Example sentences of "[conj] be it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Moderator I tell you what the convenor would say six four O is it for the panel to bring forward a rite or is it for the er committee on worship to bring forward rites ?
2 Is it to go to all the members of your organisation , is it to be read by the Board of Directors only , is it to be studied by the upper echelon of the scientific staff , or is it for the eyes of your boss only ?
3 I would like to ask , why , when there co-operation at the , the Strathclyde bus company they have buses that are running choc-a-block constantly full , but then again suddenly a bus that does n't pay its full way is taken off and people that are dependant on that bus are left without any transport , why ca n't the busy bus subsidise the bus that is n't ? , because after it its public transport , so is it a complete and utter profit that the buses are running for or is it for the convenience of the public ? because it is
4 You think Is it is the red on the right or is it on the left ?
5 Or is it on the hearth ?
6 Or is it like the first ? ’
7 Do you find it 's just at night or is it in the day too ?
8 Is it in the pit , or is it in the the theatre ?
9 Is it in that child 's interest for it to go home or is it in the child 's interest er for the responsibility to lie with the local authority or the High Court ?
10 Down river , or was it up the river ?
11 As Layton asked in his poem ‘ To The Roaring Wind ’ ( or was it to the Spirit-behind-the wind ? ) :
12 Was it just free standing in the middle of the room or was it against the wall ?
13 Or was it after the diarrhoea but before the two lovely colds ?
14 Or was it from the father , do you think ?
15 Was on the heights or was it in the hollows ?
16 Or was it in the Golden Cock ?
17 Nor is it for the sensitive .
18 Leading by example is not enough — nor was it at the time of Risinghill .
19 Nor was it in the romantic tradition that the cultivation of your own emotional development , the habits of seasoned and trade introspection , are really what the poet needs .
20 When you or , when you order five hundred reams of paper , do you get five hundred reams and is it of the right quality from the sheets .
21 They too must remember the many faces of fairness , and ask , in each case , what function the elected body serves , what they want to achieve ( punishing politicians , however deservedly , is an inappropriate answer ) and is it worth the upheaval ?
22 And was it along the trail that someone shot at you ? ’
23 And was it on the main road that the one who was killed
24 This may provide calmer sailing but is it worth the trouble ?
25 But Is it under the bed ?
26 But was it worth the risk of sharing work with the rival practice ?
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