Example sentences of "let it be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we do write counterpoint , let it be lucid and expressive , like the lovely canon near the end of the Notturno of Borodin 's String Quartet No. 2 : Here , the violin follows the cello like a mysterious echo , while the inner parts fill in the harmony very simply . |
| 2 | If that were to happen , let it be clear that that would be typical of the cynical manipulation by Labour councils of the most vulnerable in our society , and nothing to do with the new council tax . |
| 3 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 4 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 5 | I shou 'd like a cloth one best if you please — I beg of your Sir to be so good as not to fail me this Cardinal by Wednesday , without fail , but let it be full yard long I beg , or else it will not do fail not on Wednesday , and in so doing you will very much oblige me . |
| 6 | Jesus Christ , let it be dead . |
| 7 | ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true . |
| 8 | He would n't let it be true . |