Example sentences of "whether they [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last stage is to elaborate the case carefully for presentation to specialist audiences whether they be parents , students , employers , governors or other interested groups . |
| 2 | All species of cats , whether they be lions , leopards or domestic cats , spend a large part of every day asleep . |
| 3 | The rows of each table refer to the spatial entities , whether they be lines , points or polygons , while the columns refer to the variables that are measured on these spatial entities ( Figure 7.6 ) . |
| 4 | What this means is that the individual in public feels obliged to broadcast an unceasing stream of non-verbal signs , intended to inform others , whether they be acquaintances or more often otherwise , of the place which he or she expects to have in the undertakings which follow . |
| 5 | It 's not just oh well , yeah , well that 's alright in the bible , it is his word er which has authority , greater authority than any of the so called experts , greater authority than any of the , the deliberations of men , whether they be church leaders or anything of tha , er or anything else . |
| 6 | places a duty on all persons , whether they be employers , employees or self-employed . |
| 7 | The preliminary conclusion , then , that emerges from our discussion so far is this : that the concept of a topic of discourse is analytically linked with that of identity and that there can be no question of " defining " this link in terms of the conditions of re-identification of such topics , whether they be meanings or non-meanings , for the simple reason that without presupposing the identity of the topic in a given case , the question of its " reidentification " can not even be intelligibly raised . |
| 8 | I feel they 're putting units into this country , why not us put a unit into their country , not to kill their women and children , but to kill the people who 's actually doing it , whether they be I R A , U D A , knock 'em out , let's have 'em out once and for all . |
| 9 | Moreover , as Sperber and Wilson ( 1986 ) have shown , all stylistic choices , whether they be choices among linguistically determined possibilities or decisions about degrees of explicitness , are governed by the aim of optimising relevance , and can not help but reveal the speaker 's assumptions about the hearer 's contextual resources and processing abilities.7 Consider the difference between [ 18a ] and [ 18b ] : There is no difference in import . |
| 10 | Memorable works of art have memorable silhouettes , whether they be architecture , sculpture , painting or , by analogy , writing and music . |
| 11 | The values of respect , trust , dignity , equality , honesty , compassion , sensitivity , openness and sincerity are all reflected in the courtesies the Profitboss extends to people , whether they be customers , colleagues , acquaintances or members of his team . |
| 12 | They must take account of regional and social differences between countries , and depend crucially on the local culture and the target audience , whether they be village children or police recruits . |
| 13 | Like it or lump it , the world is slowly turning on to Graphical User Interfaces , whether they be Windows , the Apple Mac 's operating system , or the Next — not forgetting OS/2 v 2.0 , of course . |
| 14 | A major problem in lexical access concerns the registration of the input descriptions , whether they be phonemes , diphones or syllables against the representations in the lexicon . |
| 15 | John Wesley said : ‘ Give me a hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin , and desire nothing but God , and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen . |
| 16 | And for those who want to propose alternative tenuous links for the good of their own egos whether they be members of Parliament or full-time officers of other trade unions they do this movement no credit or good whatsoever . |
| 17 | With 43 recommendations , the report , which took four months to prepare , admits that ‘ a free society requires the freedom to say or print things that are inconvenient to those in authority , whether they be members of the Royal Family , ministers , MPs , local councillors or public officials ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's something for everyone , whether they be guitar aficianado , music lover , player or spectator . ’ |
| 19 | Street sellers of different kinds are an important group , whether they be street pedlars who manage to buy chewing gum , newspapers , sweets , balloons , ornaments , fruit and any number of miscellaneous items wholesale , or the women who make snacks for sale in the streets . |
| 20 | Thus , the language is derived from the documents input to the system , whether they be abstracts , full text , citations ( including titles , periodical titles and so on ) or lists of controlled or uncontrolled index terms . |
| 21 | Other decisional forms , whether they be mediation or managerial direction , may be better in certain contexts . |
| 22 | The law of confidence is concerned with the protection of secrets whether they be trade secrets , secrets of a personal nature or concerning the government of the country . |
| 23 | I will be racing everyone , it makes no difference whether they be Cadalora , Cardus or Prein . ’ |
| 24 | Our previous research had confirmed that paraprofessionals ( whether they be neighbourhood workers in Israel , home helps in Britain , village workers in India or day care workers in the USA ) perform a variety of important functions in the social services around the world . |
| 25 | Deaf people , whether they be children , young people or adults , have always posed something of a challenge to generalised policies of integration , for reasons which will be laid out clearly below . |
| 26 | The form of terms , whether they be descriptors or non-descriptors , may be one of : |
| 27 | Whether they be railwaymen , groundsmen , caretakers , cooks or cleaners , Basil showed consideration for the appreciation of the work they performed and warmth for them as people . |
| 28 | The ideal woman is gentle , kind , long-suffering , loving and submits to the demands of men , whether they be husbands , fathers , sons or brothers . |
| 29 | This common-sense image implies a linear model which sees these burdens as cumulative in operation and effect , although also overlain with images of the strong black woman , the single mother , holding the family together in the face of irresponsible black males , whether they be husbands or disruptive youth . |
| 30 | A new feature of the guide this year is the inclusion of information for those with mobility problems , whether they be people confined to a wheelchair or with walking difficulties or families with children in prams or pushchairs . |