Example sentences of "be it [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Although I did my best not to , something of my scepticism must have betrayed itself , for Mr Farraday then added , as though for reassurance , that were it to prove necessary , then an additional member of staff could be hired . |
2 | The point is that normally such parents would prefer that their babies were not defective and would welcome a non-controversial cure were it to become available . |
3 | Is the department a marginal service for which the overhead commitment is already made or is it to recover all its costs , including capital ? |
4 | Is it to collect all the information you 've got |
5 | Just how easy is it to do that ? |
6 | Is it to avoid confusion with other films of the same name or is it to give hapless viewers an idea of who they were dating , or supposed to be dating , at the time ? |
7 | But we have to ask — how many insurance companies do we need in the UK and how cost effective is it to keep these companies running when it might be better to wind them up ? ’ |
8 | And what use is it to provide more and more high-performance cultural facilities ( an unpleasing phrase ) if the artists who ought to be benefiting from them are lacking ? |
9 | Right , whose responsibility is it to make sure the copy of the final tables is kept . |
10 | One new church in America called its sanctuary The Living Room , so keen was it to remain normal . |