce were it the video or television ?
7 The punching hip , be it the leading hip of a front punch or the trailing hip of a reverse punch , must swivel forwards , so that your centre-line directly faces the opponent .
8 Times change , I suppose — which is not to admit that fat generalisations about the Sixties , Seventies or Eighties are less problematic than statements about any other logical fiction , be it the nation , a salad , the MCC or whatever .
9 The animal , be it the rat in its maze of a chimpanzee gazing from a group of boxes to a clump of bananas hung just out of reach overhead , must reason out a course of action in its mind .
10 She loves being by water , be it the river Dee or the sea .
11 Esquire is a prism through which is refracted a spectrum of good writing , be it the latest work of an established voice , or the emerging voice of a master in the market .
12 We can all produce fantastic costings for whoever requires them , be it the new Bank Manager , accountant or supplier , but will they stand the test of time ?
13 Something was always not quite hot or right enough for their father , be it the plates , the pie , or the potatoes .
14 General practitioners generally cope with whatever is thrown their way , be it the shift of complex clinical management of cases into the community with less hospitalisation , changes in hospital policy resulting in a shift of costs to the community budget , underfunding of secondary sector posts and beds , the 1990 general practitioner contract , or patients ' increased expectations in a cost cutting climate of health care .
15 Each FOND refers to the members of a family that are present within a file , be it the System or a Font/DA Mover file — also called a Suitcase .
16 In such a situation , ruling bodies , be it the WBO , WBA or WBC , are reluctant to take away a champion 's title when it has been so close .
17 Of course , it 's quite right , and it 's it 's in a sense maybe reasonable to oppose a budget , but in the past , I think it 's been erm , one of the strengths of the labour group , when in opposition to put alternative budgets in for say , yes , we take a view that 's different to the budget that 's before us , but so far with two conservative speakers , we 've not had the benefit of knowing which items , which levels of of spending within this policy committee , be it the Chief Exec .
18 I would urge any readers interested in helping keep Nazism out of Sunderland to contact one of the numerous local or national groups , be it the ANL , the Anti-Fascist Association or another .
19 and that 's it the head , and I could feel the chill .
20 But that 's it the system is n't but they send us a donation which they 'd had for appearing on B B C or something .
21 We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it .
22 That 's it the lever locks yes .
23 , no I wo n't be doing that folks there , that 's it the
24 That 's it the two of us
25 Oh that 's it the way it spreads out and then you ca n't see it . .
26 Oh you look like have you seen that er what 's it the hyperspace hotel ?
27 section , ah I think it is , that 's it the one with the M B F
28 That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’
29 And he said , It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery , neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear ’ . ’
30 Is it the right sort of party ? ’
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