Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb base] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be particularly appropriate where subsystems do not naturally relate , that is , there is little data travelling between them or where one or two areas , such as production/supply and invoicing , in the case of the electricity supply industry , dominate the business . |
| 2 | Moreover , size itself is an important factor since greater quantities of lava or tephra do not simply produce landforms of a similar form but larger size . |
| 3 | It is , however , vital that mothers realise that scans do not only detect abnormalities , they also detect multiple births , and have been one of the main factors in increasing the survival rate of twins and triplets over the last few years . |
| 4 | But the report also says , ‘ Doctors are not prohibitionists ’ , and points out that ‘ … findings suggest that abstainers do not necessarily enjoy better health than moderate drinkers ’ . |
| 5 | The rhetorical approach stresses that ideologies do not necessarily function to suppress argumentation and thinking , but provide the elements with which people can think and argue about everyday life ( Billig et al . , |
| 6 | ‘ It is important that acts do n't just send in exactly the same tapes time and time again . |
| 7 | It should be obvious that a dissonance sounded by one instrument must be resolved by that instrument ( unless there is a complete break-off and a rest or pause separating the discord from what follows ) , but it is the writer 's experience that beginners do not always realize the musical necessity for this . |
| 8 | Mutual respect and cooperation is needed so that drivers do not unnecessarily hinder pedestrians , or playing children deliberately impede cars . |
| 9 | It appears that listeners do n't just ignore allophonic variations that ‘ do n't matter ’ , they can actually use the context-dependent information to identify phonemes . |
| 10 | Thus , men seem to be principally associated with a change that speakers do not consciously evaluate highly , while women are associated with one adopted by speakers in their more carefully monitored styles . |
| 11 | But whatever we call it , this sense that words do not just have their face-value meaning , but are to be critically interpreted as indicators of tone and attitude , is an essential part of James 's technique . |
| 12 | Make sure that lines do not inadvertently touch each other , or this will result in short-circuits on the finished board . |
| 13 | Given the reluctance of some courts to convict on forensic evidence and the fact that terrorists do not usually leave a signed visiting card at the scene of the crime , will it not become more and more difficult to obtain convictions ? |
| 14 | He observes that universities do not usually have research policies as such , and that the librarian therefore receives little guidance on new directions for collection development . |
| 15 | An object-oriented parallel operating system that is completely portable between all widely used processors , so much so that applications do not even need to be recompiled is the creation of a British company — Tao Systems Ltd of Belsize Park , London NW — which has substantial financial backing from Japan . |
| 16 | An object-oriented parallel operating system that is completely portable between all widely used processors , so much so that applications do not even need to be recompiled is the creation of a British company — Tao Systems Ltd of Belsize Park , London NW — which has substantial financial backing from Japan . |
| 17 | Although Governments do not always adopt their recommendations , specialist committees are often a necessary device to investigate the practical implications of proposals for change . |
| 18 | Opportunities exist to push for new contracts within the same company , so individuals do not always have to leave for a new challenge . |
| 19 | Italian researchers have shown that Octopuses do not just learn by experience , and by copying other Octopi , but are actively instructed by those who have already learnt the lesson . |
| 20 | Another disadvantage of yield to maturity is that investors do not typically hold bonds to maturity . |
| 21 | It is felt that resources do not always match every kind of special need that may occur , especially in rural primary schools . |
| 22 | The underlying reason for this is that statutes do not really have ‘ corners ’ in the neat way postulated by theory . |
| 23 | The separation and spatial spread of social life means that people do not regularly encounter the significant experiences of life : birth , sexuality , madness , illness , death and so on . |
| 24 | The reason that people do not generally look into alternative credit terms in any detail certainly is not that they feel pushed willy-nilly into one particular type of credit . |
| 25 | We suppose , for instance , that what somebody says to us will be relevant to the occasion or to what has just been said , that people do not just issue utterances at random . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Yet the Profitboss is not so naive as to believe that people do not occasionally betray trust , do not occasionally fiddle their expenses , do not occasionally get sloppy and hire unnecessary staff . |
| 28 | They 're both good points , especially the latter one that people do n't particularly think that , that a change in local government will affect them . |
| 29 | Yes yeah it 's basically a question there to ensure that people do n't just put down that they 're whatever they 're doing just purely |
| 30 | Yeah you 've got ta almost ask say you keep getting an accent erm Oh I do n't know say Brummie accent or something that people do n't really think sounds very nice . |