Example sentences of "[det] [not/n't] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is this not a strange time to close offices which provide assistance for so many unemployed people ? |
| 2 | It will be demonstrated later that the correlation between the true area and the projected area visible to the camera is good enough to make this not a prime consideration . |
| 3 | Is this not a quick election fix rather than a programme of long-term investment to improve our competitiveness ? |
| 4 | Is this not an intolerable interference with the freedom of action of any British Government , and is the Prime Minister aware that , in 12 of the past 18 years , successive Governments , Labour and Conservative , have spent more than 3 per cent . |
| 5 | This not an invariable pattern for monographs , but readers can usually expect that the central figure of a book will receive prominence at the expense of any other artists . |
| 6 | Is that not a political cop-out ? |
| 7 | Is that not a crushing answer to those who would maintain that Miller and myself live in the same flat ? |
| 8 | Is that not a humiliating prospect for the Edinburgh summit next year ? |
| 9 | Is that not a significant springboard for the future for British manufacturing industry ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is that not a horrible smell , no , Uncle Rory ? ’ |
| 11 | For to say that entities of a certain sort do not exist is to say , in effect , that not a single entity in the world has the indicated property , or properties ; or , expressed differently , that the relevant concept can not be correctly applied to anything . |
| 12 | But she could not see it as such and indeed it could be said , on her behalf , that not a single object had been purchased or positioned for its decorative value . |
| 13 | Is that not a pertinent question in the context of the millions of pounds worth of drugs on the streets throughout the United Kingdom ? |
| 14 | Is that not a clear case of fraud ? |
| 15 | Is that not an interesting observation ? |
| 16 | And all in all not a bad place for a romantic tête à tête , nowhere more so than at the Las Palmeras Apartments where , among the seclusion of the palm trees , you can relax in maximum tanning mode with the partner of your dreams . |