Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If I reply that in choosing between flavours it does not matter whether or not I confound a present taste with remembered sight and touch , whether I respond to reality or to illusion , I am renouncing rational discourse altogether . |
2 | But the tendency in households for business decisions to be left to the husband and for the wife , whether or not she is a joint owner of the matrimonial home and whether or not she has a separate job , to have the main domestic responsibilities still persists . |
3 | Whether or not you make a LIVING WILL is entirely up to you . |
4 | Have not we reached a pathetic state of affairs when , as a result of the 1988 decision , 75-year-old widows in warden accommodation can not have a free television licence , yet others who are younger might receive it because they qualified before 1988 ? |
5 | Can not we have a proper system of no-fault payments for medical injuries ? |
6 | The Act provided no definition of a ‘ public place ’ , but it refers to any place to which the public have access , irrespective of whether or not they have a legal right to go there , even when there are particular and restricted rules of entry . |
7 | The Inspector who reported on that Litchfield city local plan said , go away , leave your Litchfield city plan and look at the options beyond the greenbelt , including erm the possibility of a new village , and I think that 's that 's the point here , instead of rolling back the greenbelt you should be looking beyond , you know , what is the general extent of the greenbelt to see what options are available , just coming on then to the size point , again that Mr Grantham raised , I have through erm experience both in the Cambridge situation which I referred to extensively erm in my statement , and in East Staffordshire where we are promoting a plan , er a site for a new village which is included in the deposited plan , we 've looked in both the Cambridge and the er East Staffordshire situation , bo at service provision , both from speaking to the providers of those services and whether or not they need a specific facility in the settlement , and from the developers point of view , that if you 've got a pot of money what can you afford to erm provide within a settlement of that size , and the conclusions we are rai er sort of reaching are a du a settlement of the order of twelve fifty dwellings can support your primary school , community centre , erm a range of shops , and so on and so forth , so what I 'm saying in my submission that the an appropriate size is in the thousand fifteen hundred mark , is that were you can get a reasonable co balance of community facilities and provide the relevant infrastructure in terms of services . |
8 | 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 ? |
9 | Whether or not he makes a good King , we shall have wait and see . |
10 | ‘ by a person duly licensed to drive it ’ The problem of hearsay evidence can occur where a passenger in a motor vehicle has to be asked whether or not he holds a current licence for the class of vehicle . |
11 | The most important factor is whether or not it has a standard case and motherboard . |
12 | 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 ? |
13 | Ca n't I have a tiny bit ? |
14 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
15 | ‘ Do n't I get a little kiss ? ’ |
16 | Does n't she fancy a horse-drawn carriage from Ayrshire Equitation — just £200 including coachman and attendants ? |
17 | Had n't she earned a little peace and quiet ? |
18 | Did n't she have a two ring burner or summat like that ? |
19 | Ca n't she have a little piece of Mars ? |
20 | Why had n't she told a white lie and claimed she had a licence ? |
21 | Why could n't she maintain a cool front too ? |
22 | Could n't you dedicate a few months of the year to naked men ? |
23 | 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 ? ’ |
24 | ‘ Aye , well , if you did n't you made a good stab at it . |
25 | But then are n't you taking a political stance , rather than an aesthetic one ? ’ |
26 | ‘ Why do n't you make a smaller unit ? ’ said Hans Hermansson , one of Volvo 's managers . |
27 | Why do n't you make a few plans , get your tale all neatly worked out in advance , the way you do with everything ? ’ |
28 | ‘ Do n't you want a nice mince pie ? |
29 | She was too stupid to parry questions like : " Do n't you want a double bed , darling ? |
30 | ‘ You mean — do n't you want a big family wedding with all the trimmings ? ’ |