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

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1 Enjoyment obviously does derive from performing successfully for the side but being determined to enjoy the occasion , be it a wet Northampton Monday or a NatWest Final , should n't be reliant solely on personal success .
2 Showdown At Glastonbury comes to a close with the argument still raging — is it a blissful summer gathering or slovenly layabouts causing havoc in the countryside ?
3 I mean , is it a new management technique or something ?
4 It is a sad sight for not only is it a famous Belfast landmark but to anyone who has spent an enjoyable evening there taking in anything from a popular musical to a classic play it must feel like a personal loss .
5 Is it an annual charge or is it a twelve month payment thing on it , or just an annual charge ?
6 Is it a recent provision order , that ?
7 The palazzo looks so much like a 1950s cinema ( or is it a small-town railway station ? ) , with its curves and ornate super-structure , that it comes as a surprise to learn that it is seventeenth-century .
8 Is it a major safety aspect do you think ?
9 Is it a normal fire tender that takes this pod along ?
10 Is it a final turning point for GM Europe , for long periods perhaps the most lack-lustre collection of American-owned subsidiaries in the world ?
11 You may find that 's a moulded plug and it , no that end trigger , is it a variable speed trigger ?
12 So are you just doing a lit is it , is it a two term project as well ?
13 Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing .
14 Is it , is it a long term thing , do people come for the day , or do they stay with you for months ?
15 All the buses that are on the routes now extra buses , is it a better bus service ?
16 Is it a proper jazz band with tommy talkers like we used to run after when we were kids ? ’
17 Is it a sensible planning strategy to take all this land between the city boundary and the inner boundary of the greenbelt , in what is the current structure plan period , I wonder ?
18 Is it a 50 watt bulb that a child 's been scribbling on
19 Was it a certain gunnery officer 's intention to clear his field of view in Draconian style ?
20 was it a good job Clare ?
21 Fernando had said he was confident she would return because he had something precious that Steve had n't : was it a serious bank balance ?
22 ‘ Nor was it a high risk situation from my point of view , because for these were tried and tested individuals we were putting on the field .
23 Was it a brand-new Ford Zodiac ? ’
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