Example sentences of "be they [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Given Berkeley 's immaterialism , however , the idea that things have real essences ( be they scholastic forms or corpuscular constitutions ) , which are the cause of their properties , simply has no place . |
2 | As a result of improved communications in every sense — be they electronic communications , our airports or any other form of communication — the regions of this country have never been closer to London than they are today . |
3 | Are they distinct forms of the verb or simply variants of a single verb form — the infinitive ? |
4 | Are they familiar ones ? |
5 | Locke was not much interested in their exact nature : are they mental states or modifications , like waves in the sea , or mental entities in their own right , like flotsam on it ? |
6 | Or are they mere voices of the bureaucracy ( which , in this third debate , is the ‘ system ’ ) ? |
7 | For instance , this whole issue of parenthood — whether it 's Dallas or Dynasty there 's the issue of who 's the real father , or children who are suddenly discovered , or sisters that were abandoned : are they real sisters ? |
8 | Labour has a list of priorities ; the pensioners , are they Labour priorities ? |
9 | " I mean are they mainstream novels and stories or thrillers or sci-fi or something like that ? " |
10 | Are they good jobs ? |
11 | So , basically , I want to know are they taken from erm a team which is already in the health service , or are they new posts funded , and funded by whom , bearing in mind the constant complaints we get from the health authority about lack of funds ? |
12 | Are they recent arrivals from Norway , or birds which have been around since the autumn migration ? |
13 | So which are they easy ones ? |
14 | Are they rational decision-makers of the kind proposed in microeconomics and Game Theory ? |
15 | Are they well-rounded individuals who can cope with the stresses and strains of public life , domestic pressures , and constant travelling ? |
16 | Are they all students or |
17 | Twenty , blimey , are they all blanks then ? |
18 | Are they all blanks ? |
19 | Are they all portraits ? |
20 | Are they all tights ? |
21 | ‘ Good grief — are they all caves ? ’ |
22 | Are they all cottars and tinkers ? ’ |
23 | what type are they all doves are they ? |
24 | They do not represent a complete list of the ‘ traditions ’ in English curricula nor are they timeless entities ; they simply represent three clear constellations of curriculum styles which recur in the history of the school subjects under study . |
25 | Are they little boys and girls ? |
26 | Are they twin peaks ? |
27 | If you have a look at the four versions of the videos , I hope what you 'll do is have in front of you er the advocacy criteria guide , which we 'll speak a bit more about in a moment , and actually look and see well , how is it that these people meet , those things , they do n't necessarily but how , how are they persuasive advocates ? |
28 | Not only are they dramatic representations of personal and social events , they are also outward expressions of inner emotional feelings . |
29 | Are these for tomorrow , Keith , are they these strips already done ? |
30 | ‘ The small stone houses I saw up there — are they Inca ruins ? ’ |