Example sentences of "it not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it not mean that preparers of accounts and auditors can never satisfy the market 's reasonable expectations ? |
| 2 | But if , as Thorez implied , the Vietnamese and French Communist Parties should work together , would it not mean that the campaign for national liberation would have to be abandoned ? |
| 3 | Was it not written by Albert Sprengler son of W. B. Sprengler , 17/21 Lancers , a Chelsea pensioner ? |
| 4 | He did not believe himself to be any the wiser as regards the reason for it not firing , but he thought he might as well try again . |
| 5 | Not only was it not based in Fleet Street , but it had a completely computerized process and the paper was being contract printed in satellite centres . |
| 6 | But ask yourself if you would have tested you water had it not gone green ? |
| 7 | ‘ Had it not gone , I was about to give up the idea of being a producer in my own right . ’ |
| 8 | The it 's no use accepting a level of housing and saying , We 'll accept that subject it not damaging the environment . |
| 9 | Equally , why is it not pointed up that philanthropic murder and the Napoleonic idea and all other theorizing come unstuck here ? |
| 10 | ‘ So give , ’ Steve husked , obviously still feeling his loss and talking about it not helping one bit . |
| 11 | Thus he seems to be arguing from within a position which holds that aggression is an innate attribute of sufficient strength that it needs to be redirected in some way for it not to manifest itself in interhuman relations . |
| 12 | Why does it not defecate from the tree tops as monkeys and squirrels do ? |
| 13 | The fear that the encounter might have been handled incompetently is concealed in dismissive remarks about this type of work , about it not bring their job , as well as critical comments on the members of the public who think it is and who therefore make unrealistic demands on them . |
| 14 | Let it not bear the traces of work , the traces of time . |
| 15 | His preaching was an outstanding success , and whatever exceptional divisions Joyce 's work may continue to provoke among his readers , and whatever perhaps less exceptional divisions George Craig 's lecture may create among some of the audience in respect of the substance of his arguments , and how could it not given the generous measure and richness of what he offered , there would be no division on the quality of his craftsmanship and the beguiling nature of his themes . |
| 16 | ‘ Why was it not fired ? ’ |
| 17 | She offered the apple to Adam — he took it not wishing to be rude |
| 18 | It is around 7000 light-years away , and would appear much brighter were it not dimmed by interstellar material between the cluster and ourselves . |
| 19 | Julia let them haul her up and stuff extra pillows behind her head , but the pain sharpened and she was hard put to it not to swear at them for hurting her . |
| 20 | The University is budgeting for a deficit in 1992–3 leading to an accumulated deficit at the end of the year of £3.7m , having decided that the general financial outlook was sufficiently encouraging for it not to delay allocating funds towards the backlog of long-term maintenance ( see para. 3.8 above ) ; it believes that there will be a small but steady growth in student numbers , and that changes in the HEFCE 's method of distributing funds for research will benefit it . |
| 21 | Cos it 's a fungus could it not spread from my shoes ? |
| 22 | If cash is distributed , is it not replaced by debt , which would be bona vacantia on dissolution ? |
| 23 | If a larger bird is low in the queue , why does it not displace the bird at the head ? |
| 24 | If to encourage recycling , should it not reflect the relative cost to industry of switching from virgin to recycled materials ? |
| 25 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 26 | Not only does it not create metal filings and a sharp burr on the outside of the pipe ( as does a hacksaw ) , but it also gives a neat square finish to the end of the pipe . |
| 27 | That shut them up and should it not do the same to we miserable sinners today ? |
| 28 | ( If government would support a veterinary school in Edinburgh , why did it not do so in London , or was it simply not asked ? ) . |
| 29 | Will the Minister confirm that the Government will take the necessary steps — if necessary through Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution — to ensure that PowerGen complies with its commitment to retrofit 4 GW of coal burn should it not do so voluntarily ? |
| 30 | Or does it not do it ? |