Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is quite true , as the plaintiffs submit , that provided the person making the valuation is competent to value , it matters not who instructed him to produce the valuation or whether he is an employee of the building society or not .
2 This car dealer commits an offence , not under section 1(1) ( a ) , but only under section 1(1) ( b ) because he has not himself applied a false trade description .
3 In fact , the convictions these arguments try to explain are the product of the second approach , of a deep personification of political and social community , and that is why they do not challenge the Kantian thesis that no one is to blame for what he has not himself done .
4 In particular , the fact that a person ‘ knowingly concerned ’ has not himself received anything under the transaction in question does not , in my judgment , restrict the power of the court to make a section 6(2) order against that person .
5 Has not he realised that the CAP is the only agricultural support system under which consumers pay a subsidy to farmers and end up paying more for their food than if they had not paid the subsidy in the first place ?
6 Has not he forgotten to mention that between 1979 and 1981 investment fell sharply and that it was lower in the third quarter of 1991 than in any other quarter — 12 per cent .
7 Where the local authority is of the opinion that summary proceedings provide an inadequate remedy , for example , where a fine will have little effect in persuading the odour emitter to abate the odour , or where summary action has failed , or is unacceptable due to the availability of the defence of best practicable means , proceedings may be taken in the High Court under s.100 of the Public Health Act 1936 , even though the local authority has not itself suffered any damage , provided the odour amounts to a statutory nuisance .
8 If the vendor company has not itself elected , but is bound by an election to waive exemption made by any " relevant associate " within the meaning of para 3(8) 6A VAT Act 1983 , it is treated as having made an election , so Newco will have to elect and notify Customs to ensure that TOGC treatment is obtained .
9 The quiet despair showed we still abide by the old maxim ( written by an American , actually ) about when the great scorer comes he cares not who won or lost but how you played the game .
10 has n't , has n't everybody got a sale on ?
11 Has n't somebody taken mine ?
12 Who else has n't I bet a lot of you have just lumped Luxe Luxembourg in with Germany and France .
13 Now I have n't finished , but I mean I , it really is at the top of my mind , yo , you know it has n't I have n't given it top priority .
14 Has n't You told me to anyway it 's Saturday Saturday .
15 Has n't he lost it ?
16 Has n't he noticed that we 've got one and a half million unemployed ?
17 Has n't he done well ?
18 Why has n't he covered it ?
19 Has n't he heard about the greenhouse effect ?
20 You can but er Bedge has n't he likes the hard way you see .
21 ‘ Then why has n't he seen us ? ’
22 Why has n't he made out ? "
23 Has n't he changed at all ? ’
24 Has n't he read the Book of Ecclesiastes ?
25 Has n't he read the notes properly ?
26 Nicholas ( 5.0 ) : Has n't he to share them out ?
27 " Oh , has n't he had breakfast ? "
28 then I turned round and says no you have n't you 've got eight and a half weeks and he has n't he 's got twelve and a half .
29 Has n't he passed on by now ? ’ said Florrie , craning over her shoulder .
30 Has n't he improved ?
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