Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since petrochemicals are , by definition , derived from crude oil or gas , must not the concept of a secure supply base also embrace these ? |
| 2 | Should not the Government enforce the statutory responsibilities of local authorities ? |
| 3 | If I am correct , should not the Institute , although not a company , also have regard to s 245 of the Companies Act ? |
| 4 | Why should not the greatest Romanian in history imitate him ? |
| 5 | So should not the law be changed immediately to prevent the likes of Dr Cox ending up in the dock ? |
| 6 | At any rate , should not the New Testament material be studied critically and carefully with these questions in mind ? |
| 7 | If teachers can not be trusted to organise schools in the interests of their pupils , should not the state restrict their autonomy ? |
| 8 | The question therefore arises that if the system or the people operating it are not effective , should not the whole organisation be scrapped ? |
| 9 | If the principle is accepted that the Audit Commission appoints private sector auditors of health and local authorities , why should not the C & AG appoint the auditors of the nationalized industries and other public bodies ? |
| 10 | ‘ If I may venture , ’ said Earl Robert deprecatingly , ‘ why should not the oracle that has spoken of two brothers be asked to send us a further sign ? |
| 11 | If the precedent sale was at the request of the defendant , who later made the express promise of the guarantee , why should not the guarantee have been enforceable under Lampleigh v. Brathwait ? |
| 12 | Should not the Minister introduce video recording of all interrogations ? |
| 13 | Bearing in mind the figures and the fact that French farmers regularly burn lorry loads of English lamb and Italian grapes with complete impunity and that it is not possible for an English lorry firm to go to Germany and to load up with goods to bring back to the United Kingdom , should not the European Community try to walk before it tries to run ? |
| 14 | However , given the claim of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in response to the hon. Member for Ealing , North ( Mr. Greenway ) , about lower inflation , should not the Chancellor have a little more regard for board rooms where , in the balance between optimism and pessimism , the state of opinion remains distinctly negative , than for the exigencies of the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 15 | Instead of indulging in sterile exchanges of statistics across the Chamber , should not the House decide whether the level of investment in this country is adequate to ensure that our manufacturing base can compete against other countries ? |
| 16 | Should not the Government act with similar urgency to remedy that situation ? |
| 17 | Should not the Government grasp that opportunity ? |
| 18 | Should not the Chancellor hang his head in shame and resign now , and let the Labour party get on with bringing this country back to the richness that it deserves ? |
| 19 | Should not the right hon. Gentleman now apologise for the false promises that he made in 1991 ? |
| 20 | Should not the Minister give mineworkers an apology ? |
| 21 | Since that is nothing short of a swindle , should not the Minister stop it ? |
| 22 | Should not the Labour party occasionally pause and think before announcing ridiculous objectives which would cost so many British jobs ? |
| 23 | Should not the priority be investment to improve the quality of services ? |
| 24 | Should not the Government be considering places where rail and air communications are poor and where the reduction in the defence programme is causing employment problems ? |
| 25 | Bearing in mind the millions of pounds that the Government raised from privatisations — the selling of the family silver — and all the money that has been raked into the Treasury , should not the Economic Secretary stand at the Dispatch Box and apologise for the economic mess in which the Government have landed this country ? |
| 26 | Should not the costs of check-up tests and the associated costs be scrapped ? |
| 27 | Should not the money be used instead to deal with rapists , murderers and muggers in my constituency and in other parts of Greater London today ? |
| 28 | Should not the regulator ensure that the extra costs for higher cost plant are not passed to consumers ? |
| 29 | Is not THORP capable of destroying the world , and should not the Minister show some courage as well as some sense and phase out plutonium production ? |
| 30 | Should not every employee have that right and should not the Government therefore scrap the two-year rule , or are the Government determined to keep up their sweat-shop policies , contrary to what is happening in the rest of Europe ? |