Example sentences of "[not/n't] [ex0] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Is not there a case for introducing a statutory bank holiday between the August bank holiday and Christmas , which is a long period ? |
2 | Is not there a risk that , in future , the present Chancellor will be known in the economy as soldiers remember Field Marshal Lord Haig ? |
3 | With racism on the increase in Europe and in this country because of high unemployment , is not there a danger that there could be yet more racial assaults in Britain ? |
4 | The embedded " letter " ( a direct address to the reader , often with apology or denunciation of the course ) : " Is n't there a problem with the way you have formulated this question ? |
5 | ‘ Was n't there a policeman shot there a little while ago ? ’ |
6 | Well is n't there a clinic that she could go to ? |
7 | in the civic centre there was , was n't there a case where leisure services bought er terribly |
8 | I want to turn this right round because a couple of people have mentioned guilt and er I I suspect that one of the reasons that women are a bit worried about talking about depression or or campaigning for changes in policy , or more funding , or or whatever , is that for a long time women have been thought of as the weaker sex , more emotional , more nervous , by a , a a male establishment , I 'm talking about past centuries , is n't there a case for saying there 's actually we have a right to be depressed , I mean , obviously it 's normal , ninety three of you get depressed from time to time , the majority of you do n't think you clinically depressive if it is , if it 's normal to be depressed should n't the services to cope with depression , if we need outside help , be there and there 's no shame in it ? |
9 | " Is n't there a case for an official police search ? " |
10 | Was n't there a case when it was right ? |
11 | Suzie loved window-shopping , so was n't there a possibility that she might be here , that her quest could end in the next hour or so and she would be spared the ordeal of seeing Rune Christensen again ? |
12 | ‘ Is n't there a spare ? ’ |
13 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
14 | ‘ Was n't there a judge in the 1950s who had a similar problem ? |
15 | I said to him : ‘ Ca n't you give me methadone or is n't there a Detox Centre I can go to or something ? ’ |
16 | Now , given the different nationalities , wa was n't there a communication problem ? |
17 | In the face of impending cuts in public spending , is n't there a chance that training will be cut back ? |
18 | Well is n't there a way there pushing chimney ? |
19 | ‘ But is n't there a difficulty here ? |
20 | ‘ Is n't there a discount for cash ? ’ she argued . |
21 | Was n't there a course on dance movement or something ? |
22 | But is n't there a sense in which people in other countries really have to help themselves , at least in the first instance ? |
23 | I see very much what you 're saying , but is n't there a sense in which you almost need to absorb in an automatic sense some of the basic things ? |
24 | Are n't there a lot ? |
25 | Hopefully , this will deal with such questions as , ‘ If Gardner is right , why are n't there a lot of cases of childhood leukaemia in Devon and Cornwall where natural radiation levels are high ? ’ |
26 | Why is n't there a Shareware Windows Wordprocessor yet . |
27 | Now is there a connection or is n't there a connection ? |
28 | Is n't there a figure higher than that ? |
29 | ‘ Millet has a gospel , and I ask you , is n't there a difference between a drawing of his and a nice sermon ? ’ |
30 | But is n't there a difference between ‘ Cooee ’ and ‘ Here ’ ? |