Example sentences of "be it [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attendance can I just erm ask is it er possible attendance less unexplained absence or is it actual attendance plus explained absences for attendance ? |
| 2 | The wallpaper 's muave or is it mauve hell with green plums . |
| 3 | Is it all punishment from now on in ? |
| 4 | Does anyone know if you can order more than one ticket with the new membership cards , or is it one ticket per member ? |
| 5 | It suffices to note here that the more heavily firms discount the future the less likely is it that collusion among them can be sustained . |
| 6 | Is it total insertion of the penis into the vagina ? |
| 7 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 8 | But is it good news for the political parties : are they spending their money wisely ? |
| 9 | Not only is it good value for money , it 's clear that a great deal of thought has been given to the virus problem and how to cure it . |
| 10 | ‘ Is it hard work in the quarries ? ’ |
| 11 | Is it some aspect of your work or your life that is getting out of control ? |
| 12 | ‘ Is it some sort of insurance policy ? ’ |
| 13 | Is it some sort of extra-wise one , or something . ’ |
| 14 | Is it some sort of reference to your own noble persistence in trying to restore our marriage ? |
| 15 | Is it some sort of or something ? |
| 16 | Is it this sort of colour ? |
| 17 | Are there sensible reasons for this , or is it another example of the way in which political expediency and manipulation , rather than evidence , are dictating the shape of welfare reform in the UK ? |
| 18 | Is that ending of the arm's-length principle Government policy or is it another example of a Minister , who knows that he has only another five weeks in the job , making a remark entirely of his own without consulting his civil servants , the Arts Council or any of the national companies ? |
| 19 | Was it good washing with that Bold al Bold all in one ? |
| 20 | Was it sheer bravado on Obispal 's part that he disdained to fire explosive bolts at that creature which itself could not manipulate a gun ? |
| 21 | Oh so and was it all sort of erm erm society do 's that you went to and cocktails and things like |
| 22 | Was it Inky coming to her ? |
| 23 | Was it mere petulance on the part of a former leader who remains unreconciled to her overthrow ? |
| 24 | Did she detect compassion or was it slight wistfulness in those incredibly direct blue eyes ? |
| 25 | If the crank shaft goes on a car after twenty thousand miles , is it a defect — mechanical defect — covered by the guarantee , or was it faulty workmanship by the person who put it into the car ? |
| 26 | Was it some trick of the light ? |
| 27 | Was it some kind of ‘ leak ’ ? |
| 28 | Was it some insensitivity in his nature that had failed to respond to the nuances of the relationship , some obtuseness of perception that had prevented him from seeing , as it still prevented him from understanding ? |
| 29 | Was it some sort of ruse or what ? |
| 30 | Was it any part of your job to give such contraceptive advice as you could to , |