Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For normal political life to be maintained in Northern Ireland , is it not critical to defeat terrorism , and must not that defeat come before political changes or constitutional arrangements ? |
| 2 | Should not that proviso apply to anybody serving on any committee ? |
| 3 | Should not such people bear their share of the burden ? |
| 4 | Even if he seeks to deploy fewer warheads per boat than the maximum possible , why should not other countries follow his example and say that that is also their ideal of a minimum deterrent ? |
| 5 | to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help . |
| 6 | Well I , I take the implicit point that erm we 're all suffering cuts throughout the country , therefore why should n't higher education suffer similar cuts , but of course , higher education is in a different category to erm many other fields that the government pays for and sponsors , in that higher education is investment in the future , and therefore , if Britain is to survive erm as a , a nation of erm of some economic standing , is to well in the national , in the international stakes , then we must be innovative , we must create new things , and we must erm in , in that , to do that we must invest very strongly in higher education . |
| 7 | Why should n't these people seek sponsorship ? |
| 8 | Why should n't old Sombro go off for nights on the town if he felt like it ? |
| 9 | If so , may not this quality have a value of its own needing to be counted in when summing the value of the parts and may it not be this value ( rather than the value of the whole as a whole ) which adds to the value of the whole ? |
| 10 | Could not private investment fill at least part of the gap ? |
| 11 | Could not all psykers shelter within its fold ? ’ |
| 12 | Science had guided the USA in ‘ conquering ’ nature ; so why could not scientific method help it control international society ? |
| 13 | But why , in that case , could not some rugby have been shown on the Grandstand programme ? |
| 14 | ‘ You 're saying that if , with my mathematical mind , I can say that I have seen five percent of love at Bristol , why could n't one person contain one hundred percent of love . ’ |
| 15 | I know , I could n't long time getting |
| 16 | With all his elaborate political machinery — his control of all the tradesmen in the town and of all the town 's six advowsons , his ownership of some two hundred houses each carrying a vote , his absolute control of the Mayor , the corporation and all the corporation offices — the Marquess of Exeter could not be absolutely certain that the remaining voters would not one day oust his candidates . |
| 17 | Would not one way to meet the increasing demand for female representation be to have two permanent secretaries — a man and a woman — at each Department ? |
| 18 | In September , another year 's rent must be paid and the money for that would not this time come from the Brownings . |
| 19 | Would n't heterosexual women have tired in the end , of explaining why Marx ignored women and how rape was the result of capitalist oppression , and found less contrived answers ? |
| 20 | These are reasons for recording rather than simply performing to the class but would n't audio recording do just as well ? |
| 21 | Would n't both sexes miss it , if flirting were outlawed ? |
| 22 | Why would n't these feelings go away ? |
| 23 | Would n't American distributors welcome the opportunity to diversify their product range with some little English films ? |
| 24 | So I said would n't some lights look nice in here ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why ca n't bloody rabbits come and eat my lawns ? ’ |
| 26 | Many years ago I worked as a Time and Motion Study ( Work Study ) officer in industry , where the question was always : why ca n't all workers produce the output achieved by the best workers ? |
| 27 | Comments in a personal mini-survey ranged from " I 'm fed up with reading endless puffs for " me too " products " to " why ca n't these people take our readership into account ? " |
| 28 | Ca n't old Shallot have a run of luck ? |
| 29 | Why ca n't this man go off and play with his money elsewhere on a Saturday afternoon ? |
| 30 | Why ca n't this Sebastian look after his own dog ? ’ |