be that as it may

Example Sentences

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But be that as it may, I will answer your question for the United States, and we’ll leave for another day Ukraine.

From Slate • May 25, 2022

I understand this is an adaptation, which they always say when someone doesn't like something, and be that as it may the plot is not moved along with all the distractions in episode 2.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2016

But be that as it may, he’s making the same argument: he can’t be bought.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2016

But be that as it may, what it meant was the federal courts were tremendously involved in shaping prisons in this country during that 20- to 25-year period.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2015

But be that as it may, David, since thee asks me about this great picture, I'll tell thee how it came here.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke