Example sentences of "[be] it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The immediate answer is an intolerance of dissent — be it political or economic — and a doctrinaire mistrust of the world outside the Middle Kingdom . |
2 | Thus paintings were there to reveal a presence behind an appearance — be it that of a madonna , a tree or , simply , the light that soaks through a red . |
3 | The monstrosity of the exterminatus he contemplated had eclipsed that thread of instinct until now , all be it that exterminatus was the correct course of action . |
4 | We have to find ways of managing waiting more effectively and keeping the customer ( be it general practitioner or patient ) informed . |
5 | And they did every room cos his er sister used to work in Homebase be it rich |
6 | For example whatever the nature of the case be it acute or chronic I would expect to see some signs of improvement indicating a curative response within a very short while . |
7 | I am willing to fail any dope test be it verbal , non-verbal , as long as it 's after this year 's London Marathon . |
8 | All organisations will have to address these issues and the way in which they do so will depend , to some extent , on what kind of environment they are working in — be it stable or unstable . |
9 | Whatever the age group we 're working with ( be it five year olds or fifty year olds ) the basic elements of drama remain the same : |
10 | There is the further objection that Christian orthodoxy ( be it Catholic or Protestant ) teaches that the Son has sole access to the Father within the Holy Trinity and that He is the sole advocate before the throne of Judgment . |
11 | Where a debt proved in a bankruptcy bears interest ( be it contractual or statutory ) , interest up to the date of the bankruptcy order can also be proved for ( r 6.113 ) . |
12 | With over 200 delicious varieties to choose from bread — be it brown or white — has an important and vital part to play in a healthy diet |
13 | There is no doubt that until he discovered this clothing ( be it artificial carapace or ‘ the whole armour of God ’ ) , Lewis was only half-formed as a writer , as a literary imagination , perhaps as a person . |
14 | That , that could that could be it disappearing . |
15 | They also wish to know whether punishment — be it physical or psychological — is of any use whatsoever . |
16 | The next 70 years or so are spent sorting out this confusion , deciding first what a face is and then putting a name to it in whatever language comes to hand — be it Thai or Zuni or Swahili or Spanish — or any of the other 4,000 odd languages that the world currently offers . |
17 | Were it new ? |
18 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
19 | These numbers , he pointed out , could have been considerably increased were it possible to assess the numbers working short-time , as occurred in almost every trade during some part of the year . |
20 | Were it possible to take a pill after which the most perfect essays flowed from your pen , A level History courses would be completed more rapidly . |
21 | Were it possible for a further donation to be agreed at some point during 1993 , I should be most grateful . |
22 | ‘ Benedict , ’ she said in a kindlier tone , ‘ even were it possible , I would not — could not — marry you . ’ |
23 | He got , what , were it five , five life sentences ? |
24 | In this case , were it visible from the Earth and if Jupiter were near opposition , the angular diameter of the magnetosphere would be nearly 3 times that of the full Moon . |
25 | you have some speakers if you , if you do a run like that you 'll hit a pitch were it resonate with the speaker |
26 | Future historians would in all likelihood use the same data to help answer entirely different questions were it accessible in its original form . |
27 | She had been about to collude with Stan in the face of all her good resolutions , and there would have been yet another indelible stain on her spirit which , she suspected , were it available to her , she would not care to put unwashed in her underwear drawer . |
28 | As I said I 'm , I 'm , I got them out at I think it were twenty one ninety nine or were it twenty five ninety nine ? they were twenty one ninety nine or twenty five ninety now , I ca n't remember off the cuff . |
29 | Were it any other company but MGN this might work . |
30 | Even the PLO , were it able to , would have put relations with the USA before those with Moscow . |