Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the latter case , could the GP not have discussed this with the individual first ? why resort to possible compulsory powers ? |
| 2 | Does the li does the light not hurt your eye ! |
| 3 | A similar horror sends back the chorus far from their supposedly civilized city into a desert past where April would be again the cruellest month , as they pray ‘ let the spring not come . |
| 4 | However the homoeopathic physician will also administer a remedy , as well as giving a prescription for the antibiotic , with instructions that should the remedy not have worked within an hour or two , the antibiotic should be obtained . |
| 5 | The Whip is an aid to reinforce the leg aid should the horse not respond . |
| 6 | If the referees ' confidential comments disagree with their comments to the author then they are denying the authors useful feedback ; if both sets of comments agree should the editor not have to justify why they have been overruled ? |
| 7 | So why does the Institute not get on with its major responsibility ? |
| 8 | Yet , if this is so , why did the accident not happen earlier ? |
| 9 | Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here . |
| 10 | The question must be this : Why does the devil not allow his ‘ prophets ’ to be right all the time ? |
| 11 | I ask on behalf of my party , and of small business people in particular : why do the Government not take the steps that could be taken in an enterprise economy , without nationalisation and corporatism , to revive our service and manufacturing industries ? |
| 12 | Why do the Government not come off it ? |
| 13 | Could the government not spend the money better now that the Soviet Union , the last obvious threat to Swiss independence , has gone away ? |
| 14 | Finally , why will the Government not allow the extra European funds to be spent in the coalfields to make up for the jobs that have been lost ? |
| 15 | Why do the Government not act on the huge injustices currently affecting business people , such as original lessee liability ? |
| 16 | There are , of course , one or two insurance companies who offer an insurance scheme that avoids the need to make the payment of any deposit , but that , upon payment of a premium , provides a guarantee to the seller 's conveyancer that should the transaction not proceed , then the appropriate 10% will be made available in the course of forfeiture becoming a legal possibility under the terms of the contract . |
| 17 | Why does the farmer not switch to another retailer ? |
| 18 | Why did the farmer not let his servants pull out the darnel in the Parable of the Darnel ? |
| 19 | She briefly wondered if it was perhaps the work of Earth Reptiles , but swiftly dismissed the idea , since not only did the style not match theirs , but there was no sign of their hibernation hives . |
| 20 | Why did the man not shout for me to stop , to give myself up ? |
| 21 | ‘ Did the man not have any family , dad ? ’ |
| 22 | In April 1861 even the head of the Third Department thought that the regime would be forced to grant a constitution , but he added that " not only would the emperor not make up his mind to assent to the gradual introduction of constitutional forms , but he had even spoken out firmly against it very recently and had evidently not changed his mind on the question " . |
| 23 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 24 | Could the scheme not do as much for other underestimated residents ? |
| 25 | But why does the otter not take advantage of this sense of security to launch an attack ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why do the English not like salt ? ’ asked Eric Chevalier , chef at the beautiful Auberge du Val au Cesne , just south of Yvetot , where we were under his instruction on a Normandy Cookery Break . |
| 27 | do the Biro not do it using actors now then as well ? |
| 28 | Why does the Minister not talk reality about the city technology colleges ? |
| 29 | Given the comments of the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , when he was Secretary of State for the Environment , that national parks were the jewels in the crown , does the Minister not think it fair that that should apply to the entire United Kingdom , not least to my constituency which contains Loch Lomond which is facing ecological disaster as a result of the political intransigence of the blockheads in the Scottish Office in Edinburgh ? |
| 30 | Does the Minister not think it unfair to spend £7 million on a city technology college in Bradford , when that amount equals the sum spent on the nearly 300 publicly owned schools in Bradford ? |