Example sentences of "[noun sg] do not " in BNC.

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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 .
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