Example sentences of "[be] it a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By and large the world of commerce has come to terms with word processing , be it a simple electronic typewriter , an Amstrad PCW or a full-blown secretarial system running on dedicated PCs . |
| 2 | Is it a new editorial policy that New Scientist will investigate the number and source of replies to advertisements within its pages and then print snide remarks about why the unsuccessful applicants should n't have applied in the first place ? |
| 3 | Is it a dark metallic silver ? |
| 4 | Is it , is it sort of is it a certain raving dance then or what is it ? |
| 5 | Is it a major historical turning-point , implying the complete re-fashioning of the economy , of production and of the geography of production ? |
| 6 | Nor is it a sheer intellectual exercise , a modern form of the Glass Bead Game , as depicted by Hermann Hesse in his novel . |
| 7 | Oh is it a big long serial thing ? |
| 8 | Is it a big technical problem or is it very straight forward . |
| 9 | Erm Is it a big old house is it . |
| 10 | Is this a book that could be read , as it were , by the layman at all , or is it a complicated technical book . |
| 11 | Those who detect a ‘ negative emotive force ’ in the ( apparent ) negative prefix not only of impertinent , but also of impudent , indignant , indifferent and possibly inane ( in none of which is it a true semantic constituent ) , may be reluctant to accept this result . |
| 12 | Is it a coniferous one Colin ? |
| 13 | Is it a shiny metallic gate , or a crumbling wooden one ? ) |
| 14 | Is it an ordinary digital computer of the sort that 's used in commerce and industry , or is it a special type of computer . |
| 15 | Was it a political Great Fear , a contagion that spread from city to city , village to village ? |
| 16 | Erm maybe you could describe how er I mean , was it a big open plan type er set up ? |