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

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1 Just like it does not allow us to sing an old song that was sung often , Show Me The Road And The Miles To Dundee perhaps that 's the song we should be singing just now in these particular circumstances and be it the day , maybe even in Portsmouth this particular day .
2 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 .
3 What were you took to him Joyce were it the video or television ?
4 Each FOND refers to the members of a family that are present within a file , be it the System or a Font/DA Mover file — also called a Suitcase .
5 I would urge any readers interested in helping keep Nazism out of Sunderland to contact one of the numerous local or national groups , be it the ANL , the Anti-Fascist Association or another .
6 Something was always not quite hot or right enough for their father , be it the plates , the pie , or the potatoes .
7 She loves being by water , be it the river Dee or the sea .
8 Of course , it 's quite right , and it 's it 's in a sense maybe reasonable to oppose a budget , but in the past , I think it 's been erm , one of the strengths of the labour group , when in opposition to put alternative budgets in for say , yes , we take a view that 's different to the budget that 's before us , but so far with two conservative speakers , we 've not had the benefit of knowing which items , which levels of of spending within this policy committee , be it the Chief Exec .
9 General practitioners generally cope with whatever is thrown their way , be it the shift of complex clinical management of cases into the community with less hospitalisation , changes in hospital policy resulting in a shift of costs to the community budget , underfunding of secondary sector posts and beds , the 1990 general practitioner contract , or patients ' increased expectations in a cost cutting climate of health care .
10 Times change , I suppose — which is not to admit that fat generalisations about the Sixties , Seventies or Eighties are less problematic than statements about any other logical fiction , be it the nation , a salad , the MCC or whatever .
11 In such a situation , ruling bodies , be it the WBO , WBA or WBC , are reluctant to take away a champion 's title when it has been so close .
12 The animal , be it the rat in its maze of a chimpanzee gazing from a group of boxes to a clump of bananas hung just out of reach overhead , must reason out a course of action in its mind .
13 That 's it the lever locks yes .
14 and that 's it the head , and I could feel the chill .
15 Oh that 's it the way it spreads out and then you ca n't see it . .
16 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 .
17 But that 's it the system is n't but they send us a donation which they 'd had for appearing on B B C or something .
18 Oh you look like have you seen that er what 's it the hyperspace hotel ?
19 Er right , just going back to the actual er roadside interview , is that one on the the B road , or is it the A ?
20 Is it the effects of the drugs or terminal boredom ?
21 Is it the Chinese who would now consider you my responsibility ? ’
22 Is it the presentation of information ?
23 Is it the lure of the bright lights or is it something more economic .
24 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 ?
25 Does it , for example , refer to the marks made on paper , or is it the whole of the thinking process involved in solving mathematical problems ?
26 Is it the whole hou I mean how , what half the house ?
27 Is it the teacher 's job or is it the responsibility of the parents to instruct children in good manners , acceptable standards of behaviour , dress and the difference between right and wrong ?
28 Is it the responsibility of medicine to compensate for poor quality of life or to eliminate injustices by non-consenting life-terminating acts — or is death to be seen as a therapy ?
29 Is it the responsibility of the archivist , librarian , or museum curator ?
30 is it the space bar ?
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