Example sentences of "be it [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Everything the school does should be geared to providing most effectively and efficiently for pupil learning — be it the structures and systems used to run the school , the deployment of staff , or the use of its other resources .
2 You will need a detective , be it a police officer or some individual caught up for good reason in the investigation , who is capable of seeing deeply into people 's characters , of putting himself like Simenon 's Maigret into , not so much other people 's hoes , as into other people 's minds and souls .
3 Something was always not quite hot or right enough for their father , be it the plates , the pie , or the potatoes .
4 We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it .
5 Oh no , no I think it 's at a is it a jewellers Ratners , something like that ?
6 Is it the effects of the drugs or terminal boredom ?
7 But who is this in the case of nitrates : is it the farmers , the consumers who buy high nitrate-produced food , or the fertiliser manufacturers ?
8 er well , is it the members ' wish to , to thank Joan Alan for the sterling work they have put in as members and officers .
9 Because , er , is it the floating voters , or is it the others who will turn out , regardless of the weather .
10 Everyone has the defects of their qualities , darling — or is it the qualities of their defects ?
11 What is it again then Rose , is it the tiles off or something .
12 Yeah , yeah , is it the games pack one ?
13 Is it the ones ?
14 So the conversation went something like ‘ Is it the curtains , is it a book , is it the window , is it sandwiches , is it a table .
15 Is it the blanks or the punched holes that determine the floats ?
16 Or is it the vultures gathering ? ’
17 Is it the girls again ? .
18 ‘ Popular culture is neither , in a ‘ pure ’ sense , the popular traditions of resistance … nor is it the forms which are superimposed on and over them .
19 Is it the teeth that I
20 I think you is it the pennies you collect ?
21 Is it the seeds ?
22 Is it the police ? ’
23 No is it the Mojos no no .
24 is it is it the Norwegians .
25 Er , is the Council or is it the trustees remain liable , I 'm unclear on that point ?
26 Is it the promises merely for baptism or the promises for confirmation in that the child is articulate and intelligent enough to answer ?
27 Is it the pictures tonight ? ’
28 Is it the plants or the birds that are the most difficult ?
29 Was it a cattle market ?
30 Was it the monks of Glastonbury ? ’
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