Example sentences of "be it for " in BNC.

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1 Recording is an index of whether or not the method of intervention is effective over time and , in turn , of whether or not the child 's behaviour is changing — be it for better or worse .
2 And that seemed to be it for the night .
3 But far be it for us to shed crocodile tears over the bruised egos of our male counterparts .
4 The ‘ minimalist ’ manages to travel the world with everything packed into a small shoulder bag , and yet she always seems to have le vêtement juste — be it for a river-rafting trip , an ascent of an extinct volcano or an embassy garden party .
5 ‘ Far be it for me to be lofty about such things , but some of us dry our clothing . ’
6 That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point .
7 Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back .
8 Well you can just wait , you want you can go in mine , erm do we could do with and that would be it for the interview
9 I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning !
10 I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services .
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