Example sentences of "do we not [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Not only do we not talk about death , but we do everything we can to hide it from view and pretend that mortality is just a myth .
2 Not only do we not get from the Enlightenment an understanding of human nature that is under the curse of the fall , neither do we get a true understanding of men and women made in the image of God .
3 Therefore , before any policy conclusions are drawn from the figures recently published , do we not need to be sure ( i ) that we can predict with some success which defendants are likely ( at more than 50 per cent .
4 What it comes down to is do we , or do we not approve of killing animals for fun do we approve of allowing a pack of dogs to hunt an animal to its death .
5 In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria .
6 Why do we not hear of the Government 's estimates , even of their own proposals , never mind the MacSharry proposals ?
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