Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [noun] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As stated in the Introduction , this book is mainly concerned with ordinary settlements ( be they villages or farmsteads ) engaged in producing food from the land . |
| 2 | er and some of the solutions that are offered to reduce those crimes involve women restricting , their movements and their freedoms , but I think one of the other reasons why generally people who are victims of crime be they men or women feel guilty is because one of the implicit elements in tradition crime prevention strategies is for us to reduce the opportunity for crime |
| 3 | Another thing you rarely see is people crying — be they children or adults . |
| 4 | Those who fail see , at the far end of this room , something which they most wish to see — be it gems and gold , a magical weapon , a religious icon , a powerful Grimoire . |
| 5 | Break 's conclusion was that the net effect of taxation rates ‘ be it disincentive or incentive , is not large enough to be of great economic or sociological significance ’ . |
| 6 | Working-class organizations which exhibited independent initiative — be it soviets or trade unions — were regarded with acute suspicion unless and until they were firmly under party tutelage . |
| 7 | Already fascinating conflicts between legislature and executive ( be it government or party apparatus ) are taking shape : over the non-publication of a commission report on the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939 and its consequences ; over the Uzbek corruption affair and the alleged complicity of the Politburo conservative Yegor Ligachev ; even , it would now seem , on the overriding issue of the 1990 plan and budget . |
| 8 | With a lover , a wife , when you find the worst — be it infidelity or lack of love , madness or the suicidal spark — you are almost relieved . |
| 9 | The fundamental psychological truth is that the parent — be it mother or father — is both loved and hated . |