Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O Heavens ! that this treason were not , or not I the detector ! ’ |
| 2 | Are not they an example to us ? |
| 3 | Is not it a blight on Scotland that we can not provide homes for our homeless , including those who are still kids ? |
| 4 | Is not it a scandal that , in so doing , their feet will be kicked out from under them ? |
| 5 | Is not it a pity that when we had the chance we did not finish the job ? |
| 6 | Is not it a fact that the principal political risk against which British industry needs insurance is the risk of a Labour Government ? |
| 7 | Is not it a fact that doctors and nurses in France were on strike recently , and that in Italy patients have to ask relatives to bring in food because none is provided by the hospitals ? |
| 8 | Is not it a fact that he never learns from experience ? |
| 9 | Is not it a fact that the Labour party would throw out of the window all the grant-maintained schools and return them to the control of its friends in the town halls ? |
| 10 | Is not it a fact that the Government are robbing the poor to pay the rich ? |
| 11 | Is not it a fact that during the 13 years of this Government , 25 methods have been found to try to prove that unemployment is massively smaller than it is ? |
| 12 | Is not it a disgrace , however , that the concierge service has been developed entirely out of Glasgow district council resources and that no money for it has come from the Scottish Office ? |
| 13 | With all the income from oil and from selling off the family silver , is not it a disgrace that manufacturing investment is now lower than in 1979 ? |
| 14 | Is not it an example of what is wrong with the country that the Prime Minister was promoted for trying to reinvent the Lady Bountiful in his first major act as Minister in 1988 ? |
| 15 | Is not it the case that the sooner the Government face a general election and are defeated , the sooner small firms will have a decent chance in the economy ? |
| 16 | Is not it the case that the present underlying rate of inflation in the United Kingdom is 5.5 per cent . |
| 17 | Although I agree with the Minister that empty properties could be used to house homeless people , is not it the case that until capital receipts are released from the sale of council properties , councils will not have the resources to put properties back into use for people who need them ? |
| 18 | Is not it the case that we do not have widely available anywhere near the diversity of potatoes that is available in other countries , such as the United States ? |
| 19 | Is not it the case that the European Commission , through the THERMIE programme , would back Bilsthorpe only if it was certain to go ahead , and that the only way to ensure that was through Government support ? |
| 20 | Is not it the truth that CTCs have emerged only as a result of the lavish use of taxpayers ' money to prop them up ? |
| 21 | Is not it the truth that the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's Government , having created recession and unemployment , do not care about the casualties of their policies ? |
| 22 | ‘ No-one 's goin' to search me , it ai n't decent , I 'm a respectable girl and nor ai n't I a thief — oh ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Is n't she a portrait painter ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Is n't she a character ? |
| 25 | Is n't she a waitress then ? |
| 26 | Is n't she a jewellery designer ? ’ |
| 27 | IS N'T SHE A BEAUTY ? … |
| 28 | ‘ Is n't she a stunner ? ’ he asked James rhetorically . |
| 29 | ‘ Is n't she a darling ? ’ said the drama student . |
| 30 | Was n't she the nightclub singer , Rosalli ? ’ |