Example sentences of "n't the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't the clue to a murder usually found in part of the victim 's past , or his dealings with people ? |
| 2 | ‘ All right , so it was n't the bottle by the bed . |
| 3 | Should n't the rest of the world now actively help these talks ? |
| 4 | And I said , but I said if there is n't the payments of the invoice when they are sent then you know , we 've go you 've got ta look at it . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , they have n't the structure of a lawyer 's work , ’ she said . |
| 6 | ‘ I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma . |
| 7 | It was n't the sight of the dog itself that had driven her indoors , but the certainty that the police would soon be arriving . |
| 8 | ‘ But does n't the chairman of the club object ? ’ |
| 9 | But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ? |
| 10 | ‘ This is n't the part of the job I enjoy most , I 'll admit that , ’ Bragg said curtly . |
| 11 | There is n't the ghost of a case against me in anything you have . |
| 12 | Pen-based computing is a major step in that direction , Until someone builds a computer you can talk to that is n't the size of a filing cabinet there is likely to be an easier way to communicate with your technology . |
| 13 | But are n't the rights of the individual being made subservient to the interests of the state ? |
| 14 | It was n't the rustle of the cheque-book but the siren call of a pencil drawing which led Mr Horwood to The Wild Wood . |
| 15 | It was n't the occasion for a discussion of the English notion of innocence until proven guilty . |
| 16 | There are n't the hours in the day , ten to eleven , your Mum 's coming at half past twelve . |
| 17 | Without any disrespect to them , we appreciate that Howard Wilkinson is n't the sort of a manager to make that decision without a lot of thought . |
| 18 | She was particularly fond , especially when asked her opinion on some current controversy , of quoting the words of Muhammad to Abu Said al-Khudri : ‘ Is n't the testimony of a woman worth only half the testimony of a man ? |
| 19 | It was n't the sensation of the season , but when 15 minutes have passed without anything else happening , such incidents cause quite a stir . |
| 20 | ‘ If it is n't the chap off the telly again . |
| 21 | Not even that low humming sound which I knew sure as hell was n't the thermostat on the fridge . |
| 22 | Even this , however , is n't the end of the story because of the very real danger of complacency creeping in ( see page 35 ) . |
| 23 | Course officials fear the seized batch is n't the end of the story . |
| 24 | It was n't the end of the encounter . |
| 25 | Well apparently that was n't the end of the garden you see cos that came across like this and when you went through a gap in the hedge about another twenty yards further on in the far distance it seemed there was the hut . |
| 26 | However , that is n't the end of the sum because you do have to add a policy fee , and we 're not talking expense charge here , of one pound nineteen , we are talking a number which has been devised so that you get right answer from the rate book . |
| 27 | APRIL 23rd was n't the end of the world , despite Guru Ma 's prediction ( Scenario , May ) . |
| 28 | ‘ And anyway , Cambridge is n't the end of the world . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , it ai n't the end of the world , ducks . |
| 30 | The fit of the plastic nut is a little untidy , but again , not serious or detrimental to the playing performance of the instrument — and after all , fitting another nut is n't the end of the world . |