Example sentences of "[modal v] not [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should not Germany now make a grant of this land to the nascent Eurofed ? |
| 2 | Should not Greece be fearful ? |
| 3 | Should not John Major have taken the opportunity to cut away more of the dead wood from among the cabinet 's other 20 members ? |
| 4 | If Richard was to step into his dead brother 's shoes then why should not John — for as yet John was still Lackland — step into Richard 's shoes ? |
| 5 | Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title , why should not Pilate have been doing so as well ? |
| 6 | May not Lenin have reacted in private in a way not so dissimilar from Stalin 's overt and more violent reaction to political opposition in Georgia in the same year ? |
| 7 | Samuel Sharp in his History of Stamford of 1847 says : ‘ It is most likely … that certain localities … were set apart by the Druids for the assemblage of their pupils and disciples : and why may not Stamford be one of these ? ’ |
| 8 | You may not GOTO a line which is outside the current FOR … |
| 9 | Might not Jesus himself have been rather different from the picture given of him in the gospels and the subsequent teaching of the church ? |
| 10 | Well I might not Peter 's entire office dip switch Trev . |
| 11 | And might not Bénezet have passed on all his gleanings to Rémy , as he did to you ? |
| 12 | Worse , might not Aunt Louise herself have known of the plan and have colluded in it , so that Celia might escape , freed of responsibility , into a new life abroad ? |
| 13 | Might not St Paul or Thomas Aquinas raise an eyebrow at the idea that their views continue to be cited , given the knowledge which we now have about the origin of humankind or the biological relation of woman to man ? l6 |
| 14 | Might not Derek Pringle 's participation in the World cup final with the help of a cortisone injection have been at the risk of permanent damage to himself| ? |
| 15 | ‘ Say Markham is paying Wheeler or Wheeler is paying Markham for services rendered and say Paul was implicated either way , might not Rosamund know about it , if it involved money going into or out of any of Wheeler 's accounts ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Could not Joan de Warenne , my half-sister , go to the Tower in my stead ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 18 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 19 | We welcome the security that the present orders offer to 1994-95 , but would not Harland and Wolff 's future , as well as that of other British shipyards , be better secured if we were to adopt the policy of new build for Britain 's merchant fleet and thus ensure that shipyards throughout the United Kingdom employ our people and that our seamen have jobs to go to ? |
| 20 | If they were , would not Blanche have said so ? |
| 21 | ‘ Disguised as Anne Duchess of York , would not Joan de Warenne have free passage 'twixt Tower and outside world — and thus be a carrier of messages and information ? ’ |
| 22 | And if she is there , will not Joan de Warenne be there also … ? |
| 23 | Because of the Government 's apparent lack of enthusiasm for all things European , and their determination to go along a slow track , will not Scotland lose out again without any chance of the central bank being cited in Glasgow or Edinburgh ? |
| 24 | Will not CBI ( Scotland ) take a dim view of the Government 's decision to opt out of a commitment to the single currency ? |