Example sentences of "be this [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is this just a malign coincidence ? |
| 2 | Is this just an ordinary camera you 've used ? |
| 3 | Or is this just an elaborate distraction created by her mind to avoid facing her infertility ? |
| 4 | Is this not a strange time to close offices which provide assistance for so many unemployed people ? |
| 5 | Is this not a quick election fix rather than a programme of long-term investment to improve our competitiveness ? |
| 6 | Is this not an intolerable interference with the freedom of action of any British Government , and is the Prime Minister aware that , in 12 of the past 18 years , successive Governments , Labour and Conservative , have spent more than 3 per cent . |
| 7 | So is this really a new panacea or a just a passing craze for crazies . |
| 8 | But is this really a fair comparison ? |
| 9 | But is this really an unlikely choice ? |
| 10 | Yet the question has to be asked : how much is this really an artificial crisis which will subside as quickly as it has arisen ? |
| 11 | Now this is this quite a common thing after the flu to get a problem . |
| 12 | Oh was this quite a usual thing for |
| 13 | Was this quite a common thing for the lads in the to do things like this ? |