Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this he wound up by attacking Anglo-Catholics and ‘ Nonconformist ritualism ’ : why , he asked , should only ministers with their ‘ little May meeting bag ’ administer the Lord 's Supper : why not any Christian man or woman ? |
| 2 | Why — unless perhaps we are closet retributivists or reductivists — should not offenders simply be formally denounced with words and ceremony and then set free ? |
| 3 | Should not judges be able to decide what award is justified ? |
| 4 | To be sure , the vocabulary for defining such rhythmical effects is yet to seek ; but should not critics apply themselves to seeking and finding that vocabulary , instead of pursuing semantic and allusive niceties ? |
| 5 | If it is indeed the case that time is used least economically in those subjects to which most time is allocated ( see Table 4.1 ) , should not schools , LEAs ( and indeed the NCC and DES ) took afresh at their assumptions about how much time these subjects ( that is , the National Curriculum core subjects ) really need ? |
| 6 | Should not consumers who are concerned about the welfare implications of intensive laying systems be able to shop accordingly ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why should not Englishmen arm themselves ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | But he added : ‘ Should further violations of the no-fly zone occur , the resolution requires all necessary measures to be taken to secure compliance . |
| 9 | Along what lines should further steps be made ? |
| 10 | He says they can get rid of the conditions that cause crime and that must more jobs , more hope and less despair . |
| 11 | Why , after all , should public bodies be specially protected from the grievances of citizens who feel strongly enough to litigate ? |
| 12 | And so I decided that this was rather an unfair situation — why should n't women be able to do what a man did ? |
| 13 | Why should n't tramps sleep in cafés ? |
| 14 | Audrey Wise should n't fathers pay their |
| 15 | Should n't fathers pay their share and not exc er expect the state to provide for their children ? |
| 16 | Well then should n't fathers think about it before they produce the children ? |
| 17 | Should n't producers have welcomed the society 's aspiration to fertilize British film ideas and draw new talent into the cinema ? |
| 18 | But why should n't feminists play with language for political ends ? |
| 19 | ’ Why should n't celebrities get something out of it ? |
| 20 | Should n't targets always be set high so that we should have something to aim at ? |
| 21 | Why , for example , should n't individuals respond to a hostile report or misinformed letter in a local newspaper ? |
| 22 | Further , in response to the growing impression given to the public by the highest in the land that repudiation of the marriage vows is acceptable , ought not cardinals , archbishops and Christian leaders in general abandon their fears of seeming ‘ judgmental ’ ? |
| 23 | What might further investigations yield ? |
| 24 | The union found it impossible to enforce the strike — even flying pickets could not police hundreds of separate farms . |
| 25 | I think you have to evolve , develop quite a lot of detective sense , to meet people , to imagine where could further letters be that would help me , and you have to charm your way virtually into those houses , and persuade the people erm to let you look at Grandfather 's letters in the trunk in the attic . |
| 26 | It described how there had been a fifty percent increase in food poisoning cases in district year and then it went on to say that it , it was largely , it was thought that that increase was largely because of the increased publicity which the council had been given hygiene training , and saying how many people had been trained , and how the Health Committee was being asked to provide more resources so there could more courses even , even more courses in the following year . |
| 27 | And they could n't sticks |
| 28 | Could n't men stop being so right on ? |
| 29 | Why could n't men just be faithful ? |
| 30 | Could even eels live in this cheerless commercial conduit ? |