Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [not/n't] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fergus said in a clear , hard voice , ‘ Why am I not in Grainne 's place ? |
| 2 | Are you not at work yet ? |
| 3 | Are you not for privatization ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why are you not in Camp 5 ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Are you or are you not in favour of abortion ? |
| 6 | are you not in Ronnie 's constituency ? |
| 7 | ‘ And are we not in love ? ’ |
| 8 | Those links into Harrogate nevertheless are required are they not in order for the relief road to function . |
| 9 | An indication of what would be Britain 's natural pattern of trade were she not in part restricted by her membership of the EEC is given by the fact that less than 20 per cent of her foreign investment currently goes to the countries of the EEC . |
| 10 | ‘ Your mother 's been very worried about you , ’ Leith remarked , having good occasion to remember that , were it not for Mrs Hepwood being nearly demented with anxiety she would never have had his vile and lofty cousin insisting she answered his summons at her door at close to four in the morning . |
| 11 | Those of you who have no desire to program applications will probably be better off with Access , were it not for Borland 's tasty special offer price . |
| 12 | Hill farming demands very hard work for marginal returns and were it not for government subsidies for hill sheep and cattle , many hill farmers would have to give up . |
| 13 | Stars could not shine were it not for particles — called neutrinos — that are so insubstantial that they have no mass at all and can travel right through a solid object like the Earth as if it simply did not exist . |
| 14 | ‘ You see , McAllister , ’ he said gravely , ‘ were it not for Matey I should never look presentable . |
| 15 | The conclusion might have been that Ealhfrith abdicated in a voluntary acceptance of the religious life were it not for Bede 's silence on the matter and his statement that Oswiu was attacked in the course of his reign by the Mercians , his nephew , Oethelwald , and by his own son , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 14 ) . |
| 16 | In defence of fishing it has been alleged that , were it not for fishermen on our rivers , accidental or deliberate pollution would not be detected so quickly . |
| 17 | There was continued sniping about the March performance , with Rover , whose market share was down to less than 10 p.c. , claiming sales would have been down by 20 p.c. were it not for Ford ‘ buying market share ’ . |
| 18 | She loved the country life of the estate and could have been entirely happy were it not for Stephen 's habitual absences which only seemed to emphasise the constant presence of his mother . |
| 19 | I know that , were it not for Pa , she would not only feed it in her own bed , but have the thing sleeping there with them , in the same room as them , all night , just in case it should wake wanting more . |
| 20 | Were it not for Papa 's dollars I would not look at her twice ! |
| 21 | These chemical reactions would normally proceed very slowly were it not for Nature 's invention of complex molecules called enzymes , which we have also met before in this chapter . |
| 22 | There would be no free oxygen in the atmosphere even today were it not for photosynthesis . |
| 23 | For a tenant to claim the benefits of the Act he must show that his tenancy is of a house , that it was originally granted for more than twenty-one years , that the rent payable is less than two-thirds of its rateable value , and that the rateable value is itself not in excess of certain modest limits . |
| 24 | Is it not in order for Back Benchers at least to ask the Prime Minister whether the policies that are being promoted by the Opposition will most emphatically not be adopted by this Government ? |
| 25 | Is it not in fact much more extraordinary that our minister appears to find such a statement positively generous and reassuring and has no sense of its presumption ? |
| 26 | Erm Gordon Brown is giving in , is he not to pressure from the traditionalists , when it comes to soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , he 's now saying , well maybe there will be a bit of soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , whereas he wanted to say , and you wanted him to say , no we 're not going to do that , we moved away from that . |
| 27 | ‘ Why no … is he not at home ? ’ |
| 28 | Is he not at business ? ’ |
| 29 | Is he or is he not in favour of a further education funding council ? |
| 30 | When Paul says ‘ slaves obey your earthly masters in everything ’ , is he not in fact reinforcing the outrage of social divisions for many centuries to come ? |