Example sentences of "be it [not/n't] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A decision is more a matter of yes and no : is this thing worth doing or is it not worth doing ? |
| 2 | Is it not worth sitting and thinking what you 're gon na do with the eighth year ? |
| 3 | Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ The point Director of Studies is making is , are our good pupils pushed enough … is it not worth saying to them , ‘ invest in paints ’ ? ’ |
| 4 | Is it not like throwing petrol on a bonfire to promise to recognise Croatia and Slovenia ? |
| 5 | Well , then we went to the theatre ( I am sorry to make such a letter of it , but is it not like going to one of the Basingstoke Assemblies with Jane Austen ? ) . |