Example sentences of "[modal v] n't the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should n't the women of Greenham be treated like the heroines fighting for freedom in Romania ? ’ |
| 2 | I want to turn this right round because a couple of people have mentioned guilt and er I I suspect that one of the reasons that women are a bit worried about talking about depression or or campaigning for changes in policy , or more funding , or or whatever , is that for a long time women have been thought of as the weaker sex , more emotional , more nervous , by a , a a male establishment , I 'm talking about past centuries , is n't there a case for saying there 's actually we have a right to be depressed , I mean , obviously it 's normal , ninety three of you get depressed from time to time , the majority of you do n't think you clinically depressive if it is , if it 's normal to be depressed should n't the services to cope with depression , if we need outside help , be there and there 's no shame in it ? |
| 3 | We have worked out the club will earn a minimum of £4m and a maximum of £6m , so why should n't the players have their share . |
| 4 | Should n't the children be allowed to go home ? |
| 5 | If it 's been lost at sea , then why should n't the Iranians believe it ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Could n't the gnomes do something ? ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ Why could n't the police have helped you ? ’ |
| 8 | Could n't the men do more ? ’ |
| 9 | What would n't the residents of , say Ormesby , a once lovely village now totally swamped by Teesside , give to recapture the tranquillity portrayed in Gordon 's appealing pages ? |
| 10 | ‘ Would n't the cannons — ‘ |
| 11 | And would n't the children go wild , when they came over ? |
| 12 | Would n't the medications used affect the beneficial bacteria ? |
| 13 | Well , there are three million people in the U K who suffer from asthma , and about forty percent of that number , er I , I ca n't do the fi , ca n't the figures either , er are allergic to dust mites . |
| 14 | ‘ Why ca n't the idiots pray somewhere else ? ’ he said . |
| 15 | Ca n't the monsters too ? ’ |
| 16 | Superintendent Roger Arnold said : ‘ We 'll try to find the owner but if we ca n't the boys could end up keeping their catch . ’ |
| 17 | oh I ca n't the diggers over there and that 's the dipper |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't the police do anything ? ’ |
| 19 | And then we as the form teacher sits why ca n't the kids look at the reports as well ? |
| 20 | ‘ But wo n't the snow-ploughs clear it ? ’ |
| 21 | And why wo n't the men vote for me ? |
| 22 | Excuse me , do wo n't the schoolchildren asked at one stage |
| 23 | ‘ Wo n't the police still be in your place ? ’ |