Example sentences of "[modal v] not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was questioned by members of the parish council ; if the area behind the post office is to be used for staff parking , should not a separate planning application to this effect be made ? |
| 2 | Why should not a little boy with a feminine side play dollies with the girls ? |
| 3 | ‘ Should n't a familiar sit on the shoulder rather than the waist ? ’ suggested a new voice behind Maggie . |
| 4 | Therefore , why should n't a rational person be able to head a company , just the same as a figures man , who is also a rational person ? ’ |
| 5 | Others have been suggested : to prevent the conduct of government business being unduly hampered and delayed by ‘ excessive ’ litigation ; to reduce the risk that civil servants will behave in over-cautious and unhelpful ways in dealing with citizens for fear of being sued if things go wrong ; to ration scarce judicial resources ; to ensure that the argument on the merits is presented in the best possible way , by a person with a real interest in presenting it ( but quality of presentation and personal interest do not always go together ) ; to ensure that people do not meddle paternalistically in the affairs of others ( query : can representative applicants be accused of this ? ) ; to ensure that the applicant has a personal interest not just an ideological concern in the outcome ( but , query , may not a genuine concern for the interests of others be neither purely personal nor purely ideological ? ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Why may not a whole estate be thrown into a kind of garden ? ’ asked Joseph Addison in 1712 . |
| 7 | Might n't a European Treaty Organisation , either in NATO or in place of it , be able one day to do the protection-cum-deterrence job that America does today ? |
| 8 | ‘ Might n't a lacy bra or sheer stockings have erotic appeal less because they are symbols of female powerlessness and more because they are familiar symbols of female sexuality ? ’ |
| 9 | Could not a similar method be adopted within the Palace of Westminster ? |
| 10 | What could not a miracle-working saint achieve for the future glory of Ramsey ? |
| 11 | Could not a free seaman in Port Philip properly have taken full advantage of a seller 's market ? |
| 12 | And could n't a younger , elected body of people be even more effective ? |
| 13 | Since it has n't happened , in other words , it is n't wyrd , and so need not a explained . |
| 14 | Would not a moral lead to be to make sure that those people are paid while we come to a conclusion with the legislative committee about whether that piece of legislation was expedient ? |
| 15 | And even if the ‘ caretaker ’ solution is still disliked , would not a strong argument in its favour be that the automatic selection of the ‘ caretaker ’ by virtue of his position preordained either by the stricken Prime Minister or ( in the case of a Labour government ) by his position as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party mean that that selection would keep the Queen above the party infighting , and overall would ensure that the royal prerogative of choice of a new Prime Minister in this context would have no part to play ? |
| 16 | Would not a royal and priestly Messiah , both issuing simultaneously from the same family , have seemed an eloquent testimony of God 's favour ? |
| 17 | Would not a massive increase of jobs ensure that training be integrated to economic revival and be more productive in finding work ? |
| 18 | As the Minister does not deny that there are enough women from which to choose , would not a little concentration on that issue , and the provision of targets so that we can all see what is going on , be very welcome ? |
| 19 | Would n't a normal bouquet , even a large one , have been enough ? |
| 20 | I mean , would n't a nice tortoise be a more worthy beneficiary than the reptilian Jamie ? |
| 21 | Well what we do is we patch up all we ca n't a hundred yard stretch . |
| 22 | I ca n't A few people were charged with it . |