Example sentences of "[be] it [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The purpose for which the transaction is entered into , be it to make a profit or to further some divergent managerial interest , is not an issue that arises as far as questions of authorisation are concerned .
2 Also , how easy is it to replace the window runners on the doors and rear body ?
3 Does not that mean that we should be putting a great deal more money into such research or is it to remain the Cinderella of medicine for ever ?
4 Is it to stop the rain spoiling their designer hairstyles or is it because they may get damp and catch the sniffles ?
5 How much is it to hire a video camera for us all ?
6 how important or desirable is it to use an accountant ?
7 Only if it means ‘ Because it is presenting a larger appearance ’ is it to give an answer , one which happens to be wrong .
8 Nor is it to degrade the female ( far be it from me to do so ) .
9 Oh , how much is it to get the pictures , I mean
10 single or multiple entry table ; — search requirements ; ( How easy is it to find the information in the table ?
11 How easy is it to catch a fox ?
12 Is it to identify the boy ? ’
13 But what is it to have the concept ‘ pain' if not to have in one 's mind some notion of what the word means , a notion presumably acquired by experiencing pain ?
14 ‘ Whose damned silly idea was it to use the fork ? ’ he asked thickly .
15 Hyde Park erm was it to see the arrival of the hunger marchers , can you remember what year that was ?
16 ‘ Whose idea was it to take the speedboat ?
17 That little exhibition just now — was it to test the water ?
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