Example sentences of "[be] it [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the going gets tough , it 's these people who react best — be it at a natural disaster , accident or sudden emergency . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | Any re-establishment of government authority , be it under the old confessional dispensation or under a new Syrian-sponsored one , would not be comfortable for the Palestine refugee community , which by the turn of the century will number roughly 390,000 , given no significant population movements . |
| 5 | It was the Richard Branson that would throw anybody in a swimming-pool — literally and metaphorically — often forgetful of the cost , be it of a junior employee 's ruined wristwatch or an editor 's dignity ( the watch could be paid for afterwards : dignity was harder to repair ) ; the Richard Branson that , when playing wicket-keeper in a company cricket match , would tie cotton round the bails and then ‘ when the batsman has been in long enough ’ yank them off with a roar of laughter , all the more resounding for the look of fury on the fallguy 's face . |
| 6 | The refugees would necessarily be subject to whatever authority and jurisdiction control the area in which they live , be it in the Arab area or within Israel . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah that 's it on the same line . |
| 8 | That 's it for the first half . |
| 9 | If we are misled by our grammar into thinking that ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ is a report of a mental process then there will seem to be a problem : ‘ What is it about a mental process which makes it an expectation of such-and-such ? |
| 10 | Given that the index-linked gilt is a difficult investment to evaluate , is it worth the private investor buying via a specialist gilt fund or direct ? |
| 11 | No life that though is it for a younger person ? |
| 12 | Erin , how easy is it for the ordinary person to learn how to compute ? |
| 13 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
| 14 | Right , is there any kind of pattern to that , or is it on a daily basis that you do that ? |
| 15 | I think we 're all ship shape , so how lo how far is it on the other side ? |
| 16 | is it at the top end of the , it starts at the top end of the slope ? |
| 17 | Is it of a higher quality and accepted by consumers ? |
| 18 | Okay just moving ahead now , er with your occupation erm is it of a hazardous nature ? |
| 19 | Is it of a one-piece nylon construction that will be easy to clean , solid wood — usually beech — or one of the increasingly common metal sided drawers with a solid base ? |
| 20 | When you or , when you order five hundred reams of paper , do you get five hundred reams and is it of the right quality from the sheets . |
| 21 | how high is it to the nearest metre . |
| 22 | Is it to the Holy Spirit , then , that I must assign Buddhism 's denial of the possibility of forgiveness , or communism 's cavalier attitude to truth and human life , or the self-satisfied man-centredness of much contemporary humanism ? |
| 23 | But nobody , how long is it since the last time we showed them in ? |
| 24 | I 've just p is it near the front door because I 've just put it back on her . |
| 25 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
| 26 | the situation of the store ( Is it in a busy shopping area or in a less advantageous situation where he may need to attract customers ? ) |
| 27 | ‘ Is it in a big complex ? ’ |
| 28 | Is it in the right place ? |
| 29 | In the context of these questions , what is it in the brief history of White Western feminist criticism and theory that seems at odds with what is going on in the rest of the world ? |
| 30 | Not only is it in the national interest but it is in the interest of every industry , company , employer and employee . |