Example sentences of "be [adv] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I , I been out it a long while now . |
| 2 | He said he was real glad to meet any friend of the little lady 's , and were n't it a turn-up for the book the gent . |
| 3 | Were n't it a good cake ? |
| 4 | Were n't it an estimate last time ? |
| 5 | Is not it a disgrace , however , that the concierge service has been developed entirely out of Glasgow district council resources and that no money for it has come from the Scottish Office ? |
| 6 | With all the income from oil and from selling off the family silver , is not it a disgrace that manufacturing investment is now lower than in 1979 ? |
| 7 | Is not it a scandal that , in so doing , their feet will be kicked out from under them ? |
| 8 | Is not it a blight on Scotland that we can not provide homes for our homeless , including those who are still kids ? |
| 9 | Is not it a fact that the principal political risk against which British industry needs insurance is the risk of a Labour Government ? |
| 10 | Is not it a fact that doctors and nurses in France were on strike recently , and that in Italy patients have to ask relatives to bring in food because none is provided by the hospitals ? |
| 11 | Is not it a fact that he never learns from experience ? |
| 12 | Is not it a fact that the Labour party would throw out of the window all the grant-maintained schools and return them to the control of its friends in the town halls ? |
| 13 | Is not it a strong strategic interest of the United Kingdom to maintain an effective and comprehensive defence industrial base , in case international circumstances change ? |
| 14 | Is not it a pity that when we had the chance we did not finish the job ? |
| 15 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 16 | Is not it a fact that the Government are robbing the poor to pay the rich ? |
| 17 | When the Equal Opportunities Commission , in its equality agenda , describes child care facilities as meagre in the extreme compared with the facilities that are available in the rest of Europe , when we know that the women in work to whom the Minister has referred are often forced into part-time work because of inadequate child care arrangements and when we bear in mind his entirely complacent answer , is not it a good thing that a Labour Government are coming who will ensure that child care provision is expanded ? |
| 18 | Is not it a fact that during the 13 years of this Government , 25 methods have been found to try to prove that unemployment is massively smaller than it is ? |
| 19 | Is not it an example of what is wrong with the country that the Prime Minister was promoted for trying to reinvent the Lady Bountiful in his first major act as Minister in 1988 ? |
| 20 | Is not it the case that the sooner the Government face a general election and are defeated , the sooner small firms will have a decent chance in the economy ? |
| 21 | Is not it the case that the present underlying rate of inflation in the United Kingdom is 5.5 per cent . |
| 22 | Although I agree with the Minister that empty properties could be used to house homeless people , is not it the case that until capital receipts are released from the sale of council properties , councils will not have the resources to put properties back into use for people who need them ? |
| 23 | Is not it the truth that CTCs have emerged only as a result of the lavish use of taxpayers ' money to prop them up ? |
| 24 | Is not it the case that we do not have widely available anywhere near the diversity of potatoes that is available in other countries , such as the United States ? |
| 25 | Is not it the truth that the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's Government , having created recession and unemployment , do not care about the casualties of their policies ? |
| 26 | Is not it the case that the European Commission , through the THERMIE programme , would back Bilsthorpe only if it was certain to go ahead , and that the only way to ensure that was through Government support ? |
| 27 | if one 's like it the other 's like it as long as that 's hanging there untouched there 's quite , quite safe , I mean were n't worth it |
| 28 | ‘ Is n't it a wonder , now , ’ said Phil , seizing the chance to turn the conversation his way , ‘ That shaggin' chancer of a Dagg from Belfast did n't claim his dirty water could cure cancer too ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Is n't it a lovely article ? |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , but is n't it a pity ? |