Example sentences of "[Wh pn] do [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | This is not the case in non- autistic mentally handicapped children , who do well on false belief tasks so long as their mental age , by other criteria , is above three years . |
2 | Those who do well are the men and women who can articulate a sense of their own values , and who convey conviction . |
3 | Vested interests , notably the military , but also the US middle classes who do well from social security ( but not ‘ welfare ’ ) , are happy to keep certain elements in the budget . |
4 | This suggests , rather unpalatably , that apart from bright children who do well at both school and work , it is those children who are apathetic about , or even alienated from , school who adjust best to work . |
5 | Students who do well in the three years of the MA(General) may choose to proceed for a further year to obtain the MA ( General Honours ) . |
6 | The relatively low percentage of graduates from such courses who do eventually make their way , via postgraduate and often in the sciences post-doctoral research , into the academic professions , should not disguise the fact that academic courses do provide a preparation for such work . |
7 | Some might think that those who do badly at school fare badly at work . |
8 | The ability to sing and dance has become increasingly important in the profession nowadays , and there are few actors who do n't possess some musical and dance skills . |
9 | You stand by the window with a pathetic glass of lemonade while all father 's secretaries drink champagne and try to make conversation with hoards of people who do n't know enough to speak English . |
10 | But in the midst of these distractions , another side of reality was filmed — the lives of the people in the community who do n't make news . |
11 | ‘ They are around kids who do n't play tennis . |
12 | ‘ We 've been doing Bona-Fido for about two years but still get some guests who do n't realise they could have brought their dogs along , ’ he said . |
13 | There must be many who are touched to the heart by that phrase ‘ earthly father ’ and yet who do n't believe a word of the novel 's religion ; just as , and more obviously , Raskolnikov 's kissing the dirt in the middle of the Haymarket does n't stand or fall by Dostoevsky 's Soil Philosophy . |
14 | TRANSPORT ‘ Did you know that lorry drivers who pick up hitch-hikers have 73 per cent fewer accidents than those who do n't ? ’ |
15 | The Japanese are now the only ones who do n't know what went on . ’ |
16 | ‘ They 're ways of recycling first-year money directly into third-year pockets — from students who do n't know how to spend it to those who really need it . |
17 | One small corpse found recently in a fashionable district bore the warning : ‘ I kill all those who do n't go to school . ’ |
18 | And I 'm giving a voice to the hundreds of people who do n't have a voice . |
19 | ‘ It has character , a great manager in Roger Craig and 24 guys who do n't know how to quit . ’ |
20 | Mrs Fantoni is a paper-lover : ‘ The world is divided into people who do n't sniff paper and those who do . |
21 | He said , ‘ People who do n't understand liturgical acts generally get pompous when they dress up . ’ |
22 | It is now virtually impossible for a major London agency to book gigs for many acts who do n't have a record deal . |
23 | Doyle advises songwriters who do n't perform and who ca n't sing : ‘ Do n't try to perform your own songs . |
24 | But the Oxford guest said , ‘ You 'd think with all this unemployment … there seem to be an extraordinary number of people around who do n't want to work . ’ |
25 | Never mind if there are a few who do n't want to work . |
26 | Dave added the Nuneaton area was starved of good fisheries , and that the only choice for locals who do n't wish to travel is a couple of stetches of canal . |
27 | Yes , maybe there are some women who do n't have to work , their husbands are well off and love them , but they often stay indoors all day and that is not nice . |
28 | Those who do n't learn that way ? |
29 | A recent critic complained about the ‘ clichés , the daft , ghosted ‘ star names ’ columns , the silly photos ( remember Ian Botham as ‘ Rambo ’ ? ) , the creation of heroes and villains , the concentration on the star or the result of the moment , the search for conflict , the trivialization of sporting women , the insularity ( beyond Dover , forget it ) , the emphasis on spectating rather than participating , the dearth of analysis , the marginal treatment of those who do n't quite ‘ make it ’ . |
30 | Consumers will be able to put their names on a register of people who do n't want to receive sales calls . |