Example sentences of "[be] it [not/n't] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If it is insulting to suggest to a person that he is a homosexual , is it not equally insulting to suggest to a man that he is the sort of person who might be susceptible to solicitation in the streets by women ?
2 Why is it not normally possible to ripen wheat or barley on the uplands ?
3 If the charge of hypocrisy can be raised against the latter , is it not also possible to raise it against the former ?
4 Is it not obviously wiser to install a 2.8 litre Ford power unit ( as advertised in LRO ) .
5 Even if such a quality of relationship is possible , is it not too painful to achieve ?
6 Is it not more effective to introduce him to methods in order that such ‘ discoveries ’ as are made are appreciated and understood ?
7 Rather than create a new institution , is it not more feasible to improve our existing one , the police ?
8 Is it not more important to ensure the survival of important large firms , while at the same time promote fierce competition between them ?
9 Was it not too restrictive to preclude the possibility that forces of greater intensity had acted in the past ?
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