Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] not [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore if I see my task as a teacher in terms of the development of thinking skills , should I not concentrate upon those procedures which are appropriate to particular academic disciplines ? |
| 2 | We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ? |
| 3 | If military methods were as aimless as they may appear , should we not concentrate on those moments , perhaps the decisive moments , of violent action when the armies of the two sides clashed in battles which have become part of national myth ? |
| 4 | If it is a good idea , should it not extend to all forms of public services — not just those that the Government decide ? |
| 5 | ‘ Even if it had been syphilis — why could you not return to this girl you love ? ’ |
| 6 | Could you not sit in that chair ? |
| 7 | Could we not look at these company figures ? |
| 8 | If , on the other hand , God should have ordained for me thus , miserable and wretched as I am , and should have called me by His grace to sit solitary and serve him in that manner , as he deigns to grant to me , shall I not persevere in that calling ? |
| 9 | Would you not agree with that ? |
| 10 | Would you not agree with that ? |
| 11 | Would you not agree to that ? |
| 12 | Can we not see in this new conviction of the importance of emotion and sensibility that awakening of feeling which his marriage had accomplished ? |