Example sentences of "[pron] [not/n't] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I not a good wife to you ? |
| 2 | Am I not a peace-loving man ? ’ |
| 3 | It 's older translation , it 's translated as charity , in the prayer book which gives the idea of giving immediate assistance to me not a theoretical future when we 're talking about trade , but an immediate . |
| 4 | do n't care , its not a good school any way , tell her to stuff it |
| 5 | its not a flat roof , he 's got it sloping , no not , he 's got the top |
| 6 | Surely its relative , I mean two thousand pounds to you might be quite a lot of money , but to someone else , its , its not a big deal . |
| 7 | Its not a hard life . |
| 8 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 9 | Having , as I say , abandoned everything he had done , he sat down and wrote a six-part novel within a year which included a twenty-six day break in which he threw together and dictated The Gambler , itself not a small book nor a negligible one , to satisfy the terms of a contract he had made with a shyster publisher . |
| 10 | This is itself not a bad thing . |
| 11 | Is there not a causal circumstance , including the weight of the driver , for that simultaneous effect which is the flattening of the seat cushion ? |
| 12 | If there is such an emergency , why is there not a similar Bill for Scotland ? |
| 13 | Is there not a certain over-attachment to one 's own salvation and individual worth , with the consequence that missionary endeavour becomes centred on individuals ? |
| 14 | Is there not a strong argument for the free-standing services such as Croydon 's continuing education and training service to be able to bid direct to the funding council rather than through the new sector colleges ? |
| 15 | Is there not a deep self that keeps active in the subconscious , expressing in dreams the thoughts that it evades in conscious life ? |
| 16 | Having been told that there can be a contract either for the sale of specific goods or for the sale of unascertained goods , one might ask , ‘ Is there not a third category ? |
| 17 | David said to his brothers when they challenged his right and ability to fight Goliath : ‘ Is there not a just cause ? ’ |
| 18 | I will ask all of you , is there not a just cause ? |
| 19 | Is there not a grave danger of the former Soviet Union lapsing into anarchy ? |
| 20 | But somewhere hiding in the core of you , is there not a little worm of insecurity ? |
| 21 | She later confessed that she had seen in him not a budding genius , but only a ‘ little man ’ . |
| 22 | COUNTESS : Art thou not a married wretch ? |
| 23 | Is it not a ridiculous situation when the motoring correspondent of The Times ( 30 Jan. ) describes how he intended travelling from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter of the price , despite sole occupancy of a largish estate car ? |
| 24 | Is it not a telling comment on our times that to preach peace is to invite violence upon your person ? |
| 25 | Was it not a drunken pedlar in a parson 's habit ? |
| 26 | The person brought up in the city who has a natural and instinctive knowledge of the curative properties of herbs and wild flowers ; the person who experiences déjà vu or the one who seems to recognize a ‘ stranger ’ although the two have never met before ; the person born with talents he has not had time to acquire — is it not a possible explanation of the genius of such prodigies as Mozart that he actually brought with him skills and talents he had learnt in a previous lifetime ? |
| 27 | Is it not a tidy state of affairs when the best that the 370-odd Tory Members can deliver in this place every Tuesday and Thursday and at other Question Times is a tirade of abuse about what Labour would do ? |
| 28 | Is it not a considerable tribute to our diplomacy that we were able to persuade our Community partners to allow us to gain an advantage over them ? |
| 29 | And is it not a true bill , now as in 1918 ? |
| 30 | Is it not a British peculiarity , this combination of public prudery with extreme puriance , extreme interest in sex and devious at that , and which fills the newspapers whenever public events give them an opportunity . |