Example sentences of "[be] it [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the private goods case , examination of individual 's motivation — be it based on egoism , sympathy , or commitment — is essentially irrelevant , since economics is concerned with final registered demands . |
| 2 | University undergraduates were presented with words in a two-field tachistoscope and asked ten questions of each type : 1 ) is there a word present ; 2 ) is it printed in capital letters ; 3 ) does it rhyme with … ; and 4 ) is it a member of the category … with five leading to a ‘ Yes ’ and five leading to a ‘ No ’ response . |
| 3 | Is it printed in CAPITAL letters ? |
| 4 | If there is an incongruence between law and commercial activity , how is it surmounted in practice ? |
| 5 | Is it made with milk ? |
| 6 | Is there much emphasis on training , and if so is it based on action ‘ Learn as you do ’ or the more traditional ‘ Talk and chalk ’ ? |
| 7 | How far is it affected by motivation , by a clear sense of purpose , as with the microwave ovens ? |
| 8 | And how is it related to faith and unbelief ? |
| 9 | Test the spirit : Is it spoken in love ? |
| 10 | My queries are : is it removed in winter ? |
| 11 | Is it sung in Latin ? |
| 12 | But how is it reported in north eastern papers ? |
| 13 | Is it linked to performance ? |
| 14 | How is it used in bond markets ? |
| 15 | At school lunches she showed none of this nonsense , nor was it displayed at home when she ate informally in front of the television in the evening . |
| 16 | But it does sound from what you 're telling us now that it is actually directly related and to recall my original question , was it related to programme to which I had the answer no , erm what you said . |
| 17 | Mhm and was it sewn on decoration or was it printed ? |
| 18 | But this theory begs a question : if the score was copied for a revival , or indeed after it , why was it done in haste , and — even more to the point — why were there blanks which had to be filled in by the composer ? |
| 19 | I saw an ancient lady , and a lady of very good quality , I assure you , drawn to church in her coach with six oxen ; nor was it done in frolic or humour , but mere necessity , the way being so stiff and deep [ with mud ] , that no horses could go in it . |
| 20 | Or was it done by necromancy ? |
| 21 | ‘ And did this fire become a conflagration , did it burn itself out or was it doused by water ? ’ |
| 22 | But at no point in these years did the Armed Forces take the initiative in resolving political disputes and at no stage was it brought into intrigue by discontented Party factions ( exempting , of course , the First Secretary himself ) . |
| 23 | This region has the longer history of continuous occupation by tundra , for at no time during the post-glacial period was it invaded by forest . |
| 24 | So you did n't have a letter there and then and asked something about was it put into writing . |