Example sentences of "is [det] not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 2 | Is that not a co-operative ? |
| 3 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |
| 4 | think that format 's alright , is that not a contradiction because if it 's a joint statement and this format 's alright you 've got staff comment divorced from pupil comment ? |
| 5 | Is that not an example of private wealth at the expense of public underfunding ? |
| 6 | Mr , is that not the case . |
| 7 | Is that not the truth ? |
| 8 | ‘ Is that not the job of our local police ? ’ |
| 9 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 10 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
| 11 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 12 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 13 | At least , is this not the tendency in the beginning with most very young children and certainly with lively , healthy ones ? |