Example sentences of "is [adv] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not it frustrating for aid agencies across the globe to have their efforts swept aside by deals such as this , which cheat the people of Guyana ? |
| 2 | As the Select Committee has made serious allegations about interference in its important work , is not it worrying that it has taken quite so long to make any progress in dealing with its complaint ? |
| 3 | Mama named you de Warenne — is not it possible that you are in some way connected with the duke my father 's family ? ’ |
| 4 | I accept that what you say is well-meant but is not it possible that you yourself … ’ |
| 5 | Is not it possible to put many of those documents in the public domain and publish them as Public Accounts Committee documents ? |
| 6 | Is not it easy to give those people advice ? |
| 7 | Is not it unacceptable that pensioners should be defrauded of pensions to which they have contributed throughout their entire working lives , as is the case with the Mirror Group Newspapers pensioners ? |
| 8 | If nuclear non-proliferation is good enough for the rest of the world , why is not it good enough for us ? |
| 9 | Is not it higher today than throughout the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s ? |
| 10 | Is not it sad to hear that until yesterday no representations had been made on the patients charter by NUPE and COHSE ? |
| 11 | Is not it extraordinary that Opposition Members are sanctimoniously concerned about leaks when their Front-Bench spokesmen live off leaks from Departments ? |
| 12 | Is not it curious that you have taken the name ? ’ |
| 13 | Given the crocodile tears on those matters from the Labour party , is not it essential that my right hon. Friend should as soon as possible launch an inquiry into how people 's pensions were protected by the prominent Labour party members who were directors and trustees of the Mirror Group Newspapers pension fund ? |
| 14 | Is not it reasonable that the House of Commons should be given the same information as is made available to the press in briefings ? |
| 15 | of British Rail 's freight business originates in the north-west , is not it strange that British Rail has not talked to the majority of its users already about times and tariffs for the channel tunnel ? |
| 16 | Is not it necessary to recognise that in future the Crown prosecution service should be far more willing to listen to allegations and to investigate them ? |
| 17 | Therefore , is not it inappropriate for the Government to place before the House a motion endorsing the Maastricht deal before comparable examination of the draft treaty has taken place ? |
| 18 | Is not it obvious that when employees own their own business , that is the Conservative way forward ? |
| 19 | Is not it important , especially in the economic negotiations , that the leading role of the International Monetary Fund is stressed , but that we should be cautious about the way in which the IMF responds to the various questions raised by members of the CIS ? |
| 20 | Is not it important that the Northern Ireland Office should ensure that full information is available to the public on the extent of the deadly arsenal that the terrorists had with them on that occasion , which included AK47 assault rifles and Dsh heavy machine-guns ? |
| 21 | Is not it clear that many qualified nurses are not getting jobs in the health service ? |
| 22 | Having said that , is not it clear that there can be no peace in the middle east until the Palestinian question is resolved ? |
| 23 | Is not it clear that the excellent record of business investment in the United Kingdom reflects the fact that business men recognise the Government 's commitment to containing inflation in the long term ? |
| 24 | Is not it clear that everyone knows that the Prime Minister has reduced inflation only by creating a deep and lasting recession ? |
| 25 | Is not it clear that the recession caused by the Prime Minister 's policies is continuing because of the Prime Minister 's paralysis ? |
| 26 | Is not it clear that a party which , a few years ago , was offering to do a deal with the Soviet leadership that would have involved the sacrifice of 100 per cent . |
| 27 | Bearing in mind the fact that Prince Metternich eventually left Vienna disguised in a laundry basket is not it clear that this incident is in the highest diplomatic tradition ? |
| 28 | Is not it true that a large number of small firms are in the tourism sector ? |
| 29 | Is not it true that the Government 's attitude towards CTCs is private affluence and , towards the rest of the education system , public squalor ? |
| 30 | Is not it true that the majority of pensioners have extra income from savings , from an occupational pension or from other benefits such as income support ? |