Example sentences of "but [is] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But is n't a person , and to an even greater extent , a character in a novel , by definition a unique , inimitable being ?
2 But is n't a soccer player an enter-tainer ?
3 But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ?
4 ( But is n't the terror of expenditure without return the very epitome of bourgeois economic continence ? )
5 Engine stroke has an effect on torque but is n't the yardstick it once was .
6 ‘ I 'm not much of an expert , ’ Hugh said , ‘ but is n't the wine rather good ? ’
7 A previous knowledge of computing may be of some advantage initially but is not a prerequisite for entry to the course .
8 Of course drugs is , is one of the wonderful examples that the very thing that Katherine was talking about , something that was n't there in the beginning and that has been produced by modern technology and is now a big problem , but is not a problem to Australian Aborigines because they do n't have any drugs er to speak of , of course now they do and alcohol is a terrible problem with Australian Aborigines I talked to David McKnight about it .
9 A Sheriff Officer is a person in private practice who has been appointed an officer of the court but is not a court employee .
10 Furthermore , a valuation merely provides assurance that the transaction was not at an under value but is not a defence .
11 Although this relation is in TNF because the ‘ lecturer ’ is dependent on all the key ( both ‘ student ’ and ‘ module ’ determine the lecturer ) , it is not in BCNF because the attribute ‘ lecturer ’ is a determinant but is not a candidate key .
12 The editor passed the letter to a person whom he knew to be an ‘ outside broker ’ ( one who does Stock Exchange business but is not a member of the Exchange ) but whose honesty he had no reason to suspect .
13 But is not the response and the analysis actually part of the same phenomenon , whether it results in an exclamation ( ‘ how beautiful ! ' ) or a new ‘ reading ’ ?
14 But is not the point that erm we want those who are concerned about fashionable elements , to be attracted by our worship , cos we want everyone to be attracted .
15 The Government are supposed to support small firms , but is not the reality that they have been betraying them ?
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