Example sentences of "[be] this not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were this not the case , the buy-in would be tax free to a corporate shareholder because , by virtue of s208 , the corporate shareholder would not be liable to corporation tax on the distribution , unless it is taken into account in the shareholder 's capital gains tax computation ( the latter not being precluded by s208 ) . |
| 2 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 3 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
| 4 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 5 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 6 | At least , is this not the tendency in the beginning with most very young children and certainly with lively , healthy ones ? |
| 7 | the movement which , at the close of the colonial era , led it to be asked of the West what entitles its culture , its science , its social organization , and finally its rationality itself , to be able to claim universal validity : was this not a mirage associated with economic domination and political hegemony ? |