Example sentences of "why [modal v] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I may venture , ’ said Earl Robert deprecatingly , ‘ why should not the oracle that has spoken of two brothers be asked to send us a further sign ? |
| 2 | If the precedent sale was at the request of the defendant , who later made the express promise of the guarantee , why should not the guarantee have been enforceable under Lampleigh v. Brathwait ? |
| 3 | We are unable to get addresses of our so it 's word of mouth how we , how we er include , but why should not the employer send to all pensioners and deferred pensioners notices about the associations . |
| 4 | If the principle is accepted that the Audit Commission appoints private sector auditors of health and local authorities , why should not the C & AG appoint the auditors of the nationalized industries and other public bodies ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why should n't the girl do something for her keep ? |
| 6 | ( And why should n't the kind of holism that I am espousing not help to make processes such as mental imagery more intelligible to us — Piaget published a number of experiments on the development of imagery . ) |
| 7 | Why should n't the women of Greenham be treated like the heroines fighting for freedom in Romania ? ’ |
| 8 | Why should n't the case be conducted just on cross-examination , because of cross-examination ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The reverse should also be considered ; that is , why should n't the user feed back into the system so that the system performs in a way that is best for the user ? |
| 11 | Why should n't the producer come here , rather than the band travelling over there ? |
| 12 | and why should n't the health service be privatized ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why should n't the people of Coventry enjoy their football and support a winning team that can finish in the top six at least ? ’ |
| 14 | If it 's been lost at sea , then why should n't the Iranians believe it ? ’ |
| 15 | Why could n't the land be shared amongst those who wanted it ? |
| 16 | Why could n't the boy just keep still and watch the bloody film ? |
| 17 | Why could n't the Empress Matilda see that she was beaten ? |
| 18 | I think it 's very interesting th that you know that has raised this point that you know why could n't the parish council come to us ? |
| 19 | Why could n't the guy loosen up ? |
| 20 | Why could n't the general appreciate that ? |
| 21 | Why could n't the figger choose his own portion of titanic anatomy to shaft ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why could n't the police have helped you ? ’ |
| 23 | Why could n't the woman simply say ‘ womb ’ , Celia thought . |
| 24 | Why would n't the officer in charge tell her what was happening ? |
| 25 | Why would n't the seed pods form on their vines ? ( h.8 ) |
| 26 | The younger actor wanted to rehearse one particular gruelling scene over and over which the ailing Olivier endured until , too ill to go on , he had to give up , complaining , ‘ Why ca n't the boy just act ? |
| 27 | Why ca n't the work be done by Scottish Nuclear staff ? |
| 28 | A senior American diplomat agrees : ‘ If the United States can give Mexico access for agriculture , textiles and steel , why ca n't the EC do that for its neighbours ? ’ |
| 29 | Well , it 's erm , every other station on , on erm , has erm , advertising , why ca n't the B B C now have advertising ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why ca n't the idiots pray somewhere else ? ’ he said . |