Example sentences of "[not/n't] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Is not it the case that the present underlying rate of inflation in the United Kingdom is 5.5 per cent . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Is not it the truth that CTCs have emerged only as a result of the lavish use of taxpayers ' money to prop them up ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | So the way he 's , is n't it the way he 's dressed for that is fine , but you ca n't send him down to court like that . |
| 9 | yeah , yes verbally yes if we 're writing we 'd actually be six but it was it was the span of conception was n't it the capacity of the brain The span of conception says that if you deliver your presentation in groups of three in three themes and three subthemes then the audience is able to hold on to that and the way in which we set up the delivery or the way in which we delivered the structured thought pattern was through method |
| 10 | Is n't it the government rather than the people ? |
| 11 | Is n't it the national ? |
| 12 | And is n't it the luck of the devil that the master do n't require me tomorrow afternoon ? |
| 13 | Angela was n't it the girl 's name ? |
| 14 | that 's going to be long term then is n't it the water |
| 15 | But is n't it the ignorance of the people because the people are ignorant and they actually do n't know what they 're voting for |
| 16 | Was n't it the vehicle I 'd stopped ? |
| 17 | And is n't it the case that real MOR — the stuff that sells , boys — has words that are anodyne too , that reinforce commonsense views of normality and ( human ) nature ? |
| 18 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 19 | Is n't it the case that Palmerston when he was on his death bed had the clause to the Belgian treaty read to him to cheer him up . |
| 20 | Is n't it the case though that people in Kent , offenders in Kent , have become used to the idea that cautioning will be the norm ? |
| 21 | But for many people is n't it the case that the the church wedding is an an and the promises made the vows made before God and er before the the congregation , for many people they 're just a sort of rather erm oh dear how can I put it rather a flimsy frippery erm that they just feel it 's essential to have so that they can have the nice pictures and and look back on on a church wedding . |
| 22 | Was n't it the thing for newly made rock stars to pledge an allegiance to an old jazz hero , a John Coltrane , a Charlie Mingus or onwards into obscurity ? |
| 23 | Is n't it the risk ? ’ |
| 24 | Is n't it the aim of these measures to slow traffic down ? |
| 25 | Is n't it the velocity ? |
| 26 | ‘ Is n't it the place all Jews look on as their home ? ’ |
| 27 | Was n't it the stegosaurus , no ? |
| 28 | ‘ Is n't it the gambling ? |