Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | She can see no reason why , at the very least , serious threats of this kind should not negative consent for the purpose of the law of rape . |
| 3 | As my hon. and learned Friend has accepted the closure of Bir Zeit is part of the systematic infringement of the Geneva convention by Israel which has been going on for years , should not a more robust approach therefore be taken , both by our Government and by the European Community , and should not economic measures at some stage be taken in relation to Israel to prevent the continuation of such unacceptable violations of human rights and of the Geneva convention ? |
| 4 | Should not anti-theft devices be one of them ? |
| 5 | If there is indeed the same relativism in physics and in morals , should not one individual 's choice in his particular situation be as unimpugnably right or wrong as his measurements of distance and duration ? |
| 6 | Should not that proviso apply to anybody serving on any committee ? |
| 7 | Should not such people bear their share of the burden ? |
| 8 | Even if he seeks to deploy fewer warheads per boat than the maximum possible , why should not other countries follow his example and say that that is also their ideal of a minimum deterrent ? |
| 9 | Should not coal-fired power stations , which could be competitive and which the duopoly rejects , be offered for sale so that continuing competition can develop ? |
| 10 | As the European Court delays are providing a valuable premium for some people and holding up injunctive relief in this country , should not further representations be made to the European Court to deal with the problem as an injunctive matter so that certainty is quickly returned to the courts of this country ? |
| 11 | Should not those figures be considered alongside the 352 million lost days which have been engineered by the Government since 1979 ? |
| 12 | 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 ? ’ |
| 13 | to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help . |
| 14 | Well I , I take the implicit point that erm we 're all suffering cuts throughout the country , therefore why should n't higher education suffer similar cuts , but of course , higher education is in a different category to erm many other fields that the government pays for and sponsors , in that higher education is investment in the future , and therefore , if Britain is to survive erm as a , a nation of erm of some economic standing , is to well in the national , in the international stakes , then we must be innovative , we must create new things , and we must erm in , in that , to do that we must invest very strongly in higher education . |
| 15 | If one part of the bay could support a certain amount of aquatic life , then why should n't other parts be able to do the same ? |
| 16 | ‘ No reason why you should n't some day , is there ? |
| 17 | Why should n't these people seek sponsorship ? |
| 18 | Why should n't old Sombro go off for nights on the town if he felt like it ? |
| 19 | If so , may not this quality have a value of its own needing to be counted in when summing the value of the parts and may it not be this value ( rather than the value of the whole as a whole ) which adds to the value of the whole ? |
| 20 | If , on the other hand , the golem is already working , then Haberup ( who may not this time be in a position to claim the patent rights ) has presumably done something to annoy it , and in this case ( 10 ) may be used in the sense of an answer to the question : ( 11 ) what did Haberup do to his golem ? |
| 21 | Might not that message been taken up by my immune system ? |
| 22 | I accept the argument which er Noble Viscount put so clearly that there may be a case for bringing in some outside people , but if this is to be done , it seems to me that the police authority itself is the authority best able to judge what particular gaps need to be filled and the one of the amendments to which I am speaking erm does contemplate giving power to the authority to co-opt members with experience which might not other ways be available , for example from among the ethnic minorities . |
| 23 | I am not saying he might not one day be the best player for England — but at the moment he is n't . |
| 24 | Might not some businessmen , for instance … oh , you know . |
| 25 | Might not some agency or other attempt to encourage farmers who employ labour to contribute a levy payable to those who accept , under suitable rules , a responsibility for training during employment ? |
| 26 | Beecher , he found , could not equal Spurgeon in oratorical powers and , of course , Spurgeon was never a political parson . |
| 27 | Could not private investment fill at least part of the gap ? |
| 28 | Could not all psykers shelter within its fold ? ’ |
| 29 | Such practices do undoubtedly maintain local unemployment at relatively low levels and ensure the continuation of basic public services , but why could not such funds be utilised in a more productive and socially satisfactory way ? |
| 30 | Could not public health medicine be organised in the same way as clinical specialties , where a coordinator is appointed for a limited period and then the role passes on , with the financial supplement , to another ? |