Example sentences of "[adv] we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do not we set an example in Scotland , as we did for the poll tax ? |
| 2 | In the unlikely event of our ever having a socialist Government again could not we expect to return to those appalling figures of industrial anarchy ? |
| 3 | Do not we owe it to all our children , right across the country and irrespective of their primary schools , to identify their needs , strengths and weaknesses at an early age ? |
| 4 | Why can not we worship with them as well ? |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , caro why can not we go on as we are ? ’ |
| 6 | When it comes to Opposition claims about NHS trusts , should not we bear in mind that , two years ago , the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) was telling everyone that general practitioner contracts would result in less time being spent with patients ? |
| 7 | We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture . |
| 8 | Can not we argue , indeed , on the basis of the usual meaning of ‘ faith ’ that involves trust in the face of intellectual un certainty , that Russell 's uncertainty as to whether or not God exists , the agnostic position , is the one the theist in fact should hold ? |
| 9 | Should not we include such a policy in our manifesto for the next general election ? |
| 10 | In view of the number of military establishments underused and basically secure , should not we use those — and , if need be , make use of military personnel , too — to enable us to stop the amazing amount of re-offending by those on non-custodial sentences ? |
| 11 | The N Y C C in their assessment do not we believe have taken into account the severe environmental damage which any western relief road would impose on the landscape . |
| 12 | ( Do not we see this in Lewis 's The Lion , the Witch , and the Wardrobe ? |
| 13 | If we do not do that , shall not we see hordes of people sweeping from eastern Europe into western Europe simply looking for jobs ? |
| 14 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |
| 15 | Can not we have a proper system of no-fault payments for medical injuries ? |
| 16 | Should not we support the negotiating process now under way through the Conference for a Democratic South Africa , and so secure the maintenance of international pressure for rapid progress towards a new , genuinely democratic constitutional order ? |
| 17 | When we say when we say that that we stage door club is closed it closed in the place it 's not open every evening but we do actually let it out we let it out to companies and whatever conference or companies who want a facility or meeting place something we do actually market that and we do actually ask people if they want to use it and in fact it has been taken up there . |
| 18 | Learning to understand how your dog 's mind works makes things much easier , so why ca n't we welcome someone — like a home visitor — prepared to explain the quickest way to do this ? |
| 19 | Ca n't we smell the opiate of the people again ? |
| 20 | Trying to drag her arm free , she gritted , ‘ And why do n't we want to be seen ? ’ |
| 21 | Do n't we want write and in fact get him to come to the next meeting then |
| 22 | If they do n't we will tough it out because we are healthy and strong and can go at it with determination and gusto . |
| 23 | No we do n't we separate right at the bottom of this hill . |
| 24 | Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings . |
| 25 | So we shall have lemon chicken , stuffed mushrooms , we had something else did n't we last time ? |
| 26 | Why do n't we locate them in the middle of , of fields ? why do they have them at all ? |
| 27 | The real question is why , why do n't we pay staff er direct transfer into bank accounts ? |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't we pay anything ? |
| 29 | Do n't we pay you enough that you have to go into the courier business ? ’ |
| 30 | Why ca n't we pay for that here ? |