Example sentences of "[vb mod] not a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was questioned by members of the parish council ; if the area behind the post office is to be used for staff parking , should not a separate planning application to this effect be made ? |
| 2 | Why should not a little boy with a feminine side play dollies with the girls ? |
| 3 | Others have been suggested : to prevent the conduct of government business being unduly hampered and delayed by ‘ excessive ’ litigation ; to reduce the risk that civil servants will behave in over-cautious and unhelpful ways in dealing with citizens for fear of being sued if things go wrong ; to ration scarce judicial resources ; to ensure that the argument on the merits is presented in the best possible way , by a person with a real interest in presenting it ( but quality of presentation and personal interest do not always go together ) ; to ensure that people do not meddle paternalistically in the affairs of others ( query : can representative applicants be accused of this ? ) ; to ensure that the applicant has a personal interest not just an ideological concern in the outcome ( but , query , may not a genuine concern for the interests of others be neither purely personal nor purely ideological ? ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Why may not a whole estate be thrown into a kind of garden ? ’ asked Joseph Addison in 1712 . |
| 5 | Could not a similar method be adopted within the Palace of Westminster ? |
| 6 | What could not a miracle-working saint achieve for the future glory of Ramsey ? |
| 7 | Could not a free seaman in Port Philip properly have taken full advantage of a seller 's market ? |
| 8 | And even if the ‘ caretaker ’ solution is still disliked , would not a strong argument in its favour be that the automatic selection of the ‘ caretaker ’ by virtue of his position preordained either by the stricken Prime Minister or ( in the case of a Labour government ) by his position as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party mean that that selection would keep the Queen above the party infighting , and overall would ensure that the royal prerogative of choice of a new Prime Minister in this context would have no part to play ? |
| 9 | Would not a massive increase of jobs ensure that training be integrated to economic revival and be more productive in finding work ? |
| 10 | As the Minister does not deny that there are enough women from which to choose , would not a little concentration on that issue , and the provision of targets so that we can all see what is going on , be very welcome ? |