Example sentences of "why [modal v] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samuel Sharp in his History of Stamford of 1847 says : ‘ It is most likely … that certain localities … were set apart by the Druids for the assemblage of their pupils and disciples : and why may not Stamford be one of these ? ’ |
| 2 | And why must n't Phena know anything about them ? |
| 3 | The court can not attach a meaning to words which they can not bear , but if the words are capable of bearing more than one meaning why should not Parliament 's true intention be enforced rather than thwarted ? |
| 4 | Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title , why should not Pilate have been doing so as well ? |
| 5 | If Richard was to step into his dead brother 's shoes then why should not John — for as yet John was still Lackland — step into Richard 's shoes ? |
| 6 | Why should not people do as they pleased with their own bodies ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why should not Englishmen arm themselves ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | Why should n't Sally look nice too ? ’ |
| 9 | Why should n't tramps sleep in cafés ? |
| 10 | And so I decided that this was rather an unfair situation — why should n't women be able to do what a man did ? |
| 11 | Washington , Jefferson and six other Virginians besides have led our nation ; so why should n't President Charles Sherman in about thirty-five years ' time — say round about nineteen sixty — be sitting in the White House ? |
| 12 | Why should n't Fanshawe just have said to his wife , ‘ This young lady has missed her last train and since she lives in London I said we 'd give her a lift ’ ? |
| 13 | I mean I may maybe decriminalization is part of that but I , as someone said why sho , why should n't people take er , drugs if they want to , they 're allowed to take other drugs ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why should n't people have an activity or hobby which causes no harm to anyone , and does n't hurt the fish , ’ says Mr Houghton . |
| 15 | But why should n't feminists play with language for political ends ? |
| 16 | Why should n't Gay come to Sunset Cottage , and sink or swim with them ? |
| 17 | Why should , why should n't Annie and me mum ? |
| 18 | ‘ That couple crossed the line and lived together — why should n't Gittel and I ? ’ |
| 19 | ’ Why should n't celebrities get something out of it ? |
| 20 | And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ? |
| 21 | Why , he thought , why could n't Blagg have gone out of town , to some place he knew , like Hereford or … |
| 22 | Why could n't Lee keep his mouth shut ? |
| 23 | Now why , why could n't Philip have prayed for the people ? |
| 24 | Why could n't Philip pray for them ? |
| 25 | Why could n't Doctor Jekyll make any more of the drug ? |
| 26 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
| 27 | Oh , why could n't life be uncomplicated , so that the man you fell in love with felt the same way ? |
| 28 | Why could n't Ali forget the pig business ? |
| 29 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
| 30 | Now why could n't Shakespeare have told that , Tolkien must have reflected , instead of bothering with King Lear ! |