Example sentences of "[conj] [be] it [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Maybe a large catfish , or is it too late to find him a friend ?
2 Or is it too early to say ?
3 There has never been a single definitive statement of what are British objectives for policy in the EEC ; nor is it wholly reasonable to expect one .
4 Nor is it inevitably fair to dismiss someone once his rights pursuant to any such scheme are exhausted .
5 Tomorrow we look at who pays for community care , and is it really possible to give the kind of care that so many people need .
6 But is it also realistic to assume that the West might tolerate it if Mr Gorbachev decided that the Romanian people , not unlike the people of Panama , deserve to enjoy democracy , and that the Soviet Union should send some of its military across the border to dispose of the Ceausescu family and their killer Securitas forces ?
7 But is it so easy to conceive of a pain which is not hurting you ?
8 Christians are used to confessing their sins against God and against other humans , but is it really possible to sin against an ideal ?
9 Obviously he 's never going to get his chair up serious hills on his own , but is it too much to ask for the planners of country parks and the like to consider less able users when planning level routes such as nature trails ?
10 BRITISH Airways has bought Dan Air for £1 but is it too much to expect an equally fair deal for travellers : lower fares ?
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