Example sentences of "[modal v] it not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do we need more and better soul — why should it not swiftly become a fat , sweaty , obscenity , like the last lot did ? |
| 2 | And might it not also stimulate the worst possible scenario or terrorist activity ? |
| 3 | She suggests that the offending Geordie dialect ‘ might equally well have been Liverpool or Sheffield ’ - could it not also have been from Norfolk , Suffolk or Dorset ? |
| 4 | ‘ However the fortunes of war shall go … ’ , asks Théoden , ‘ may it not so end that much that was fair and wonderful shall pass for ever out of Middle-earth ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why can it not just say we 've landed ? ’ |
| 6 | Similarly , if secondary legislation has already created the ECU , can it not further define its role as a currency ? |