Example sentences of "[det] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does this not silence them ? |
| 2 | But does this not mean that God has to be affected by what happens in the world and that the challenges and frustrations which the world 's freedom continually presents to Him force ever new responses from Him , so that He is continually changing ? |
| 3 | Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing ; if it is not , does this not mean that revenue finance ( taxation ) is unnecessarily high ? |
| 4 | The fault element for many serious offences is intent or recklessness : why should this not suffice for murder ? |
| 5 | If workers are given jobs for life or if their wages are linked to age and seniority does this not make for a much less flexible labour market ? |
| 6 | Is it not extraordinary therefore that in the United States where there is the most rapid growth of technology and of productivity , there are no government training schemes and does this not make a nonsense of the opposition 's repeated claim that government training schemes are the way forward ? |
| 7 | Does this not suggest that the concept of a nation divided between Conservatives ( 43 per cent ) and anti-Conservatives ( the rest ) is meaningless mathematics ? |
| 8 | Only in our passion did this not suggest itself to me as mean retention on his part . |
| 9 | But does this not leave babies with an awful lot to do for themselves ? |
| 10 | A question that puzzled some followers of Zarathustra in later times was that , if Ohrmazd was all-powerful and so destined to overthrow Ahriman , why did this not happen immediately , so that the world would have been spared all the suffering caused by the conflict between them ? |
| 11 | Why does this not follow ? |
| 12 | Does this not constitute a radically different form of theism from that practised by the Near Eastern religions ? |
| 13 | Should this not read : ‘ We are determined to bring unemployment down , and we will , but just do n't hold your breath ’ ? |
| 14 | Not only does this not provide for a period of professional consolidation , but the students additionally have concern for their continuing employment . |
| 15 | But if some existing races could be shown to be closer to the apes than others , would this not prove their inferiority ? |
| 16 | Would this not indicate a greater love of dogma than a love of man ? |
| 17 | If the researcher is seen as connected with the authority structures of the institution , will this not have some effect on the behaviour of those being observed ? |
| 18 | If the Government do introduce the order , will that not mean that the 5 million liability orders already granted and the 200 imprisonments that have already been made are illegal ? |
| 19 | ‘ Does that not show how trivial it is to a man ? ’ |
| 20 | Does that not show that the Government 's policies over the years have been courageous ? |
| 21 | Does that not show how wrong the Government are ? |
| 22 | Okay with education of children , does that not crop up on this ? |
| 23 | Will that not go on |
| 24 | Does that not give an absolute lie to the belief that the Opposition are united on Europe ? |
| 25 | Well did that not do any damage to their ribs then ? |
| 26 | If straw is used as a fuel , will that not make it much more expensive to the horse fraternity ? |
| 27 | Does that not satisfy you ? |
| 28 | Does that not prove that we need the parents charter ? |
| 29 | Why might that not work as a , as a idiomatic translation . |
| 30 | Does that not illustrate that no amount of tacky red plastic roses or glossy image-making can disguise the fact that , far from progressing , Labour policy is regressing ? |