Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the musician works with notes , why should we not accept that colour by its intrinsic force is capable of expressing a painter 's thought ? ’ |
| 2 | Might it not follow that other steps would need to be taken to help curb local unacceptable populations of rats and mice ? |
| 3 | If nature has discovered the ‘ best way ’ of producing a sequence of changes that will result in an adult member of Homo sapiens , might it not recapitulate this sequence in the womb ? |
| 4 | How could you not know that about your child ? |
| 5 | How could she not want that ? |
| 6 | How could she not get that . |
| 7 | ‘ Could we not take some part in your work ? ’ |
| 8 | Could we not have all guessed that Lt Col Custer ( he gave himself the rank of general ) came 34th out of the class of 34 at West Point . |
| 9 | I put that as an amendment , not reiterating the entire Labour budget , but I asked the Liberal Democrats , who purport to want to erm provide that sort of service to vulnerable people could they not accept that extra half a million pounds as an amendment , and two out of the group abstained , the rest of them voted against that as an amendment . |
| 10 | Could they not get any welfare benefit ? |
| 11 | How dare he not know that ? |
| 12 | Well that well tha wo would tha would you not think that 's a good thing ? |
| 13 | Well please tell him that your mummy says please would you not do that again . |
| 14 | Would you not welcome some refreshments while you wait ? |
| 15 | If the Government were serious about this matter , would they not remove some of the obstacles that now stand in the way of successful prosecutions under section 12 of the Theft Act ? |
| 16 | Given the success in getting the Israelis and Palestinians round the table , would it not make more sense for the Government to right that wrong and ensure that , during our presidency from July onwards , we talk directly to the PLO ? |
| 17 | Would it not make more sense to have a moratorium on pit closures in the interests of jobs , the balance of payments and European energy conservation ? |
| 18 | Given the reluctance of some courts to convict on forensic evidence and the fact that terrorists do not usually leave a signed visiting card at the scene of the crime , will it not become more and more difficult to obtain convictions ? |
| 19 | Would my right honourable friend confirm that the former director of G C H Q , Sir Brian Tovey , stated that during the imposition of martial law in Warsaw and during the Soviet anva invasion of Afghanistan some ten thousand hours of cover were lost at G C H Q. And will he not confirm that is a perfectly good reason for the ban on external er interference by trade unions in the activities of G C H Q and will he also assure the house that the existing trade assoc the staff association works perfectly well and there is no reason whatever for an external trade union to interfere in G C H Q's affairs . |
| 20 | How can you not feel that ? ’ |
| 21 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 22 | Look on you know what I mean , how can you not do that for your favourite friend . |
| 23 | It was nice but the next time you do it can you not put such and such in it . |
| 24 | It was nice but the next time you do it can you not put such and such in it . |
| 25 | Can you not get that nice edging that 's got a bit of a pattern on it ? |
| 26 | If a passage can be reduced to a set of elementary propositions of the kind approximately represented in [ 9 ] , can we not regard this as the neutral , " styleless " version against which all other paraphrases , such as [ 8 ] , are stylistically marked in varying degrees ? |
| 27 | Sa this wo this kid went out having this bloody bath said can we not do this every day ? |
| 28 | Please , please , please can we not destroy those part-time jobs ? |
| 29 | Can we not have some where we are . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ How can they not understand that to do a real Kitezh or a real Ruslan — as we will do in the next year or so , it 's planned — is much more honourable , much more pleasurable artistically and much more important to the artistic world that a middleclass performance of , let's say , Rigoletto , in a small opera-house in Germany or Italy ? |