Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the bulk of Galileo 's scientific work was designed to strengthen the Copernican theory , Galileo did not himself devise a detailed astronomy , and seemed to follow the Aristotelians in their preference for circular orbits . |
| 2 | If the bankrupt can not himself prepare a proper statement of affairs , the official receiver may either employ someone at the expense of the estate to assist in its preparation ( r 6.63(1) ) or make an allowance out of the estate to a named person to assist the bankrupt in its preparation ( r 6.63(2) and ( 3 ) ) . |
| 3 | Marx did not himself create a systematic theory of the global system , though his work certainly guided Lenin and others in their attempts to construct a theory of imperialism . |
| 4 | The removal of restrictions and the removal of discrimination to provide equal access does not itself create a single market . |
| 5 | Inhibition of metalloproteinases , therefore , may not itself break the autocrine loops of proliferation and destruction that are created in pathological conditions such as cancer . |
| 6 | This diagnosis can not itself provide a suitable answer . |
| 7 | Such a congress would not be a substitute for an elected Constituent Assembly and could not itself write a new constitution . |
| 8 | Can not you have the same faith , Wilson ? |
| 9 | Can not we have a proper system of no-fault payments for medical injuries ? |
| 10 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 11 | The intelligentsia — which is defined as those engaged in ‘ intellectual labour ’ — do not themselves form a distinct class . |
| 12 | In order to prevent the art market from being flooded , the rest will be donated to institutions , such as hospitals , who do not themselves have a separate budget specifically geared to the acquisition of works of art . |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't I give the Russian collection to the Munich Museum of Fine Arts in Adolph 's memory ? |
| 14 | Why do n't I do the first half and you have an early night , and I 'll wake you at two o'clock ? ’ , knowing full well how awful it is to be woken out of a deep sleep at 2am to start work . |
| 15 | Do n't I recall a certain Richard Bach ( literary father of J.L. Seagull ) doing that self-same thing , and writing two beautiful books — Nothing by Chance and Biplane — about his bedsheets-and-bailing wire odyssey ? |
| 16 | Ca n't I have a tiny bit ? |
| 17 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 18 | Why ca n't I have the next stage ? |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't I get a little kiss ? ’ |
| 20 | Does n't she fancy a horse-drawn carriage from Ayrshire Equitation — just £200 including coachman and attendants ? |
| 21 | Why could n't she let the sleeping lion lie ? |
| 22 | Did n't she have a two ring burner or summat like that ? |
| 23 | Ca n't she have a little piece of Mars ? |
| 24 | Then wo n't she have the other girl |
| 25 | Why could n't she maintain a cool front too ? |
| 26 | Could n't you dedicate a few months of the year to naked men ? |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you taunt the poor man , Agnes , ’ Annette said severely . |
| 28 | He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’ |
| 29 | what Bonnie was saying was erm do n't you mean the common area bit , you know , the bit at the back ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why do n't you make a smaller unit ? ’ said Hans Hermansson , one of Volvo 's managers . |