Example sentences of "[be] it [adj] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is the further objection that Christian orthodoxy ( be it Catholic or Protestant ) teaches that the Son has sole access to the Father within the Holy Trinity and that He is the sole advocate before the throne of Judgment . |
2 | The next 70 years or so are spent sorting out this confusion , deciding first what a face is and then putting a name to it in whatever language comes to hand — be it Thai or Zuni or Swahili or Spanish — or any of the other 4,000 odd languages that the world currently offers . |
3 | There was to be no single avant-garde style , so that adroit composers could take what they needed without prejudice from whatever the source , be it neo-romantic or minimalist , serialism or tonality . |
4 | Corbett grinned back ; a Welshman had once told him that each person has an aura about him , be it good or evil , which goes out to other people . |
5 | As regards the latter , the committee recommended concentration on the pupil 's first language , be it Welsh or English , with emphasis on conversation and oral work , but with a due subordinate place for written work . |
6 | Total history seeks to reconstitute the overall form of a society according to some fundamental principle , law , or form , be it metaphysical or material , while general history despite its name is by no means concerned to produce a general theory of history , nor even a cohesive or comprehensive view , but rather to conduct a historical investigation according to particular problems , opening up a field ‘ in which one could describe the singularity of practices , the play of their relations ’ . |
7 | Is it slanderous or libel |
8 | Is it primordial or fusion generated ? ’ |
9 | Is it male or female ? |
10 | Is it complete and whole ? |
11 | Nor is it self-justifying and self-sustaining . |
12 | ours is really cheap is it Aust is it Australian or Bulgarian or something . |
13 | Is it soft and prey to pest and disease ? |
14 | Is it Brown or Heseltine who has written the following on competition policy ( clue : its was n't Brown ) : ‘ There is a need for a new sophistication in Britain 's approach to the ownership of her industrial assets if they are not to be acquired in growing numbers by our rivals as pieces of the game of restructuring European industry . ’ |
15 | Was it male or female ? |
16 | Was it gentle and kind ? ’ |
17 | Ital , was it Italian or Mediterranean ? |
18 | What was it German and French ? |