Example sentences of "whether it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we are discussing groundstroke skills , I think it is important to stress that at the beginning , according to the shape of shot that you have — whether it be topspin , slice or flat — you can insist on slice only , topspin only , or on hitting your favoured shot . |
| 2 | Ernest Newman 's remarks stress that choreographers creating dance to their own choice of music must study how the composer has structured his score and try to understand what he intended the audience to hear and feel , whether it be played , or played and sung . |
| 3 | This is the month for new ventures , whether it be in the form of a dog show , obedience class or merely a fraternisation with local canine characters . |
| 4 | Product quality at the Essex factory is also inferior , measured against any index , whether it be ratings out of 10 , defects per vehicle or warranty costs on each car leaving the factory gate . |
| 5 | But there is no invention possible , whether it be philosophical or poetic , without the presence in the inventing subject of an abundance of the other , of the diverse … there is no invention of other I's , no poetry , no fiction without a certain homosexuality ( interplay therefore of bisexuality ) making in me a crystallized work of my ultra subjectivities . |
| 6 | He has no hesitation in saying that the most difficult aspects of management for him are those that involve making decisions about people , whether it be a question of promotion , demotion or making somebody redundant . |
| 7 | The governing factors , whether it be marketing or computers or finance , are the same for a big or small company . |
| 8 | Whether it be for family , friends or just for the occasion , appearance on the parade is viewed as a token for all the other skills learnt during the nineteen weeks of basic training . |
| 9 | All aspects of England , whether it be underclass , or extreme affluence , I find very interesting and entertaining . |
| 10 | Whether it be in ‘ International - Modern ’ , Organic Arts and Crafts , Neo-Elizabethan , Neo-Jacobean , or Neo-Georgian , Hill r could accommodate his client . |
| 11 | A revelation from God is bound to be true , ‘ but whether it be a divine revelation , or no , reason must judge ’ . |
| 12 | According to Locke , however , the question is ‘ what makes the same person , and not whether it be the same identical substance , which always thinks in the same person , which in this case matters not at all ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It being the same consciousness that makes a man be himself to himself , personal identity depends on that only , whether it be annexed only to one individual substance , or can be continued in a succession of several substances . ’ |
| 14 | This limitation in time is most clearly seen in the case of a life estate , whether it be an estate held for the life of the tenant , or what is called an estate pur autre vie , one held for the life or lives of some other person or persons . |
| 15 | Self-esteem or pride gives the horse confidence to try and get what it wants or needs ; and success increases the horse 's confidence further so it may dare to try and win against greater odds — whether it be stronger horses , an adverse environment , or dominant people . |
| 16 | It is the grid for a scene of battle , whether it be the Rout of San Romano by Uccello or Guernica by Picasso . |
| 17 | It will be on every player 's mind when he stands on the tee to give himself the best chance of an uphill putt , whether it be from that tee shot or a subsequent approach . |
| 18 | Finally , whatever the future of state schools ' funding , whether it be grant maintained or devolved under the local management of schools , all schools must be fairly and adequately resourced . |
| 19 | Change , whether it be in the curriculum , in assessment , in the relationship between school and community , in resource management or in any other area of school , can not be managed effectively ( in anything other than the short term ) without also making appropriate changes to the management structures and processes which are actually attempting to bring about the substantive developments . |
| 20 | The operations of this central process can not be conveyed to another without employing some convention which allows a communicational interchange , whether it be by gesture , facial expression , or language . |
| 21 | For the citizen with a need , whether it be welfare , housing assistance , job training or scores of other tasks the federal government has tackled through its grants it is often very difficult to decide just who is responsible for what . |
| 22 | Nor is any holy person God , whether it be Moses or Jesus or Mohammed . |
| 23 | Whether it be for the supermarket shelf or McDonald 's , suppliers may add ingredients to ensure that foods maintain their fresh taste and appearance . |
| 24 | Whether it be through the exchange of goods , services , esteem or confidence , all relationships are marked by some sort of reciprocity . |
| 25 | Agrarian reform programmes have differed in their emphasis , whether it be on land distribution or agricultural production . |
| 26 | Even if development is not capital intensive , but relies on labour power , what is emerging in Latin America is a pattern of part-time employment , whether it be seasonal work in rural areas or informal-sector activities in urban . |
| 27 | Conditions in mental handicap hospitals have improved substantially along with the advances made in the understanding of mental handicap and in the field of education , but life in any large institution , whether it be a prison , a hospital , or the army , is radically different to life within the community as a whole . |
| 28 | We each make our own Inca trails , whether it be the walking route of that name which brings you to Machu Picchu spectacularly through the Gates of the Sun ; the halting journey I made by bus , colectivo and train ; or the tourists ' ninety dollar day trip on a special train . |
| 29 | The other point of view was that the origin and route of funding , whether it be via Jordanian or Israeli authorities , or from an external funding agency — even Palestinian nationalist sources — necessarily implied a kind of patronage which was bound to strengthen external control over the community . |
| 30 | It follows that the taking of a patient 's life by some conduct deliberately designed with the primary intention of bringing about his death is unlawful , whether it be at the patient 's request or without his knowledge or consent . |