Example sentences of "they [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , not only will they not go together , but also German unification will perhaps slow EMU down . |
| 2 | Did they not bother ? |
| 3 | Students are also able to extend their course to take extra credits should they not meet degree requirements within the standard three or four years , again by returning part-time . |
| 4 | Why , then , do they not do more for small business and look again at legislation on the late payment of debt ? |
| 5 | Women attended funerals in I s did they not do it in Evay ? |
| 6 | Do they not do it on a Thursday ? |
| 7 | If he was hanging in a slaughterhouse , then might they not choose to use the implements of the slaughterer on him ? |
| 8 | Might they not think it more sensible to throw in their lot with their fellow Germans west of the Elbe , who know as much about running a liberal capitalist society as anybody , and have abundant reserves of capital , not to speak of generous welfare benefits ? |
| 9 | And why could they not worship with everyone else ? |
| 10 | Ageing presents not only a medical problem , but also an evolutionary paradox : if organisms can function well in youth , why can they not continue to do so in old age ? |
| 11 | and quite honestly , I think they not only do they not bring them up to do , I mean useful like that , but I thought Ken 's his family never showed any affection any warmth , any caring , any love , and I would do anything for anyone if they just say thank you , but with Ken |
| 12 | It is clear from thinking in Brussels and Paris that their views on international trade owe more to Friedrich List than to Adam Smith , although it is always surprising that they bemoan their countries ' so-called tutelage to the United States and at the same time attack the liberal economic policies which lie at the root of American power : why do they not realise that they should adopt economic liberalism as well ? |
| 13 | Do they not realise what would happen to a young couple who bought a terraced cottage that had a traditionally low rateable value ? |
| 14 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 15 | And thirdly , his world contained a great number of Christian knights , professional warriors , lords of unrule : if he could but find a holy cause , a just war , God 's war , for them to engage in outside the frontiers of Europe , what might they not achieve , what peace might not come to Christendom ? |
| 16 | Did they not tell you that you might be held ? |
| 17 | Did they not tell you that ? |
| 18 | Did they not tell each other ? |
| 19 | Did they not feel the pressure of hopes raised , of hungry naked children waiting for them to move their pens ? |
| 20 | Do they not feel any personal responsibility ? |
| 21 | Why , for example , did they not make more of the greater physique and technique of their battle-hardened pack ? |
| 22 | I am not convinced that this issue should be on the political agenda at all , not at this time , not at any time , in fact I am pretty convinced that this is a Tory agenda , a media agenda , why they do they not want to talk about crooks and spivs that support them , that donate thousands of pounds into their coffers ? |
| 23 | My Lord Mayor , how could they not throw out their socialist ideology when so many Labour Councillors , Labour Councillors , were buying , and some in this very Chamber , were indeed buying their own Council house . |
| 24 | Why did they not give tea parties for their own men ( if they were able to find any ) ? |
| 25 | Why did they not give her toys to play with ? |
| 26 | What about the cattle which our bird and animal loving army allows to graze on the latter , or do they not matter ? |
| 27 | If the present article can not answer every question raised by Carse , it will answer this one : ‘ did they [ at the Opéra ] or did they not beat time with a baton throughout the whole opera ? ’ ( p.311 ) . |
| 28 | What do they not show ? |
| 29 | Do they not tend to get sick rapidly with a very high fever , a vigorous illness which puts them in bed ? |
| 30 | As museums keep asking for more public money , should they not heed public opinion , which is that works of art exist to be seen and should not be stashed away in cellars but should be got up and out and on view ? |