Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How should I not be discovered ? |
| 2 | Maybe not , but in a world of feminists demanding freedom of speech and equality everywhere possible , Why should I not be allowed to present my view ? |
| 3 | ‘ Should she not be consulted ? , |
| 4 | Moving upwards , how could she not be dragged down by the truth about Daisy ? |
| 5 | But she would n't go , and in any case might she not be misunderstood , ill-treated , and all my fault ? |
| 6 | Henry had not wanted to bring Louisa on the expedition but she had cried to go , and the adults insisted that she not be left behind . |
| 7 | Would she not be allowed to make tea at other times ? |
| 8 | In the central and southern parts where there are Moslems , a pig 's life is easy — because one of the nice things about being an ‘ unclean ’ animal is that , not only can you not be eaten , you are not supposed to be killed , even for raiding crops . |
| 9 | How can you not be moved ? |
| 10 | How can you not be involved ? |
| 11 | So he sa , I said to her well I 'd rather you not be insured with us ! |
| 12 | Why would you not be allowed on the phone . |
| 13 | Why can we not be told ? |
| 14 | Could we not be told that after Wellesley 's magnificent Arabian charger , Diomed , left him by a brother officer killed in a squalid duel , was piked at Assaye he insisted he should be nursed back to fitness and not put down like the other wounded horses ? |
| 15 | Now howsoever the procuration of funeral , the manner of buriall , the pompe of obsequies , bee rather comforts to the living , then helpes to the dead ; and although all these ceremonies be despised by our parents on their death-beds , yet should they not be neglected by us their children , or nearest of kindred , upon their interments . |
| 16 | Yes but could they not be brainwashed if you like into thinking well there 's nothing much wrong there is n't such a thing as evil |
| 17 | Why should they not be aired on the Floor of the House ? |
| 18 | Surely these workers are provided with Health and Safety equipment and should they not be made to wear them by someone in authority ? |
| 19 | Of his specific criticisms , he cautioned , ‘ It 's absolutely vital that they not be taken out of context ’ and that every ‘ significant ’ matter was ‘ satisfactorily resolved ’ and that he consistently blessed IBM with clean audit opinions . |
| 20 | If resources are to be used to increase pensions , should they not be used to target those in greatest need , rather than spreading across the board and benefiting both rich and poor ? |
| 21 | Should they not be paid salaries which accord with the status of the jobs that they perform ? |
| 22 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 23 | Should they not be investigated as a special category of people affected ? |
| 24 | If people are honoured for risking their lives in the not obviously useful pursuit of speed records and mountains to climb , why should they not be encouraged to do so in more worthwhile causes ? |
| 25 | But why can they not be reused , redefined , in new contexts — ‘ effects ’ , for instance , as ‘ shocks ’ ? |
| 26 | Let it not be said that the government rushes into legislation without consultation . |
| 27 | The question to be asked then is , given that women are unlike Jesus of Nazareth in the form of their humanity , may it not be said that a woman baptized into Christ is not differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ ? |
| 28 | Let it not be said we do n't have any standards in this office . |
| 29 | Could it not be said the overwhelming factor of modern life is the apathy amongst the majority of its members , which should engender concern regarding the way government is designed ? |
| 30 | But could it not be argued that the RSPCA , and others who carry out such a praiseworthy activity , are interfering with the natural selection process ? |