Example sentences of "is [not/n't] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard is n't it to decide ? |
| 2 | ‘ Is n't it taking a big chance , sending a man like Dalby inside Romania ? |
| 3 | ‘ My affair with Florian , since that 's what you choose to believe , has nothing to do with you — past or present — but why is n't it stopping you ? ’ she demanded . |
| 4 | ‘ Is n't it getting too hot ? ’ |
| 5 | I think it 's something is n't it getting on for five hundred for the whole year was n't it . |
| 6 | But is n't it getting more difficult to repair cars on the roadside with the growing complexity of modern engineering ? |
| 7 | He paused before smiling at her and saying , ‘ Is n't it amazing the choice that one has in tobacco . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then why is n't it sold ? ’ |
| 9 | Is n't it demoralizing for police officers to see offenders not being prosecuted ? |
| 10 | Yeah , it is is n't it Thank goodness for washing machines eh ? |
| 11 | No no I mean it 's er it it it is only polite is n't it to do that er |
| 12 | having said that it 's getting them , getting them back is n't it to do it what was I gon na say before I started saying something did you |
| 13 | Just looking at the kind of programmes you 're getting on television now , erm Sunday evening there 's programme about emotions , ‘ Okay Two ’ is n't it called ? |
| 14 | If you 're just trying to remember them all and you 've got all these words and letters floating round in your head it 's quite awkward is n't it trying to sort them out which is which cos there are you know millions of words . |
| 15 | It 's a heck of a time is n't it to let |
| 16 | and is n't it hoped your buying , hope that you will look more beautiful . |
| 17 | And if to is completely meaningless when used with the infinitive , why is n't it tending to disappear completely ? |
| 18 | This triple-edged razor is probably put together by a bunch of names that we 're already familiar with and on a label strong enough to propel it into the club circus , but if it is n't it does n't matter ; there 's a future here if this is a first attempt . |
| 19 | " Is n't it to help them transport the rubber and coal and rice and all the things that they export from the colony ? " |
| 20 | Is n't it mangrove swamps where you find blue-clawed crabs ? |
| 21 | Is n't it becoming dangerous ? |
| 22 | Erm , but it seems to be the case that when there are not councillors here whinging away at officers , saying why is n't it working , nothing happens , it all gets sort of forgotten or something . |
| 23 | Why is n't it working ? |
| 24 | I know but why is n't it working ? |
| 25 | Is n't it making the mistake of claiming too much ? |
| 26 | is n't it doing the washing and ironing and ye Oh , I ho I hope everybody proves you wrong Dennis and the phone |
| 27 | is n't it to think that |
| 28 | He was big and burly , and is n't it known that all big and burly men are … gentle giants . |
| 29 | Oh yes , yes I would say that yes , and of course that fireplace is the original fireplace , and it 's very nice is n't it do n't you think ? |
| 30 | ‘ Yes — is n't it wet ’ |