Example sentences of "be it the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Esquire is a prism through which is refracted a spectrum of good writing , be it the latest work of an established voice , or the emerging voice of a master in the market . |
| 2 | The punching hip , be it the leading hip of a front punch or the trailing hip of a reverse punch , must swivel forwards , so that your centre-line directly faces the opponent . |
| 3 | Or is it the coordinated interaction of several matrix components ( EHS contains laminin , type IV collagen , heparan-sulphate-proteoglycan , entactin , and other proteins ) with the cell that effects the maintenance of a normal phenotype ? |
| 4 | Is it the fact that the mother is blundering towards the unknown , with her children that causes unease , or is it the de-feminised figure of the woman herself ? |
| 5 | Is the in the input embedded in would you or is it the first phoneme of judge ? |
| 6 | Is it the first verse of ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ or ‘ Mary , Mary Quite Contrary ’ or ‘ Jack and Jill ’ ? |
| 7 | Is it the right sort of party ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is it the right sort of market ? |
| 9 | Is it the wide range of colours , the beauty of the bud opening into full bloom , or the scent ? |
| 10 | Is it the collegiate world of the Oxbridge common room ? |
| 11 | Is it the same sort of thing ? |
| 12 | To what extent is it the elected representatives of the people , that is the House of Commons , who actually govern ? |
| 13 | Kalkadoon is not the work of an individual nor is it the conscious product of any group . |
| 14 | Is it d was it the like kind of situation where you 're gon na have to carry it on so that he |
| 15 | Was it the blameless wonderfulness of God that forced Satan to go and live in the pit , where he could leave his things lying around and put his feet on the table ? |
| 16 | Was it the faint smell of herbs and newly baked dough , the soft ticking of the wall-mounted clock which seemed both to mark the passing seconds and yet to hold time in thrall , the rhythmic moaning of the sea through the half-open door , the sense of well-fed ease conveyed by the two cushioned armchairs , the open hearth ? |
| 17 | Or was it the unvarnished cruelty of an eleven-year-old ? |
| 18 | Was it the National Union of Mineworkers , under its renowned leader ? |
| 19 | There has , however , been some debate in modern times about the motivation which lay behind this huge increase in Rome 's power : was it the constant aggression of neighbouring states which prompted Rome to take protective measures , and thereby incidentally achieve this new position , or was Rome an imperialist power whose expansion was internally motivated ( for example , by land hunger or aristocratic avarice for glory ) ? |
| 20 | Was it the last act of a popular drama begun at Aranjuez and thwarted by Napoleon 's desertion of Ferdinand and protection of Godoy , a revolution of disappointed vengeance , a revolution directed against Godoy 's creatures in the provincial administrations who now followed the French ? |
| 21 | Everyone was in a good mood because not only was it the last day of school today , but everybody had had one and a half days off school already . |
| 22 | Or was it the same amount of land ? |
| 23 | Was it the same time of the year ? |