Example sentences of "[noun] not [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did these large pits near the coast not exist in the last century ? |
| 2 | Why , though , could these supposed championship contenders not have tried to emulate the fine passing that had sprinkled the previous weekend 's Merseyside joust ? |
| 3 | If Labour withdrew from Bradford or Birmingham , would a multitude of parties not spring up based on rival religious and racial identities ? |
| 4 | And I think it was really rather refreshing to see the kids not know what was the right idea and actually dream up all sorts of fantasies for themselves , many of which were had their own validity . |
| 5 | And why indeed should gamesmanship not exist in disabled sport when it is rife everywhere else ? |
| 6 | Would the same result not have been obtained without the group ? |
| 7 | And that officer , luv , I said he was a legate from the Balearics not leg him one in the bollocks but it 's a mistake anybody could have made . |
| 8 | Adoption was intended to create new family relationships not change those which already existed and joint custody was introduced as an alternative and to give some legal recognition to step-parents . |
| 9 | In other words not see science in isolation from economics , anthropology , politics — all these disciplines should be working together . ’ |
| 10 | For present purposes it does not matter whether the court has no power to order specific treatment to be given contrary to the doctors ' will or has power but will in practice not exercise it in such circumstances . |
| 11 | How could a musical instrument not make a noise ? |
| 12 | In fact Miss Phillips was using the subjunctive mood quite correctly ; compare ‘ I order that you be taken from this court … ’ or ‘ Lawyers have asked that the president not testify … ’ . |
| 13 | Why did the United States not leave it to Scotland Yard in the first place ? |
| 14 | Not only did recognition not stop the fighting , it made no contribution to the solution of the central generator of the war , the Serbian question in Croatia . |
| 15 | It was a technological triumph and a magnificent intelligence coup , or would have been had the Russians not know about it all the time . |
| 16 | Although it is true that the general law would in most cases not permit assignment by a buyer to a less creditworthy assignee ( since creditworthiness would be an important factor relating to the identity of the contracting party ) many sellers would prefer to insert a non-assignment clause and avoid the argument . |
| 17 | In this fieldworker 's experience , boundaries between parishes are frequently very unimpressive , often no different to general field boundaries in the vicinity , and were it not for the fact that the boundary line is known , the field evidence would in many cases not suggest it . |
| 18 | Why should a ‘ good ’ deficit not get even ‘ better ’ ? |
| 19 | Why should Parliament not make abortion criminal for pregnant women who were born in even years but not for those born in odd ones ? |
| 20 | ‘ No , of course not blackmail ! ’ |
| 21 | Would the whole story not have made more sense had Jupiter been identified with the Sun , Venus with the Moon , and so on ? |
| 22 | Why did lads like Trevor Williamson not want to go to the Oval ? |
| 23 | Did John Stewart not name him ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Why should the char of Buttermere not outsell the char of Windermere ? ’ |
| 25 | Why do golf clubs not give pitch repairers away free ? |
| 26 | Therefore in such cases , where it is desired that the UCTA not apply , one method is to draft one contract for both goods and services , and not two separate contracts for each element . |
| 27 | British consumers will have to find £90m to meet the EC 's directives over the next few years ; might this large amount of money not have been better spent , say , in building hospitals and schools ? |
| 28 | The turnpikes can be reasonably considered the leading edge of road improvement , although at no time did ordinary roads not outnumber them by five to one . |
| 29 | And yet , if a circle of blisters caused by the plague could give rise to a Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses , and the famous Dick Whittington cat was not introduced until about 150 years after Dick died , why should embellishment through the ages not have taken King Coel or Coilus to Old King Cole , completed with pipe , bowl and fiddlers three . |
| 30 | And why does Parish Clerk Weekley not receive his quarter loaf every Sunday as is his right under Haberdasher Cleeve 's Will ? |