Example sentences of "[prep] do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew the man he dreamed of did not exist . |
| 2 | Carbon tetrachloride with a dilatational velocity of does not attack epoxies for example but can form carcinogenic vapours ( trichloroethane is the next best choice ) . |
| 3 | That child labour not only existed in the pre-factory economy but was strongly approved of does not of itself make blinkered sentimentalists of those who reacted so strongly to the " dark , satanic mills " . |
| 4 | Section 4(1) ( b ) stipulates , " that the person proceeded against did not at any time supply the product to another " . |
| 5 | Whatever you think I look like does not necessarily represent the truth . ’ |
| 6 | The ministry accepted that farm-gate prices were a misleading basis for calculating cost benefits , but the new methods they came up with did not fully adjust the calculations accordingly , especially in the case of cereals . |
| 7 | The two subjects who slept little to start with did not achieve any such permanent reduction in sleep . |
| 8 | He believes the people he was was working with did not know how he was running the organisation . |
| 9 | If the person I am with does not talk , then I do not talk . |
| 10 | If you yourself do not know what you want out of the meeting you can hardly be surprised if the person you are dealing with does not respond in a satisfactory way . |
| 11 | If the person whose liberty is interfered with does not know that the person who constrains him is a constable and believes that he is under attack , he will have the defence that , since he acted in self defence , he committed no assault . |
| 12 | Incubation of NCp7 with immobilized IN did not result in the formation of NCp7:IN complexes ( data not shown ) , indicating that NCp7 does not stimulate the function of IN through stable protein:protein interactions . |
| 13 | The blow I shrank from did not fall . |
| 14 | More than half those polled for Woman 's Own reckoned the ECU was anything from toothpaste to an exotic animal , while 90 per did not have a clue what ERM stood for . |
| 15 | Here the person referred to did not expect to be alone at the bar . |
| 16 | That 's illustrated by the fact that four people who kept them on did not get caught |
| 17 | However , observational studies such as these should be interpreted with care , all that can be fairly concluded is that the group operated on do not differ significantly from the remainder and the longer a patient is followed the greater the change of surgery . |
| 18 | As the city state continues to develop , private ownership becomes more and more concentrated in the hands of some of the citizens , but the division this give rise to does not lead to the formation of classes among the freemen because they remain united against the slaves . |
| 19 | This negative bias entails however that in the speaker 's eyes there are no real reasons which can be conceived as occupying the before-position which a reason normally occupies with respect to the action it calls for ; and since there is consequently nothing which can be situated in time before this action , the meaning of to does not apply in this use . |
| 20 | And when , after lunch , she came downstairs in her new outfit , bought from Selfridge 's last week with the money which J. D. O'Connor had paid her for her articles , and with her next two articles in her bag , ready to be handed in to the great man himself before she returned to the rectory to pick up Rose Bailey , whose time off did not begin until four-thirty , both Dr Neil and Matey thought that she looked enchanting . |
| 21 | At Norwich , where the local authorities had assessed no one at more than £100 , the Duke of Norfolk asked the King for a letter , ‘ commanding me … to speak roundly to all such as do not honestly … make their said certificates ’ . |
| 22 | Lewis Rudd has had responsibility in his television career for DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET ( Thames ) , WORZEL GUMMIDGE ( Southern Television ) , and at Central Television ( YOUR MOTHER WOULD N'T LIKE IT . |
| 23 | The dealers and auctioneers are clearly dishonest men , for did not the newspapers contain , almost daily , stories of this or that forgotten family possession , found in an attic or lumber room or trunk , and fetching colossal sums ? |
| 24 | Sadly for Kylie though , whether or not she got the most important role she had yet auditioned for did not depend on a man already convinced of her potential . |
| 25 | This meant in his view that the Afghan Government had to be ‘ such as does not maintain a hostile attitude towards the Soviet Union and does not join anti-Soviet alliances ’ . |
| 26 | The fact that goods have not been paid for does not prevent ownership in them passing to the purchaser unless , of course , they are subject to a properly communicated and valid retention clause . |
| 27 | Sources note that Adobe Systems Inc did not go along to Apple Computer Inc 's MAS shindig as many hoped . |
| 28 | However it was , the one he had aimed at did not get out of the way in time and a last-minute attempt to slink off in the wind failed . |
| 29 | Since by definition in a critical column , the objective row evaluated at does not change under pivoting . |