Example sentences of "be it not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the relief provided by a wide , bashful grin , Singleton 's arrogance would be unbearable were it not fuelled by righteous indignation and an urgent need to communicate . |
| 2 | It is around 7000 light-years away , and would appear much brighter were it not dimmed by interstellar material between the cluster and ourselves . |
| 3 | Would you be prepared to answer the question were it not related to Skelton ? |
| 4 | This column , however , would be less than human were it not to exult in the humiliation of the pollsters in last week 's election . |
| 5 | The " offer of amends " would be a valuable protection for the media in cases of unintentional defamation , were it not encumbered by what the Faulks Committee described as " expensive rigmarole " — a procedure which requires the swearing of a detailed affidavit about how the confusion arose , which must be served at the same time as the offer of amends . |
| 6 | If cash is distributed , is it not replaced by debt , which would be bona vacantia on dissolution ? |
| 7 | The refugees kept in the camps face many crises of diet ; not only is it not balanced in some cases , but it may also not arrive on time , causing disease and death . |
| 8 | Why is it not inhibited by the fact that the water entering these is also hotter than that entering the upgoing fingers ? |
| 9 | The response to that is , if this accounting information is so relevant to a manager why is it not included in the accounts ? |
| 10 | Was it not written by Albert Sprengler son of W. B. Sprengler , 17/21 Lancers , a Chelsea pensioner ? |
| 11 | Not only was it not based in Fleet Street , but it had a completely computerized process and the paper was being contract printed in satellite centres . |
| 12 | One asked the question : if the ‘ villa ’ had been a working farm , why was it not sited nearer the valley floor , where there were suitable arable areas and meadows ? |
| 13 | In their view , the District was meeting the criteria set out in Ashby 's Recommendation 6 and in the 1955 regulations quite admirably : was it not entitled to a higher proportion of grant-aid than those whose standards were poorer , whose students ' fees were lower and who were meeting the needs of their areas less successfully in relation to other providing bodies ? |