Example sentences of "is n't [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't one the sort of the young up-coming expensive . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ It would be common enough , but that is n't what the Patriarch was implying . |
| 3 | It begins to sound from this description that it 's I twelve which is a bit of a dinosaur , a a dodo , that this is a county trying to carry on a thing which has probably passed its sell by date , that er it is n't fair to say that I five is primarily for industry , erm that is n't what the law says it is . |
| 4 | Which is why I think the government is authoritarian , why you have secret police and gulags and so on , because they ca n't afford to tolerate large numbers of people saying this is n't what the revolution was supposed to be about . |
| 5 | Because that is n't what the clients want to know . |
| 6 | Erm is n't it the U . |
| 7 | And is n't it the case that real MOR — the stuff that sells , boys — has words that are anodyne too , that reinforce commonsense views of normality and ( human ) nature ? |
| 8 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 9 | Is n't it the case that Palmerston when he was on his death bed had the clause to the Belgian treaty read to him to cheer him up . |
| 10 | Is n't it the case though that people in Kent , offenders in Kent , have become used to the idea that cautioning will be the norm ? |
| 11 | But for many people is n't it the case that the the church wedding is an an and the promises made the vows made before God and er before the the congregation , for many people they 're just a sort of rather erm oh dear how can I put it rather a flimsy frippery erm that they just feel it 's essential to have so that they can have the nice pictures and and look back on on a church wedding . |
| 12 | But is n't it the ignorance of the people because the people are ignorant and they actually do n't know what they 're voting for |
| 13 | So the way he 's , is n't it the way he 's dressed for that is fine , but you ca n't send him down to court like that . |
| 14 | Is n't it the government rather than the people ? |
| 15 | And is n't it the luck of the devil that the master do n't require me tomorrow afternoon ? |
| 16 | Is n't it the national ? |
| 17 | that 's going to be long term then is n't it the water |
| 18 | Is n't it the aim of these measures to slow traffic down ? |
| 19 | ‘ Is n't it the place all Jews look on as their home ? ’ |
| 20 | Is n't it the velocity ? |
| 21 | ‘ Is n't it the gambling ? |
| 22 | Is n't it the risk ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Is n't he the Senator ? ’ he asked , knowing she wanted the lead . |
| 24 | ‘ Is n't he the gangster who 's offered a reward for information about the murder ? ’ she interrupted . |