Example sentences of "[not/n't] it the [noun sg] that " 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 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |