Example sentences of "it not [noun] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this war is about justice , then is it not time that the Iraqi opposition of democratic and progressive forces be recognised ? |
| 2 | Is it not time that the Government got off their behinds and made it compulsory for a payment to be made every year to every senior citizen in this land ? |
| 3 | Is it not time that the Government stopped selling arms to a country with such a brutal regime ? |
| 4 | Is it not time that the Secretary of State came clean and admitted to the House that the boats are dangerous , the cost of repair and renovation is beyond reasonable expenditure and the boats should be withdrawn ? |
| 5 | fall in 1991 , is it not time that the Chancellor considered adopting the Labour party 's policy on investment ? |
| 6 | Is it not time that the Government diverted rather more of their enormous advertising budget into advocating the eating of vegetables to promote health ? |
| 7 | Is it not time that the Government forced the pace and , if necessary , made regulations requiring manufacturers to incorporate safety procedures ? |
| 8 | Is it not time that the Government stood up and were counted by telling the Turkish Government to remove their troops from occupied Cyprus and saying that if they do not do so the British Government will veto any attempt by Turkey to join the EC ? |
| 9 | As the Conservative party is on the point of becoming the third party in a four-party country at the by-election later this week , is it not time that the Government stopped giving Scotland what it does not want — nuclear waste and nuclear energy — and instead gave Scotland what it wants , which is direct encouragement for renewable energies in a country which the Minister himself described as rich in potential for such developments ? |
| 10 | Is it not time that the older Members of the House realised that the empire has gone , that the idea of Britain as east America — Athens to America 's Rome — is a phantom of their imagination , and that our future lies in Europe ? |