Example sentences of "be it not the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the stark position on the streets of Northern Ireland , is it not the right hon. Gentleman 's responsibility to set a date for the reconvening of talks , so that they can begin where they ended ? |
| 2 | But is it not the only fair way to describe a policy that deceived so many people for so long ? |
| 3 | And is it not the best wood for coffins ? |
| 4 | It might not be a complete oversimplification to state that many of the profession 's difficulties with the lay public stem from the public 's basic incomprehension of what we write ; and yet is it not the particular beauty of the English language that the most appreciated and elegant words are in fact the simplest and most easily understood ? |
| 5 | Is it not the very catholicity of the Church which is in question ? |
| 6 | Was it not the third Wednesday ? |