Example sentences of "be [adv] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I , I been out it a long while now . |
| 2 | Were n't it a good cake ? |
| 3 | When the Equal Opportunities Commission , in its equality agenda , describes child care facilities as meagre in the extreme compared with the facilities that are available in the rest of Europe , when we know that the women in work to whom the Minister has referred are often forced into part-time work because of inadequate child care arrangements and when we bear in mind his entirely complacent answer , is not it a good thing that a Labour Government are coming who will ensure that child care provision is expanded ? |
| 4 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 5 | If you tell them that to get exactly what they need it 's going to cost them thirty pounds a month , and is n't it a brilliant contract , they 'll probably have that . |
| 6 | ‘ And is n't it a terrible thing to be bringing even more trouble down upon my head ? |
| 7 | In the thirty-six years of which he had conscious memory of Mrs Farr Senior , their relationship had never developed beyond the ‘ is n't it a nice day ? ’ stage . |
| 8 | Of all the ways to commit a murder , is n't it a strange coincidence that Angy was stabbed in the throat , just like she was in the portrait ? ’ |
| 9 | Is n't it a good idea though ? |
| 10 | Is n't it a good job we 're perfect , eh ? |
| 11 | We all shared small talk of the ‘ Is n't it a wonderful day ! ’ nature and several people stopped us to check directions . |
| 12 | Is n't it a wonderful climb ? |
| 13 | Annie nudged her , whispering : ‘ Is n't it a gross over-simplification to say the working class is just divided between the waged and the unwaged ? ’ |
| 14 | Is n't it a fine morning today ? |
| 15 | And is n't it a little moving to think of all these various people being moved by poor old Eddy 's death ? |
| 16 | ‘ Is n't it a beautiful day ? ’ |
| 17 | Is n't it a lovely song ? |
| 18 | Is n't it a lovely conservatory ? |
| 19 | ‘ Is n't it a lovely article ? |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , good and bad , both the same , and sure is n't it a wretched day for anything ? |
| 21 | Is n't it an awful waste of energy ? ’ |
| 22 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 23 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 24 | No , was n't it a marvellous day today ! |
| 25 | Was n't it a hideous strain ? ’ |
| 26 | Was n't it a good cake ? |
| 27 | ‘ Was n't it a great night out , John ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Was n't it a romantic gesture , accepting this job ? ’ |