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

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1 this is , well this is it right , she 's in the canteen , she 's , and she 's going right and putting on this really stupid laugh , right , and I said what 's wrong ? , she goes , she goes , she goes , she goes , right she , and iffy , this how bad she , she was faking , you know like this she goes , she goes , no , no
2 Erm , yes , can I ask please is this er , if it were a bypass this is it long term ?
3 This is it medical , no wonder the doctors want you to lose weight
4 30 Which is the largest fraction and by how much is it greater than the smallest ⅗ , unc unc
5 The acceleration is , how is the velocity changing , how much is it changing ?
6 But how much is it general and how much John Major .
7 How much was it nine ?
8 How much was it new , do you know ?
9 The monstrosity of the exterminatus he contemplated had eclipsed that thread of instinct until now , all be it that exterminatus was the correct course of action .
10 But most of all is it wise ?
11 Generally speaking , the higher the creature is on the scale of consciousness , then the longer is its period of adolescence , and the more is it reliant upon its parents , because the greater is the scope for learning .
12 No more is it possible to claim that the strict code of social morality and convention which helped to sustain the political system was held in place from outside against the will of most Japanese people .
13 and the tray , that 's it though , that is it actual Christmas drink that goes round the room and then the presents come out I look out the window and the snow blow
14 I do n't accept that is it necessary or even likely that it would that it would er The the damage which could occur by developing Skelton or expanding Skelton erm to the east or to the south would would be damage to different aspects .
15 Eighteenth on the Monday I think so it 'll be twenty erm it 's the fifth is it when I , no it wo n't it 's not as late as that is it eighteenth , nineteenth , twentieth , twenty one about the twenty second , something like that .
16 ‘ And because of remarks like that is it any wonder you 're still scratching around for a woman to share your miserable existence with ? ’
17 Neither is it necessary to have what is known as a ‘ spiritual experience ’ — a single moment in time when the individual has a sense of himself and of the world in a way which transcends both the physical and the psychological .
18 It is not possible here , neither is it necessary for our purpose , to attempt a historical analysis of the evolution of the rose genus into the many classifications , types and kinds .
19 This is n't a mountain stage , by the Tour 's standards , but neither is it flat .
20 Neither is it correct to believe , as many people do , that you have to go south of the Earth 's equator to see the Southern Cross .
21 Neither is it impossible to change .
22 That said , if the beefy Bentley is far from wieldy , neither is it cumbersome .
23 Neither is it suitable for shopping , leisure and community facilities because of the lack of access .
24 Clearly my history is not one of overt cruelty towards me on the part of others ; neither is it one of extreme neglect , restriction or hardship .
25 Although this is unlikely to affect market power , neither is it likely to confer the benefits of economies of scale , although the management of the predator company , may claim efficiency gains due to superior management techniques ( refer to the section on conglomerates later in this chapter ) .
26 Neither is it acceptable to see the state as entirely dependent on monopoly capital as some Marxists still suggest .
27 The general point here is that ‘ class ’ as a cultural phenomenon in British society , as a form of broad and loose social collectivity , is not only quite distinct from the classical Marxist conception in which classes are defined on the basis of property relations — neither is it reducible to the sociological conception of ‘ occupational class ’ .
28 Neither is it true that well-developed contraceptive techniques are necessary to achieve low fertility .
29 Unfortunately general results are elusive ; it is not the case that any of these constraints will always improve performance , neither is it true that one necessarily dominates another .
30 Neither is it sufficient to obtain a correct definition ( e.g. " a triangle has three sides ' ) as this does not guarantee that the pupils will not reject an obtuse angled triangle as a triangle .
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