Example sentences of "do not the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Do not the Secretary of State 's earlier answers make it clear that his vision of Britain in the future is a low-wage economy with the worst employment conditions in Europe ? |
2 | Do not the members of the Government Front Bench think that my remarks are important ? |
3 | Do not the problems of the third world , which is still suffering economic deprivation , need to be addressed ? |
4 | If they do not the court may hold a rule invalid . |
5 | Do not the upholders of law have daily experience of the fact that the greedy society so desired by Conservative Members must inevitably be a bad one ? |
6 | Why do not the Bishops of England and Wales sit down and ask themselves why there is a shortage of priests , why there are not many vocations , and why laity are lapsing in numbers , including many young people ? |
7 | Devolution may in due course come to Northern Ireland , but before it arrives do not the Government have it in their power , at a stroke , to restore some degree of democracy to the people of Ulster by establishing a Select Committee ? |
8 | Do not the Government need to give more attention to devising a regional strategy within Europe ? |
9 | Why do not the Government copy Labour 's policy of supporting our police forces by substantially increasing the number of bobbies on the beat in a self-financing fashion ? |
10 | Why do not the Government even now get rid of the tax concessions for private health insurance and put the £60 million saved straight into fighting cancer ? |
11 | Why do not the Government abolish the whole damn lot and give the people a free run for Christmas ? |
12 | of total local government expenditure , why do not the Government pay 100 per cent. ? |
13 | Why do not the Government abolish local rates in Scotland and pay a 100 per cent . |
14 | Why do not the Government set up — as the Labour party will when it takes office in a few months — a national crime prevention council to co-ordinate the work of all the Departments of state in crime prevention ? |
15 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
16 | Do not the figures reveal that those independent oil analysts who , in the early and middle 1980s , forecast a substantial depletion of United Kingdom resources in the early 1990s got it wrong ? |
17 | Do not the figures given by my hon. Friend underline the point that many pensioners are well off — and we welcome that — and that that is a justification of the Government 's policy of targeting extra help on those who really need it ? |
18 | Do not the figures also herald the demise of the flying pickets , rent-a-mobs , people with crowbars , people who fire ball bearings at horses and place cheesewire across the throats of horses and people who drop concrete slabs off bridges , all of which would stop inward investment into the United Kingdom ? |
19 | Do not the figures show that the Government are committed to the scheme ? |
20 | I mean I may have been being a bit naive as a general sort of , just a rep within NALGO , I 'm not I 'm not , although I 've had all the publicity , and yes I 'm , sometimes you do not the course . |
21 | Do not the Scots realise that with better techniques , new medical discoveries and more efficacious drugs many more people would be treated if only the health service were to change ? |
22 | Do not the ghosts of the drowned |
23 | But if the second view is accurate do not the rogues become another clear instance of transgression contained , of a subculture which has internalized the structures and values of the dominant culture ? |
24 | Do not the Opposition remember what happened in Scotland when properties there were revalued ? |
25 | Precisely because ‘ paying your own way ’ is seen as the socially acceptable thing to do , where some do this and others do not the non-payers distinguish themselves as undeserving or in receipt of special favours . |
26 | If they do not the risks are considerable as decisions may be made without the benefit of comprehensive observations and specialist experience . |
27 | The ‘ appearance ’ is of the wall stopping just as it reaches the board ; but do not the input systems deliver up the information that the wall continues behind the occluder ? |
28 | And they do n't the T Q M stuff 'll be er I do n't know what we 're gon na do with that . |
29 | An and you do n't the tune to play , no ? |
30 | ‘ Why do n't the engineers at Rolls-Royce boycott the engines ? ’ they asked . |