Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 There was no question of generalized armed conflict at this stage , but the rivalry between the two " superpowers " meant that the struggle for domination did not cease .
2 In all cases , a central theme is that the failure of the project of providing foundations for knowledge does not warrant scepticism .
3 The purpose of these measurements was to ascertain through conscientious planning and medical surveillance that inadvertent exposure during spraying does not create any hazard to a rural population .
4 The intricate and ever-growing industrial co-operation of the civilised nations through trade does not permit any nation to keep to herself the gain of any market she may hold .
5 But his search for pleasure did not stop there .
6 It is surprising that his fondness for drink did not do more to impair his career , which was a remarkable career , only marred by his reaction to the appointment of Harold Wilson as the leader of the Labour Party .
7 IF EITHER PARTNER HAS ANY DOUBTS ABOUT STERILISATION AFTER COUNSELLING DO NOT GO AHEAD , but continue with another method of contraception .
8 The Committee took the view that lawyers are unapproachable because of the inaccessibility of premises and their unwelcoming nature , because the methods of work do not tie in with the needs of clients , and because of a lack of response to the needs of linguistic minorities .
9 But if Cubist methods of composition did not change fundamentally between 1910 and 1912 , in the spring of 1911 Braque introduced a new element into one of his paintings which was of vital significance .
10 Unless sites are discovered by accident ( when a new road cuts through a prehistoric cemetery , for example ) most methods of discovery do not locate sites with sufficient accuracy for excavation to take place with confidence .
11 But these lists are not organized in any way other than regionally ; the methods of dialectology do not address themselves to variation within a single region between the sexes , or between status groups or generation cohorts .
12 Intragastric administration of indomethacin did not affect the activities of SOD in the gastric mucosa at three or six hours after indomethacin .
13 A 100 mg intravenous bolus of lignocaine did not restore sinus rhythm , which spontaneously returned 20 min after the last deflation .
14 The loss of colour does not denote any particular condition .
15 The loss of communication did not affect the mission .
16 Evidence from the first and second waves of reform does not give great comfort to reformers .
17 The journalists of Esquire did not specify the names of this country 's worst -dressed men .
18 A neutral presentation would expose the difference and show that the delegation of authority does not imply the forfeiture of ultimate control .
19 It is also true that many of the comments made about the usefulness of arithmetic do not address this central theme .
20 Even naturalistic styles of aquascape do not replicate nature , but are an idealised vision of how we would like nature to be .
21 He 's got a fear of water do n't know why — and just wo n't bath or wash .
22 Will the Prime Minister tell us why Chancellor Kohl and his fellow Conservative Heads of Government do not agree with him that , by adopting the social chapter , they will jeopardise jobs ?
23 What those Heads of Government do not have is a record of losing 768,000 jobs in their countries in the past 12 months .
24 And , of course , relative spatial concentrations of deprivation do not involve absolute absence of deprivation from other areas .
25 The Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 , although extending powers beyond the onset of incompetence does not cover decisions concerning the grantor 's person , which would include treatment , but appears to relate only to the management of his property .
26 Everyone assumes that students know how to make and use their notes , and yet time and time again a piece of work does not receive the grade it deserves because crucial material or ideas have been left out ; often this is information which the lecturer gave out in classes but which the student did not note down .
27 and that 's what we 're talking about because the reason why that wonderful piece of work did n't go through priority to set up .
28 Planck used the idea of quanta to explain why a red-hot piece of metal does n't give off an infinite amount of heat ; but he regarded quanta simply as a theoretical trick , one that did n't correspond to anything in physical reality .
29 The car of course did not follow .
30 The old rule of thumb does not apply , ’ he said .
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