Example sentences of "be n't [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem there is that graduates are so terribly boring and uninteresting people basically are n't they that they find it difficult to impart their er |
| 2 | It 's only one that can do it at a time we all have a role to play , we 're all part of that body are n't we that we 've looked at in some , what a lovely description it is , and some of us do n't look quite as good as the other part do we ? |
| 3 | It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required . |
| 4 | It definitely were n't me that checked it . |
| 5 | ‘ It is n't me that you have to persuade , ’ he told her , putting the mug down on the counter with a snap . |
| 6 | But the memory lane he points the audience down is n't one that starts in Britain . |
| 7 | Many of the 20-odd solo albums he 's released have been lost from the catalogues but there is n't one that I 'd be without , and the finest songs and performances talk of love and romance with more candour and grace than any other soul singer has mustered . |
| 8 | The word merchantable is n't one that 's , is n't normally used much today . |
| 9 | ‘ The fame thing is n't something that I thrive on , and it is n't where creative energy stems from . ’ |
| 10 | But presumably that balance is n't something that 's encouraged either by the discipline of the job , or by a culture that assumes that men do n't have to take on responsibility for those things because women do . |
| 11 | ‘ We are making progress but that is n't something that happens overnight , it happens very slowly and almost imperceptibly . ’ |
| 12 | Longman had a very , very er , very good increase in profits and the Addison Wesley loss , which is bigger in the first half than usual er , is n't something that bothers me particularly , I 'm really quite relaxed about full year performance , but just to make sure they 're er , attacking erm , expenses , travel , administration , that kind but nothing in the erm , book investment programme . |
| 13 | That particular single matter was not pursued by the ombudsman an and that therefore means that erm it is n't something that er he felt was a question of maladministration but I did want just to emphasise that this particular point , because in the more er i in the recent report to the Policy Resources Committee on ombudsman complaints , the number , and I ca n't recall exactly what the number was , but the number included in that report relating to planning matters was certainly higher than one , I think there were about half a dozen and what I wanted to take the opportunity of explaining was the , the majority of those all but the one that I 've now referred to , er where in fact relating to district matter planning applications and not to the County Council . |
| 14 | Arousal curve well understanding the need for arousal for me helped because I now understand that having nerves while you 're speaking is not unnatural it is n't something that you 're able to get rid of but you need to be able to work with it and practice to improve performance . |
| 15 | and maybe it is n't you that do the visit , it 's somebody else who 's , who 's being paid to do it , but you may be responsible for exercising professional judgment about whether that 's the appropriate thing that should be happening and perhaps assessing whether they 're doing it properly . |
| 16 | Now supposing it is n't you that crossing the road , but you 're out with a young child . |
| 17 | Stuart that 's the point is n't it that they 're not going to look as good ? |
| 18 | Is n't it that the unconscious and the ego comes through |
| 19 | If I may say so the key point is n't it that a lot of the transactions you discussed were off market transactions , they were unusual transactions and the Financial Institutions that were carrying out those transactions whether they were acting as banker or acting a as broker , they would have had knowledge that those transactions were not normal market transactions . |
| 20 | Is n't it that he only had the job because nobody else was there ? |
| 21 | But it 's interesting is n't it that we have here the proposed deletion of subscriptions to local government information unit unit one thousand five hundred pounds . |
| 22 | if I may say so is a key point is n't it that a lot of the transactions you 've discussed were off-market transactions , they were unusual transactions and the financial institutions that were carrying out those transactions whether they were acting as banker or acting as broker , they would have had knowledge that those transactions were not normal market transactions . |
| 23 | Dennis is the one is n't it that drinks a lot ? |
| 24 | There is n't anything that is n't going to cause trouble . |
| 25 | Well , now there 's a place not many escape from … well , there is n't anyone that has that I can think of offhand . |
| 26 | But it was n't everybody that could pay it , it was very hard for some people . |
| 27 | Er and they were the kind of people that sometimes found theirself in difficulties , at the end of this quarter , as it 's called , because Well it was n't everybody that could pay it . |
| 28 | I tried to explain that you either had the vibe or you did n't , it was n't something that I could explain . ’ |
| 29 | erm and as you 'll be able to see from my introduction make do and mend was n't something that suddenly happened in nineteen thirty nine there were sections of society in which make do and mend was a permanent and not not particularly erm welcome fact of life . |
| 30 | Erm and that that was very disturbing , not many people knew about that letter , and certainly it was n't something that the that the probation staff who saw it , erm told anybody about . |