Example sentences of "do not really " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , most attorneys have made almost no preparation for this phase and do not really understand it . |
| 2 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do not really see Ezra Pound in Rapallo , ’ Max Beerbohm told me . |
| 4 | These independent family groups come together in assemblies for such things as war , religion , and the settlement of disputes , but they do not really form an organic whole . |
| 5 | For middle-class Asians their working-class sisters do not really exist . |
| 6 | Anyone can work out who the ‘ subspecies ’ Marxomanni , Mussolimini and Swastici are meant to represent , but they do not really play an important part in the story , since we can feel that John , the Pilgrim , is not really tempted or overwhelmed by them , any more than Lewis ever felt the slightest inclination to become a Maminst or a Fascist . |
| 7 | With multimedia , people do not really explore and are not empowered . |
| 8 | THIS is such a delicious offering , of the kind that makes you chuckle in recollection on the way home , that I do not really want to give the game away by saying too much about what goes on . |
| 9 | Is a certain situation or a certain person tempting you to eat the things you do not really want ? |
| 10 | We do not really have to think about what has to be done . |
| 11 | Today , however , we do not really have a politics of opinion or of action — nothing is proposed that either stirs the blood or excites the mind . |
| 12 | A clever organiser with a history tutor on his hands may persuade the citizens of Chipping Camden that they do not really want a class in biology , they want one on Queen Victoria : but ( make no mistake ) that very persuasion will to some extent have injured the mainspring of voluntaryism in adult education in Chipping Camden . |
| 13 | I would like the same amount of performance as from the petrol engine therefore I do not really want a Land Rover Diesel . |
| 14 | Once it is realized that signals that change cells ' behaviour do not really carry intricate information , then it can be seen that any complexity of behaviour lies in the cells ' capacity to respond rather than in complexity in the signals . |
| 15 | Actually , with a match rod and light line you do not really play a fish in the normal way , but rather you guide them , manipulate them , into the landing net . |
| 16 | For there is an ugly rumour that some of these film stars and sports personalities do not really use the products which they advertise . |
| 17 | We talk freely about emotions but do not really stop to think what they are . |
| 18 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 19 | If you live in a flat , and this is impossible , throw away all those that you do not really need , and store the remainder in large biscuit tins or other airtight containers . |
| 20 | Differences in behaviour between home and school are not uncommon in hyperkinetic children , but they do not really help in deciding whether the problem has dietary origins . |
| 21 | More drastic cures , such as providing woollen garments covered in some noxious chemical substance , do not really cure the cat 's fixation . |
| 22 | When the over ended he took the umpire aside and explained ‘ I have two artificial hips and I do not really know where my feet are going to land ’ — he was given a special Man of the Match award . |
| 23 | Shaft performance data derived from a testing machine do not really apply to the ‘ real ’ golf swing . |
| 24 | If there are those on the fringes of the church who do not really believe but have no idea why they disbelieve , there are others inside the church who do not really disbelieve but have no idea why they believe . |
| 25 | If there are those on the fringes of the church who do not really believe but have no idea why they disbelieve , there are others inside the church who do not really disbelieve but have no idea why they believe . |
| 26 | As long as the problem departs , they do not really care why it first arose . |
| 27 | As I do not really wish to purchase a new knitting machine until I have a ‘ practise ’ run I was really pleased , that was until I found out it was no longer available . |
| 28 | But his own strict emphasis on party organisation could count against him , since the message is that his views on policy do not really matter . |
| 29 | They hijack Englishness and do not really speak for most English people . |
| 30 | ‘ The figures show that people do not really watch television to be informed , they watch it to relax , ’ said David Graham , whose research company compiled the top 100 . |