Example sentences of "be [pron] not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I not a good wife to you ? |
| 2 | Am I not a peace-loving man ? ’ |
| 3 | Because of the high cost of providing and gathering this information , Climbline would not exist were it not a premium rate service . |
| 4 | But , presumably , he would do , he would work very hard were he not a royal person , would he not ? |
| 5 | This is itself not a bad thing . |
| 6 | Is there not a certain over-attachment to one 's own salvation and individual worth , with the consequence that missionary endeavour becomes centred on individuals ? |
| 7 | Is there not a causal circumstance , including the weight of the driver , for that simultaneous effect which is the flattening of the seat cushion ? |
| 8 | Is there not a strong argument for the free-standing services such as Croydon 's continuing education and training service to be able to bid direct to the funding council rather than through the new sector colleges ? |
| 9 | Is there not a deep self that keeps active in the subconscious , expressing in dreams the thoughts that it evades in conscious life ? |
| 10 | If there is such an emergency , why is there not a similar Bill for Scotland ? |
| 11 | Is there not a grave danger of the former Soviet Union lapsing into anarchy ? |
| 12 | Having been told that there can be a contract either for the sale of specific goods or for the sale of unascertained goods , one might ask , ‘ Is there not a third category ? |
| 13 | David said to his brothers when they challenged his right and ability to fight Goliath : ‘ Is there not a just cause ? ’ |
| 14 | I will ask all of you , is there not a just cause ? |
| 15 | But somewhere hiding in the core of you , is there not a little worm of insecurity ? |
| 16 | This latter point sums up Scotland 's current midfield frailties : Is there not an attacking three-quarter in the land who can break the advantage line ? |
| 17 | Is there not an implicit threat of legal proceedings in even the first demand for payment of a debt ? |
| 18 | As such , policyholders might ask — why is there not an independent actuarial committee given that Scottish Equitable is a far larger company than both FS Assurance and Scottish Mutual put together ? |
| 19 | The person brought up in the city who has a natural and instinctive knowledge of the curative properties of herbs and wild flowers ; the person who experiences déjà vu or the one who seems to recognize a ‘ stranger ’ although the two have never met before ; the person born with talents he has not had time to acquire — is it not a possible explanation of the genius of such prodigies as Mozart that he actually brought with him skills and talents he had learnt in a previous lifetime ? |
| 20 | Is it not a telling comment on our times that to preach peace is to invite violence upon your person ? |
| 21 | Is it not a ridiculous situation when the motoring correspondent of The Times ( 30 Jan. ) describes how he intended travelling from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter of the price , despite sole occupancy of a largish estate car ? |
| 22 | Is it not a tidy state of affairs when the best that the 370-odd Tory Members can deliver in this place every Tuesday and Thursday and at other Question Times is a tirade of abuse about what Labour would do ? |
| 23 | Is it not a considerable tribute to our diplomacy that we were able to persuade our Community partners to allow us to gain an advantage over them ? |
| 24 | Is it not a British peculiarity , this combination of public prudery with extreme puriance , extreme interest in sex and devious at that , and which fills the newspapers whenever public events give them an opportunity . |
| 25 | Is it not a fitting monument to 13 years of shyster Tory Government ? |
| 26 | And is it not a true bill , now as in 1918 ? |
| 27 | Is it not an appalling indictment of 13 years of this Government 's economic policy that yesterday one of Her Majesty 's coroners described the shortage of beds in one of Britain 's principal hospitals — a shortage that has led to the death of a pensioner from Southwark — as appalling due to a 2 per cent . |
| 28 | Is it not an absolute absurdity that that person should spend an extra week in prison and my elderly pensioner couple should not get compensation for the damage that they suffered as a result of the burglary ? |
| 29 | — Besides , you 'll find , that their Couples were never marry 'd : — But yonder I see my Coridon , and a sweet Swain it is Heaven knows ; — Come , Dorinda , do n't be angry , he 's my Husband , and your Brother ; and between us both is he not a sad Brute ? |
| 30 | Was he not a prosperous builder ? |