Example sentences of "[not/n't] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The board of directors of the target company have to give their opinion on the offer and make it clear whether or not they recommend it .
2 It was felt inadvisable , for obvious reasons , to use the dementia sufferers as informants about their family , care or housing circumstances , but , in addition to the OBS and Depression scale questions , they were to be asked whether or not they felt they had sufficient company and adequate help at home .
3 Whether or not they expected it when they were first elected , nearly all of them will have learned to accept ant to derive fulfilment from the ‘ welfare ’ function .
4 If York or London needed Bell or Ramsey they had a moral duty to move whether or not they wanted it .
5 No it 's not they reckon you should leave a two second gap if yo , if you 're travelling at thirty , forty miles an hour .
6 The acceptance of the decision , whether or not they believe it to be morally correct , is of the essence of the legal device , the very idea of law .
7 Services are built round an individual 's needs in a flexible way , rather than people being forced to comply with existing service patterns , whether or not they find them convenient or useful .
8 Whether or not they consider it appropriate to enter the European Eco audit systems when it appears , using the new standard will certainly give a company ( and its other clients and audiences ) confidence in the knowledge that they 're tackling environmental concerns in a systematic and integrated way . ’
9 This is like just allowing children to pick up a bottle of poison , and leaving it in their hands as though it is a matter of no consequence to us whether or not they drink it .
10 So why do n't they admit it ?
11 But , ca n't they treat it in this country ?
12 ‘ Did n't they treat you as strangers ? ’
13 Why do n't they show us all Britain ?
14 ‘ Do n't they think we would ? ’
15 Did n't they think it was cissy ?
16 ‘ Do n't they think it funny you have to go so often ? ’
17 ‘ Would n't they think I was a telltale ? ’
18 I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’
19 Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile .
20 ‘ Why do n't they give us parachutes , for God 's sake ?
21 ‘ If they want our co-operation why did n't they give us prior notice ?
22 Why ca n't they give us I mean Christ I ca n't do a up there
23 Yeah , but , wo n't they give us some before .
24 I can do the job , so why wo n't they give it to me ? ’
25 ‘ Ca n't they give you a prettier room ? ’
26 ‘ Do n't they give you what you need ? ’
27 Why did n't they give you it ?
28 So why were n't they getting it ?
29 But why , we all kept on asking , have n't they sent us away yet ?
30 Well ca n't they paint it straight on in the mi , on the ceiling ?
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