Example sentences of "why do [pers pn] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do we not throw off this hangover of socialism and instead celebrate a free enterprise day , a British export day or , better still , a low taxation day ? |
| 2 | Why do we not offer discounts for full payment ? |
| 3 | Why do we not mimic the professionals or their caddies in other areas of the game ? |
| 4 | If the purpose is to protect the individual , why do we not sign the European social charter , as every other country is prepared to do ? |
| 5 | Why do we not start talking about some of our successes ? |
| 6 | Why do we not hear of the Government 's estimates , even of their own proposals , never mind the MacSharry proposals ? |
| 7 | Why do we not add them to the list of axioms given above ? |
| 8 | Why do we not insist that presuppositions be proved too ? |
| 9 | Why do we not query everything , even the act of querying itself ? |
| 10 | Why do we not have his intellectual contribution to this debate ? |
| 11 | So why do we not see more Killies in dealers ' tanks ? |
| 12 | Why do we not say that each of the syllables ‘ is ’ and ‘ it ’ carries a level tone ? |
| 13 | Why do we not take yesterday as the causal circumstance for last night ? |
| 14 | It is clear from thinking in Brussels and Paris that their views on international trade owe more to Friedrich List than to Adam Smith , although it is always surprising that they bemoan their countries ' so-called tutelage to the United States and at the same time attack the liberal economic policies which lie at the root of American power : why do they not realise that they should adopt economic liberalism as well ? |
| 15 | How and why do British people participate in politics — and why do they not participate ? |
| 16 | Why t why c why do they not communicate upwards and I think essentially people it in subordinate positions are about managing the impressions others have of them and tend to believe the notion , no matter how true it is , that er that organisations may have a shoot the messenger philosophy , yes ? |
| 17 | Why do they not have the guts to tackle their own Government about cuts in services ? |
| 18 | Why do the Government still refuse to endorse the principle of freedom of information , and why do they not agree to support the freedom of information Bill which will shortly be brought before the House ? |
| 19 | Why do you not want our own place ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why do you not want to tell your parents ? ’ |
| 21 | Why do you not realise that it has to be stopped , and that you 're the ones to do it ! |
| 22 | Why do you not recognize us ? |
| 23 | Why do you not suggest that brides , or their mothers , make their dresses ? |
| 24 | ‘ Then why do you not go to bed ? ’ |
| 25 | Why do you not go to a provincial university meantime , and perhaps win a scholarship to Oxford from there ? |
| 26 | But why do you not tell the authorities , petition the Council ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why do you not speak to Chambers ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ As you voted for me , ’ he told that turbulent Labour MP , ‘ why do you not support my authority or at least let me know beforehand what you intend to do ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why do you not vent your crusading zeal in an article for the Star ? ’ he asked . |
| 30 | Why do you not understand my needs as a woman ? |