Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] be he " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am therefore issuing my second challenge to Michael Fallon : will he now withdraw his remarks and accept that real cuts are taking place in Darlington 's training provision or is he scared of the truth about training ? ’
2 Just looking at those prices on the screen I suppose Oakes General Pershing is a worthy favourite or is he ?
3 Is he worried about his seat or is he living in fairy land ?
4 Has he gone to college or is he in bed ?
5 ‘ Is he here on the key or is he safe ? ’
6 Heseltine faced the tactical dilemma that were he to campaign openly and be seen to be instrumental in splitting the party and bringing down the Prime Minister , he would be criticised as divisive and disloyal .
7 It was four years ago that Billy Wright was Best Man at his cousin 's wedding and were he first met his future wife .
8 Is John at work or is he , he starts on Monday ?
9 Is he at home or is he down there ?
10 Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ?
11 Is the right hon. Gentleman , therefore , going to allow the Resettlement Agency to rat upon his pledge or is he not ?
12 Er , I do n't know what his job is , is he a manager or is he unemployed at the moment ?
13 Is he merely discarding a belief or is he grieving a person ?
14 To tell you the truth Brenda , I 'm very sorry for her because I think that she and Ned have made a really a quite ferocious mess of their life , they 've never intended to be slaving away to be doing kitchen fitting , he wanted to do wood sculpture that was he 's idea in
15 But was he man or was he beast ?
16 In this situation is Y a buyer and re-seller or is he merely X 's agent for selling the goods to Z ?
17 Peter Mandelson , the Labour Party 's director of communications , said yesterday : ‘ Mr Kinnock neither has the Prime Minister 's folie de grandeur nor is he running scared of the British people .
18 This is on is he er on injections for diabetes or is he er
19 A handsome child , Cara 's bold image , it seemed , with Odette 's timid spirit , apparently engrossed in a book or was he ? — from which he did not lift his eyes .
20 Is Y a buyer and reseller or is he X's agent ?
21 Is he out of of hospital or is he still in ?
22 Was the ruler 's freedom of action significantly limited by independent institutions and social pressure or was he in a position to subject every social stratum to his own will ?
23 George I 'm not being but is he sure he 's right
24 Was he calling her bluff or was he serious ?
25 It 's donkey 's years Is young Ben sailing this weekend or is he
26 I have no doubt that were he here today he would tell us that he was merely offering the hypothesis as a basis for argument ; but bearing in mind that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is the author of the words that I uttered a moment or two ago in support of the analysis of the historical nature of the government of Scotland , the Government should certainly take some account of this further straw in the wind .
27 In this case D is clearly asking a price for his promise but is he in the former case ?
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