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

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1 Nor is it yet the whole truth ; presenting the experiments in the way I have chosen , as I said at the beginning of this chapter , has been a logical way to tell a story , even if a story not yet adequately grounded in theory .
2 is , is it , is it just the second year that has erm , perhaps it not
3 Is this the full P A though or is it just the speaking P A ?
4 At length , Bunting recalled , ‘ the largest workman rose frowning and came to our table ; but what he said was : ‘ Is it no the great poet , Hugh MacDiarmid ? ’
5 And is it not the best wood for coffins ?
6 It might not be a complete oversimplification to state that many of the profession 's difficulties with the lay public stem from the public 's basic incomprehension of what we write ; and yet is it not the particular beauty of the English language that the most appreciated and elegant words are in fact the simplest and most easily understood ?
7 Is it not the very catholicity of the Church which is in question ?
8 As a matter of interest on the raffle side , David , is it basically the two pound fifty person that buys the majority of the raffle tickets ?
9 .. ’ Nor is it merely the heavy stuff which comes with serious credentials .
10 Is it precisely the same meaning that the historian meant to convey ?
11 Why is it always the odd man out ?
12 Is it always the same advisers and no matter what advice they give and whether it is right or wrong they will always be there ?
13 Is it still the old crowd ?
14 you used to sing the weddings and that type of thing , or was it just the normal Sunday service ?
15 And was it mostly the bigger farms that wanted you
16 Was it mostly the bigger farms or did the peedie ones
17 Was it not the third Wednesday ?
18 was it always the same food there ?
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