Example sentences of "be it [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in the case of a general exclusion clause , is it possible that a clause could be enforceable in respect of some classes of liability controlled by the UCTA , but not in respect of others ? |
| 2 | Is it possible that a body was put in the basin early on Saturday morning and that it remained there until the next high tide without being seen ? ’ |
| 3 | How then is it possible that a gesture I saw performed by one person , a gesture that was connected to her , that characterized her and was part of her individual charm , could at the same time be the essence of another person and my dreams of her ? |
| 4 | Is it possible that the statue which was scientifically examined was actually the copy , and the original — the only complete Roman bronze statue to have been discovered north of the Alps — was sent off to Spain , never to be seen again ? |
| 5 | It 's only a thought , but is it possible that the person who threw the carton of orange juice and 50p piece at Morrissey at the Madness ( Madness , not Morrissey ) gig was not some National Front yob but someone who felt that draping oneself in a Union Jack — still , like it or not , a symbol of racism — is itself racist ? |
| 6 | Or is it possible that the Government are contemplating a repetition of the 1986 strikes on civilian targets in Benghazi and Tripoli ? |
| 7 | How is it possible that the distinction between nation and state still escapes intelligent people on the British Left ? |
| 8 | Is it possible that the importance of ‘ substantial criminal experience ’ is being exag-gerated ? |
| 9 | " Is it genuine or a replica ? " |
| 10 | A second thing is that a co , is it right that a company of people should be deprived of a sacrament because an ordained minister is not available ? |
| 11 | First , is it right that a remedy should be refused because the respondent would have made the same decision even if it had not acted illegally ? |
| 12 | Is it right that the Secretary of State should hide behind English Tory Members of Parliament who consistently and always seem to have their names at the front of the Order Paper when there are Welsh questions , thus denying Welsh Members the right to put their point of view on behalf of their constituents ? |
| 13 | Is it right that the future of the hospitals should depend on an undignified ideological tug-of-war in the Scottish Office bunker ? |
| 14 | Nor is it surprising that a discussion paper that extolled counselling while assuming its efficacy was greeted with some hostility . |
| 15 | Nor , in an edition now over go years old , is it surprising that the editor omits ornaments and grace-notes ( in bars 1 and 6 ) or assumes Rameau 's string layout to involve divided violins rather than divided violas . |
| 16 | Is it surprising that the public should resist such an attempt to politicise the police , despite the fact that it is the policy of the Opposition ? |
| 17 | Nor is it surprising that the accumulation of capital was accompanied by an accumulation of employee grievances . |
| 18 | Furthermore , is it certain that the consumption of more than the daily requirement of methionine in this combination would be safe for all the more than 20 million adults in the United Kingdom who currently consume paracetamol each year without harm ? |
| 19 | ‘ Is it meaner than a place so foul that you ca n't bear to touch your own skin except to brush off the things crawling over you ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 21 | Only in a few cases is it unclear whether a crater is volcanic or from an impact , and in comparably few cases does it seem more likely that a crater is of volcanic origin . |
| 22 | Nor is it obvious that the government should always oppose large profits . |
| 23 | So why is it important that the kill has to continue . |
| 24 | Is it that they will not be bothered by maximum working hours or minimum wages , or is it just that the trade union movement in this country has been crippled by repressive legislation over the past 12 years ? |
| 25 | If the port of Murmansk is blocked up for weeks and mackerel arrives spoilt , is it wrong that the crew be given its bonus for so many fish caught , or that the dockers be paid for so many tons unloaded ? |
| 26 | Is it trivial and a result of the state simply being slow in adapting to contemporary patterns of gender relations , and new patterns of women 's employment in particular ? |
| 27 | Similarly , the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science considered that if legal protection was given to the married woman 's earnings , she and her family would benefit : ‘ is it likely that a wife and mother will be less solicitous for the well-being … of her household ? |
| 28 | Only where under-provision has resulted in really serious deficiencies is it likely that a librarian can argue successfully for extra funding to put the balance right . |
| 29 | Nor is it likely that the fashion for takeovers and debt was responsible for America 's poor rate of investment . |
| 30 | not annulled is it likely that the directive would affected from something like ninety , late nineteen-ninety-six . |