Example sentences of "[noun sg] do not " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Well no , because I mean you need a telly lic telly do n't you ? |
2 | So without their parents lot of kids spend their time watching the telly do n't they ? |
3 | No you 've turned it right round again , you silly billy , turn it round , turn it round , that way , that 's right , that 's the way it goes Right now we need another piece do n't we ? |
4 | The electorate did not need to be a democratic one , and as a general rule was not ; all that was needed was an electorate consisting of the men of substance , so that the government would be responsive to their choices . |
5 | In 1973 the government ran a considerable campaign to instruct electors how to record their votes under the system of proportional representation , but it was thought that after the experience of two proportional representation elections in 1973 the electorate did not need to be more than reminded of what was required . |
6 | Official figures indicated that more than half the 2,900,000 electorate did not vote . |
7 | However , the electorate did not trust the Conservatives on full employment policy , and this feeling was confirmed by the aggressive anti-socialist tenor of the election campaign , when the rallying cry was for decontrol as quickly as possible . |
8 | Well Lesley said that about the aerobics did n't she ? |
9 | Well you want one walkover do n't you , then you 'll be walking round at Twickenham . |
10 | In part , this is because the aerosols from the Pinatubo volcano did not reach the Arctic stratosphere in as high quantities as feared . |
11 | A pardon need not imply that a soldier did not desert , or show cowardice , or disobey orders . |
12 | And while some people might use a sunscreen abroad , over 40 per cent of those who often suffered sunburn did n't use anything when holidaying in the UK despite the recent hot summers . |
13 | ‘ Still , the blouse and skirt do n't look too bad , d' you think ? ’ |
14 | The skirt did not reach her calves at the ideal point for flattery . |
15 | ‘ You should have shut the stable door so the damn horse do n't bolt . ’ |
16 | The message of de Gaulle the politician was that national renewal did not have to succeed national disaster ; it could be achieved through a reform in the organization of the French state . |
17 | The groom said one of her horses died of colic or some such recently , from eating the wrong things , and the trainer did n't want any more accidents , so he 'd made up the feeds himself . ’ |
18 | Hewart had held both Law Officer positions in the post-war Liberal Government ( although it should be said that his arguments in The New Despotism did not seem to trouble him much in that capacity ) and Marriott , an Oxford academic , also become a prominent Conservative MP . |
19 | ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign . |
20 | We understand why Labour did n't win the election . |
21 | Labour did n't work hard enough at prising off that glove ; at challenging Thatcher 's theology of individual self-sufficiency ; instead it rejected the radical compassion of international socialism for the gloss and shine of Thatcher-style politics . |
22 | But he said Labour did not agree that Britain could or should abandon development , either for itself or for the developing world . |
23 | Alternatively , was it due to the fact that the Labour did not mount an effective campaign against its position ? |
24 | MR KINNOCK put the future of health care back at the centre of the electoral stage last night with a powerful warning that the NHS was in mortal danger if Labour did not win power . |
25 | MR KINNOCK put the future of health care back at the centre of the electoral stage last night with a warning that the NHS was in mortal danger if Labour did not win power . |
26 | Labour did not formally oppose the measure in Parliament , despite backbench misgivings , but did criticise the use of £750,000 of public money to advertise overseas voters ' rights . |
27 | And Labour did not have a monopoly of CND-leaning members or policies . |
28 | The new recruits to Labour did not , however , bring with them the institutional structures of Nonconformity which played so important a part in both Liberal and peace politics before 1914 . |
29 | Despite the foundation of the small national Independent Labour Party in 1893 , Labour did not appear to present an irresistible threat . |
30 | It seems that the tradition of working in the woodlands in this country went into decline after the First World War , when most of the skilled labour did not return . |