Example sentences of "[conj] be it [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well is it true , or is it not true that it is going to cost an extra tw , total , I 'm sorry , not an extra , total of two billion pounds . |
| 2 | Or is it so high that it is too cool for crops to ripen ? |
| 3 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |
| 4 | Or was it just possible that right to the end he had believed that she would find out , and come to him ? |
| 5 | Could it be that , or was it more likely that she and Mr Broadhurst had agreed it between them ? |
| 6 | Or was it as devious as that ? |
| 7 | It is not surprising that many citizens ‘ banned and cursed her ’ , nor is it wholly surprising that there were some among them prepared to give her money to go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostella in Spain . |
| 8 | A plus in the managerial labour market row in table 3.1 is no longer sufficient , but nor is it necessarily true that the more pluses the better ; each constraint pushes the manager in a particular way . |
| 9 | Nor is it necessarily fatal if you give notice to terminate your contract and work that notice out , rather than walking out on the spot . |
| 10 | Nor is it so regular that we can trust to it altogether to fix the exact date of any given work . |
| 11 | Nor is it too surprising that the Court of Appeal guidance on sentencing levels appears to disregard the actual practice of magistrates ' courts in particular . |
| 12 | Nor is it quite certain that the ordinary law Courts are in all cases the best body for adjudicating upon the offences or the errors of civil servants . |
| 13 | Nor is it always clear whether a given list of topics constitutes an actual plan for a book or not , or whether a given note pertains to our book at all . |
| 14 | The distinction between the effect of a deed under seal , and that of an agreement by parol , or by writing not under seal , may seem arbitrary , but it is established in our law ; nor is it really unreasonable or practically inconvenient that the law should require particular solemnities to give a gratuitous contract the force of a binding obligation . |
| 15 | Hence it is not always true that the natural way of classifying a set of objects is hierarchical ; nor was it immediately obvious that this is the best way of classifying living things . |
| 16 | Nor was it always practical or effective to talk to children individually . |
| 17 | And is it as poor as his theme for The Big Match ? |
| 18 | And was it also true that she saw only bad in Maisie 's boy ? |
| 19 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 20 | But is it not true that wherever it is , we 're not going to build a wall around it , to keep them in . |
| 21 | But is it so easy when you 're on someone else 's patch ? |
| 22 | But is it as bad as it sounds ? |
| 23 | ‘ Water boils at 100° centigrade ’ is brief and considered to be true , but is it as true if one can talk in degrees of truth — as the longer ‘ Water boils at different temperatures depending on altitude ’ ? |
| 24 | But was it not possible that Tutilo had believed just as sincerely ? |