Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Must not all such thinking souls be growing hideously weary with this long contention that makes no progress , that wastes men and harvests and the very wellbeing of the land ? |
| 2 | For normal political life to be maintained in Northern Ireland , is it not critical to defeat terrorism , and must not that defeat come before political changes or constitutional arrangements ? |
| 3 | She quoted to me an odd and illuminating point , that if he wanted to take a bath when he was with friends , he could not see why they should not all be in the bath together , boys and girls , black and white . |
| 4 | This was chiefly at the behest of the Home Office who , according to Dorothy Hardisty , ‘ urged that in their own interest [ Jewish children ] should not all be placed in cities like London or Leeds where they would form a conspicuous Jewish enclave ’ . |
| 5 | But beauties should not all rush at once . |
| 6 | However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised . |
| 7 | Some youngsters have protested , claiming that they should not all ‘ be tarred with the same brush ’ . |
| 8 | The authors should not that , contrary to their assertion , there is a large literature on the use of zeolites to amend soils , including evidence of useful caesium binding . |
| 9 | Should not that proviso apply to anybody serving on any committee ? |
| 10 | Should not that include brothers and sisters as well ? |
| 11 | Should not such people bear their share of the burden ? |
| 12 | It is scarcely possible , in the face of this legislation , to maintain that ‘ rights ’ are a privilege with which none but human beings can be invested ; for if some animals are already included within the pale of protection , why should not more and more be so included in the future ? ( 1922 : 5 ) |
| 13 | And should not those in Sponging Houses , who squandered what properly belonged to their creditors , be removed to the actual prison ? |
| 14 | Should not those figures be considered alongside the 352 million lost days which have been engineered by the Government since 1979 ? |
| 15 | The attempt by the Court of Appeal to prevent Touvier from coming to trial may succeed but the verdict has led to an alarming rhetorical question posed in Le Monde : ‘ Should not these crimes be judged , not in the name of a single people but of the whole of humanity … and should it not be in Strasbourg , under European jurisdiction and not in Paris or Lyon that they be judged ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And must n't all these things be a second best ? |
| 17 | ‘ Should n't that be in Africa by now ? ’ she asked . |
| 18 | In any case , if the business of women 's liberation was what we were about , then should n't that mean all women , even those of us with embarrassing sexual habits ? |
| 19 | The company has announced its first family of memory upgrades for Digital Equipment Corp 's new Alpha APX-based ( should n't that be Alpha AXP : when you 're busting someone 's embargo , it 's as well to get the name right ) DEC/3000 systems — now that is a name new to us , but is it right ? |
| 20 | Go left , get the sewer key , go right three times , use the sewer key , go right three times , use the sewer key on the manhole ( should n't that be person hole ? ) , go down , get plank , go right , hit torch , get saw , go down , get mouse , get woodworm , go up , left , left , down , use plank to mend floor , up , get pick axe , down , right , down , use woodworm on wooden door , right , get cheese , get mouse , hit torch , up , up , left , left , down , cut through plank with saw , down , right , get mouse , left , use pick axe on wall , go left , hit torch . |
| 21 | So should n't that be plus one ? |
| 22 | Should n't that be a range name instead of a cell address ? |
| 23 | ‘ Should n't that be potperson ? ’ |
| 24 | Should n't that be ? |
| 25 | ‘ They should n't all be gone . ’ |
| 26 | Why do you think it 's important it does remain confidential though , I mean why why should n't all this be , you know , in the public domain anyway ? |
| 27 | airports are , we should n't all be at Heathrow |
| 28 | Should n't this be done by mathematicians or by computer programmers ? |
| 29 | ‘ Should n't this all be filed away ? ’ she asked , waving a hand over the nearest pile . |
| 30 | ‘ No reason why you should n't some day , is there ? |