Example sentences of "it not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it not mean that preparers of accounts and auditors can never satisfy the market 's reasonable expectations ? |
| 2 | But if , as Thorez implied , the Vietnamese and French Communist Parties should work together , would it not mean that the campaign for national liberation would have to be abandoned ? |
| 3 | Why does it not defecate from the tree tops as monkeys and squirrels do ? |
| 4 | Let it not bear the traces of work , the traces of time . |
| 5 | Cos it 's a fungus could it not spread from my shoes ? |
| 6 | If a larger bird is low in the queue , why does it not displace the bird at the head ? |
| 7 | If to encourage recycling , should it not reflect the relative cost to industry of switching from virgin to recycled materials ? |
| 8 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 9 | Not only does it not create metal filings and a sharp burr on the outside of the pipe ( as does a hacksaw ) , but it also gives a neat square finish to the end of the pipe . |
| 10 | That shut them up and should it not do the same to we miserable sinners today ? |
| 11 | ( If government would support a veterinary school in Edinburgh , why did it not do so in London , or was it simply not asked ? ) . |
| 12 | Will the Minister confirm that the Government will take the necessary steps — if necessary through Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution — to ensure that PowerGen complies with its commitment to retrofit 4 GW of coal burn should it not do so voluntarily ? |
| 13 | Or does it not do it ? |
| 14 | Does it not do . |
| 15 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 16 | Q : If Johnson Brothers moves upmarket , will it not encroach on Wedgwood mid-priced markets ? |
| 17 | Would it not continue to need the hard currency and expertise which a westernised Hong Kong attracted ? |
| 18 | Teacher : Why will it not float if the stone is in , Gary ? |
| 19 | But might it not draw you and Peter together ? ’ |
| 20 | Does it not presuppose man 's progress from primitive to sophisticated ways of life , and does it not suggest on the basis of a progressive increase of ahi sā a movement from a less good to a better form of life ? |
| 21 | Indeed they would have argued — and perhaps with some justice — that theirs was a more refined branch of the art : for did it not demand to a quite exceptional degree a sense of the romance of the past and a feeling for an evocative relic ? |
| 22 | yes , but is the insurance not , does it not cover people in the premises outside office time . |
| 23 | Would it not make a difference if one identified experience , not with some disposition to overt behaviour , but with the ‘ behaviour ’ of the brain as it ‘ discriminates ’ the various sorts of stimuli within the nervous system ? |
| 24 | Does it not make a lot of sense because it rings true to our experience ? |
| 25 | But then , if that were so , why did it not make her happy ? |
| 26 | ‘ And did it not make good sense to tell Rober' what is going on ? ’ |
| 27 | Would it not make a wonderful detecting trip to retrace the fellow 's footsteps and survey the ground once denied to us ? |
| 28 | And does it not make the time problem even worse ? |
| 29 | Given the success in getting the Israelis and Palestinians round the table , would it not make more sense for the Government to right that wrong and ensure that , during our presidency from July onwards , we talk directly to the PLO ? |
| 30 | Would it not make more sense to have a moratorium on pit closures in the interests of jobs , the balance of payments and European energy conservation ? |