Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [be] it [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But it needs to be borne in mind , before we embark on the various ways of doing this , that it is by no means a universally accepted need nor is it that every bereaved person with whom we come in contact will need ‘ help ’ .
2 Is that because it 's full of chalk or is it cos
3 Can I just ask a question to start with because I was messing around with the camera and was it that he ha that he had no private pension policies at all ?
4 Are individual Japanese so decidedly group orientated by cultural tradition or is it that ‘ in many cases they are loyal to their groups because it pays to be loyal ’ ( Befu 1977 p. 87 ) ?
5 Any way that was it and you st and you f forked them all round and you after it was er up you was put up to do the tramping round and round and you Every forkful you took it and saw that it was laid down and tramped it round like this , round and round and round and then the next one , till it was up .
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