Example sentences of "it not [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it not written by Albert Sprengler son of W. B. Sprengler , 17/21 Lancers , a Chelsea pensioner ? |
| 2 | Not only was it not based in Fleet Street , but it had a completely computerized process and the paper was being contract printed in satellite centres . |
| 3 | But ask yourself if you would have tested you water had it not gone green ? |
| 4 | ‘ Had it not gone , I was about to give up the idea of being a producer in my own right . ’ |
| 5 | Equally , why is it not pointed up that philanthropic murder and the Napoleonic idea and all other theorizing come unstuck here ? |
| 6 | His preaching was an outstanding success , and whatever exceptional divisions Joyce 's work may continue to provoke among his readers , and whatever perhaps less exceptional divisions George Craig 's lecture may create among some of the audience in respect of the substance of his arguments , and how could it not given the generous measure and richness of what he offered , there would be no division on the quality of his craftsmanship and the beguiling nature of his themes . |
| 7 | ‘ Why was it not fired ? ’ |
| 8 | It is around 7000 light-years away , and would appear much brighter were it not dimmed by interstellar material between the cluster and ourselves . |
| 9 | If cash is distributed , is it not replaced by debt , which would be bona vacantia on dissolution ? |
| 10 | SEGA brought Night Trap before the Board voluntarily , but had it not done so the game would have been made a test case . |
| 11 | The refugees kept in the camps face many crises of diet ; not only is it not balanced in some cases , but it may also not arrive on time , causing disease and death . |
| 12 | Nevertheless the episode had shown the Government that it had no authority to ban newspapers published in Tanzania which were properly registered and also that it might have been in difficulty had it not discovered a technical irregularity in the case of Ulimwengu . |
| 13 | Would you be prepared to answer the question were it not related to Skelton ? |
| 14 | One asked the question : if the ‘ villa ’ had been a working farm , why was it not sited nearer the valley floor , where there were suitable arable areas and meadows ? |
| 15 | She might have laughed out loud at the absurdity of her error had it not disturbed her so . |
| 16 | ‘ And why was it not made plain by you — by you — the consequences of such slackness , eh ? |
| 17 | After all , had it not led Eliot into seeming to endorse the anti-semitic French royalism of Charles Maurras ? |
| 18 | So why has it not led to a rise in conviction rates ? |
| 19 | Despite the relief provided by a wide , bashful grin , Singleton 's arrogance would be unbearable were it not fuelled by righteous indignation and an urgent need to communicate . |
| 20 | So is it not detailed enough for you or or ? |
| 21 | No I and and and was it not discouraged a wee bit at school . |
| 22 | Indeed , the SL 's overall economy would have been better still had it not taken an unusually dim view of performance testing , its consumption plunging to just 14.4mpg while at Millbrook . |
| 23 | Was it not settled quickly before . |
| 24 | The " offer of amends " would be a valuable protection for the media in cases of unintentional defamation , were it not encumbered by what the Faulks Committee described as " expensive rigmarole " — a procedure which requires the swearing of a detailed affidavit about how the confusion arose , which must be served at the same time as the offer of amends . |
| 25 | The response to that is , if this accounting information is so relevant to a manager why is it not included in the accounts ? |
| 26 | UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave . |
| 27 | However , as I have said , by the time the case was before us W. 's condition had changed so drastically that , whatever may have been the previous position , the court would have been in dereliction of its duty had it not overridden W. 's wishes and effectively confirmed the order made by Thorpe J. that W. should be treated at the specialist London unit . |
| 28 | India 's foreign-exchange reserves would have disappeared had it not borrowed $1.8 billion from the IMF in January . |
| 29 | Why is it not inhibited by the fact that the water entering these is also hotter than that entering the upgoing fingers ? |
| 30 | Has it not occurred to you that it 's your father who dissuades Matthew from making friends of his own age … talks him out of seeking other work ? |