Example sentences of "be [pron] [not/n't] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But were you not here to greet me I would miss you . ’ |
| 2 | It was this — you have now , or should have , at least a sovereign left out of your monthly pay & what survived of the 15/ from the Bank ; so is it not best to send it all to me at once ? |
| 3 | Is it not enough to have to endure that when one is alive ? ’ |
| 4 | Is it not better to use a product with a slightly less than exquisite perfume for the sake of the planet as well as our health ? |
| 5 | For Chambers , his witness of doubtful character , he found this Nixonian endorsement : ‘ Is it not better to tell the whole truth in the end than to refuse , as Hiss did , to tell it at all ? ’ |
| 6 | Is he not here to greet us ? ’ |