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Taken from a game of "Alice In Wonderland" as you might guess:

> 「 **信じられない事に** チョッキを着た白ウサギが懐中時計を見ながら走ってゆく **ではありませんか！** 」

I guess this is sort of a fairy tale language right? I fail to see how I
should combine the three parts, or what is the point of the third part
「～ありませんか」, how does it alter the sentence further than the first part?
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What is the meaning of the following build 「信じられない事に～～ではありませんか」?
The first part in question, "信じられない事に” means something like "As an
unbelievable thing". You can also say things like "面白いことに” (As an interesting
thing...)

The "ではありませんか” is the same thing as "じゃないか” and is used in a way close to it's
literally meaning "Isn't it..."

> 「信じられない事にチョッキを着た白ウサギが懐中時計を見ながら走ってゆくではありませんか！」

So my rough translation of your line would be as follows:

> "Oh my! Isn't that a white rabbit wearing a vest, running as he checks his
> pocket watch?"

In my translation, I've translated "信じられないことに" as "Oh my!" to fit the feeling
of Alice in Wonderland.
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