Example sentences of "[not/n't] it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If nuclear non-proliferation is good enough for the rest of the world , why is not it good enough for us ? |
2 | Is not it necessary to recognise that in future the Crown prosecution service should be far more willing to listen to allegations and to investigate them ? |
3 | Eliot could not it first hear it either and bending down with a friendly expression , asked her to repeat the name . |
4 | Is not it curious that you have taken the name ? ’ |
5 | Is not it frustrating for aid agencies across the globe to have their efforts swept aside by deals such as this , which cheat the people of Guyana ? |
6 | Is not it extraordinary that Opposition Members are sanctimoniously concerned about leaks when their Front-Bench spokesmen live off leaks from Departments ? |
7 | Is not it reasonable that the House of Commons should be given the same information as is made available to the press in briefings ? |
8 | Is not it higher today than throughout the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s ? |
9 | Mama named you de Warenne — is not it possible that you are in some way connected with the duke my father 's family ? ’ |
10 | I accept that what you say is well-meant but is not it possible that you yourself … ’ |
11 | Is not it possible to put many of those documents in the public domain and publish them as Public Accounts Committee documents ? |
12 | As the Select Committee has made serious allegations about interference in its important work , is not it worrying that it has taken quite so long to make any progress in dealing with its complaint ? |
13 | of British Rail 's freight business originates in the north-west , is not it strange that British Rail has not talked to the majority of its users already about times and tariffs for the channel tunnel ? |
14 | Is not it easy to give those people advice ? |
15 | Is not it sad to hear that until yesterday no representations had been made on the patients charter by NUPE and COHSE ? |
16 | Is not it unacceptable that pensioners should be defrauded of pensions to which they have contributed throughout their entire working lives , as is the case with the Mirror Group Newspapers pensioners ? |
17 | Given the crocodile tears on those matters from the Labour party , is not it essential that my right hon. Friend should as soon as possible launch an inquiry into how people 's pensions were protected by the prominent Labour party members who were directors and trustees of the Mirror Group Newspapers pension fund ? |
18 | Is not it true that a large number of small firms are in the tourism sector ? |
19 | Is not it true that the Government 's attitude towards CTCs is private affluence and , towards the rest of the education system , public squalor ? |
20 | Is not it true that the majority of pensioners have extra income from savings , from an occupational pension or from other benefits such as income support ? |
21 | Is not it true that throughout the United Kingdom , only about 100 such cases have been pursued despite the enormous amount which the Government have put into advocating the scheme ? |
22 | Is not it true that some documents that the Public Accounts Committee receives are not published , such as the memorandum that the National Audit Office drew up for me on the accountability of United Nations agencies ? |
23 | Is not it disgraceful that the Government are destroying living standards , yet they claim to believe in human values ? |
24 | Therefore , is not it inappropriate for the Government to place before the House a motion endorsing the Maastricht deal before comparable examination of the draft treaty has taken place ? |
25 | Is not it clear that many qualified nurses are not getting jobs in the health service ? |
26 | Having said that , is not it clear that there can be no peace in the middle east until the Palestinian question is resolved ? |
27 | Is not it clear that the excellent record of business investment in the United Kingdom reflects the fact that business men recognise the Government 's commitment to containing inflation in the long term ? |
28 | Is not it clear that everyone knows that the Prime Minister has reduced inflation only by creating a deep and lasting recession ? |
29 | Is not it clear that the recession caused by the Prime Minister 's policies is continuing because of the Prime Minister 's paralysis ? |
30 | Is not it clear that a party which , a few years ago , was offering to do a deal with the Soviet leadership that would have involved the sacrifice of 100 per cent . |