Example sentences of "does [not/n't] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Does not he think it right that all such pensioners should receive compensation when they have lost so much pension due to his complacency and reprehensible laxity ?
2 Does not he think that we are a bad example to tell people to act through the United Nations when we as a Government have failed to do so ?
3 Does not he feel ashamed of that ?
4 Does not he feel that unwise comments such as those that he made do not help an already difficult situation ?
5 Why does not he tell Russia and the other former Soviet Union countries that we want them to get rid of nuclear weapons ?
6 Why does not he admit that since last year 's Budget more than 500,000 people have been added to the dole queue ?
7 In view of that , does not he owe many thousands of families in Britain a personal apology ?
8 Why does not he give freedom to the people of Scotland to move about without dipping into their pockets ?
9 But does not he realise that throughout Scotland he and his cronies are seen as a ’ wee parcel of rogues in a nation who were bought and sold for English gold ’ ?
10 Does not he realise that there is a serious danger of recreating the student ferment of 1969 ?
11 Does not he realise that , in making his announcement , he has , to some extent , signed his political death warrant ?
12 If the right hon. and learned Gentleman believes in that vital sector of our economy , why does not he take measures to increase investment ?
13 Why does not he take his head out of the sand and understand Scotland 's problems ?
14 Does not he recognise that it is a broadly based representative body in which it was open to the Conservative party to participate and that for him to call now for a debate , once its work is completed , is extraordinary ?
15 Does not he fill in every word from cover to cover ?
16 The Prime Minister wants to bribe , they want to build — why does not he listen to them ?
17 Why does not he direct more of his roads bribes money towards the provision of better buses ?
18 ‘ Since there is speculation and King Richard must surely be aware of it , why does not he let the princes be seen ? ’ she asked uneasily .
19 Does not he have some regard for them ?
20 Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ?
21 As Leader of the House , does not he have a responsibility to the whole House ?
22 If the hon. Gentleman thinks that it is not , why does not he have the courage to stand up and say so ?
23 Does not he understand the impact that that will have on British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce ?
24 Does not he understand that it is action , not words , that the elderly , sick and disabled of Britain require of him ?
25 Why does not he address the problem seriously and put real money into solving it — or will he continue to opt out and sell out , just as the Prime Minister did for the country in Maastricht yesterday ?
26 Does not it also prove , as my hon. Friend the Member for Davyhulme ( Mr. Churchill ) said , that the Conservative Government are spending more on the health service and does not it nail the falsehoods repeatedly advanced by the Opposition ?
27 But look a little more deeply and you will see that something else has happened too ; if a number of people have gone down with the cold , does not it mean that a number of people have not gone down with the cold ?
28 Does not it mean that we are the party of hot money , not hot air ?
29 Does not it give us cause to fear clause 5 ?
30 ‘ Why does n't he go and buy them ? ’
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