Example sentences of "it not [noun] that " 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 | After the second of these excursions he came back to Marian 's side with : ‘ Is it not time that we took a look into this sack ? ’ |
| 3 | In this time of cuts , and insecurity , is it not time that local authorities lost their insular image , approached their neighbours , exchanged ideas , pooled resources , and generally helped each other a lot more ? |
| 4 | In its report on this year 's agm , it makes space to answer questions raised by shareholders throughout the year , including : ‘ Is it not time that BT had a change of auditor ? ’ |
| 5 | It goes without saying that there should be an independent official investigation , inquiry , inquest — call it what you will — into the cause of an unnatural death ; but is it not time that ancient laws and practices were brought up to date to deal with modern circumstances ? |
| 6 | If that is so , and it does seem to be so , is it not time that we rejoice together while we are being nourished together at his table . |
| 7 | Can I just say that my father who is eighty four , is caring for my mother er for the past eleven years , and we keep sort of saying well is it not time that she should maybe go into hospital ? |
| 8 | Is it not time that instead of having open air imprisonment we had an open air thrashing or open air stocks to stick them in ? |
| 9 | Is it not time that he started backing the British car industry in the way that the Germans support theirs ? |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | Is it not time that Scotland was able to enjoy the benefits of improved patient care that NHS trusts offer patients in England and Wales ? |
| 12 | Is it not time that the Government stopped selling arms to a country with such a brutal regime ? |
| 13 | 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the boats are dangerous , the cost of repair and renovation is beyond reasonable expenditure and the boats should be withdrawn ? |
| 14 | Is it not time that many of them were made available to schools , colleges , banks and building societies so that the treasure trove of Britain is available to everyone ? |
| 15 | fall in 1991 , is it not time that the Chancellor considered adopting the Labour party 's policy on investment ? |
| 16 | Is it not time that the Government diverted rather more of their enormous advertising budget into advocating the eating of vegetables to promote health ? |
| 17 | Is it not time that they devised a positive policy , to ensure that the many thousands of miles of hedgerows that were grubbed up or allowed to go to waste over the years are replaced ? |
| 18 | Is it not time that the Government forced the pace and , if necessary , made regulations requiring manufacturers to incorporate safety procedures ? |
| 19 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 20 | Is it not time that we tried to co-ordinate an effort on that basis to enable the Soviet Union to pick itself up and start taking a proper role in the world economy ? |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war . |