Example sentences of "[be] it a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fuck A Man ’ speaks strongly about the problems women inherit through relationships with men — be it a lazy father who wo n't get a job , a cheating lover , or a son who is calling home to get bailed out of jail . |
| 2 | We recognise that quality is important to you , so in-depth inspections are being carried out now to identify those places which take a pride in their higher standards — be it a small B&B or a large hotel . |
| 3 | This beach road is closed to traffic after 6pm and here the nightlife begins — be it a leisurely walk in the balmy evening air , a chat and drink with the locals in a taverna or a fresh fish dish in a typically lively Green restaurant . |
| 4 | AEA 's extensive expertise and experience , and unrivalled access to the range of technology and systems needed , means that services can be tailored to meet precise requirements be it a single isolator or a comprehensive containment or a hazardous materials handling project for the pharmaceutical or process industry . |
| 5 | Anyone who came to Moscow , be it a major figure of state or a simple artist , made a point of visiting the flat on Vernadsky Avenue in order to get acquainted with its rare collection . |
| 6 | So we begin to put pressure on the child , and the child reacts because he ca n't appreciate what we 're trying to get across to him , and so we get a sort of stalemate situation , where the teacher , be it a professional teacher or a parent , is pressurizing the child to understand something which appears quite simplistic , and the child is responding quite deadly , because he can not focus , he can not conceptualize , what is to us a very simple concept . |
| 7 | Not exactly , because this very mimicry of the dominant , be it a literary trope or cultural actuality , involved a scandalous inversion . |
| 8 | The most human-hardy badgers actually respond positively to certain noises , be it a soft voice , a rustle of peanuts in a bag or even , in back gardens , a door opening . |
| 9 | Any obstruction upwind will develop turbulence , be it a single tree or a block of apartments . |
| 10 | Although regular guest speakers are being organised , it is hoped to encourage contributions from within our own membership , be it a whole evening 's entertainment or merely a ten-minute talk or slide-presentation . |
| 11 | Like other examining and awarding bodies , however , SCOTVEC is in the business of recognising achievement ; any holder of a SCOTVEC certificate , be it a National Certificate , an HNC or an HND , has an award of which he or she can be proud . |
| 12 | For Bernard , work was a means to an end , be it a fast car a sailing boat or a factory offering large-scale employment . |
| 13 | Norway that 's it a Norwegian woman |
| 14 | Why 's it a sub committee ? |
| 15 | Is it a rich country in resources ? |
| 16 | Is it a sharp sort of shooting pain ? |
| 17 | Is it a pure contradiction to affirm both these things at the same time ? |
| 18 | Or is it a viable substitute for the dive table ? |
| 19 | Showdown At Glastonbury comes to a close with the argument still raging — is it a blissful summer gathering or slovenly layabouts causing havoc in the countryside ? |
| 20 | Yes it is , er I mean , what we tried to do was to write er a comedy on a big scale that was n't a marshmallow , er in fact it er the , the comedy deepens and it gets pretty sour , and I think some of the criticism of the play has been that ‘ is it a comedy , or is it a serious play ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Is it a serious relationship ? ’ |
| 22 | er and then discuss any problems that there might be , is it a contentious issue ? |
| 23 | is it a contentious issue erm ho how is the criticized , very very short , because you are only going to be writing for about a page , a page and a half , right , so just make sure that every sentence or every other sentence carries a new bit of information and then people say , good , this person knows everything about this subject , full marks and you and er but it 's all too easy to , to focus on one or two aspects of say a question on trade or er er Harrison Todaro model of migration . |
| 24 | If it takes a lot of explanation from you before they can see the point , is it a worthwhile exercise ? |
| 25 | Is this engine available and is it a worthwhile conversion in terms of increased power and better fuel consumption ? |
| 26 | Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ? |
| 27 | If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ? |
| 28 | Is it a good idea to fix some ? |
| 29 | Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ? |
| 30 | Is it a good idea ? 3.7 . |