Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observers were said to be surprised at the decision to hold elections during the Christmas holiday period , when most Kenyans with jobs in cities would have returned to their rural homes in areas where they had not necessarily registered to vote . |
| 2 | It would be part of the Foundation 's role in partnership at all levels to encourage development of networks where they do not already exist , and to reinforce them where they do — for greater consolidated strength and continuous intercommunication . |
| 3 | Methods of measuring cost will be developed where they do not already exist , and will be applied to scheme data . |
| 4 | ‘ Because my mother works in a hotel shop where they do n't really go a bundle on employing married women in the first place , so I do n't want to get her all into a fluster for nothing . |
| 5 | In spite of sanitary reform and what little planning there was , urban overcrowding probably increased during this period and neither health nor mortality improved , where they did not actually deteriorate . |
| 6 | Except they did n't quite say non , one word . |
| 7 | Although they did n't actually mention it , he said , he began to realise they were looking for suggestions that rituals had taken place , that he and his wife were part of it , and that their children were victims . |
| 8 | It went down great , they enjoyed it , although they did n't quite know what to think , because we were both rockabilly . ’ |
| 9 | The people who did seem to be enjoying things ( although they did n't much like the film ) were those who , unlike Jane , were there on their own terms . |
| 10 | Although they did not quite reach the same heights , Ann Welsh ( Liverpool ) and Claire Swift ( Sefton ) maintained a high standard in the under-17 race over the same distance , with the Liverpool girl taking the honours in 4–39.0 against her rival 's 4–40.4 . |
| 11 | Already , too , one may see the start of a symbiotic relationship in which France would increasingly depend upon American resources to achieve purposes which , left to herself , would be beyond her , while American objectives , although they did not entirely coincide with the French and for all the power which they would ultimately deploy , had to include France as a frail but , for the moment , indispensable means by which they might be attained . |
| 12 | Diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS are known as " emerging viruses " , which , although they do not always threaten their original hosts , can destroy entire populations by moving on to new hosts and locations . |
| 13 | There are a number of international fixed interest unit trusts available , although they do not necessarily specialise entirely in European bonds . |
| 14 | Tumours of the ovary and testis are likewise hormone-related , although they do not usually respond to hormone therapy . |
| 15 | The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father . |
| 16 | They do n't actually get abroad a lot , in theory , although they do n't always stick too closely to their brief . |
| 17 | Plans to draw up registers of potentially contaminated land are already being fiercely debated — although they have n't even left the drawing board yet . |
| 18 | I did n't see this as being primarily er a , a reflection on the day as such , although they have n't actually had the opportunity to sort of mull it over . |
| 19 | Men too suffer the pangs of guilt — although they have not yet become as expert as women . |
| 20 | Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision . |
| 21 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 22 | Denise reveals that they had n't actually planned another child . |
| 23 | They seemed not to be , but it was difficult to be sure that they had not simply managed to turn away again in time . |
| 24 | They declared that they both agreed on the need for further reductions in their respective nuclear stockpiles , but that they had not yet agreed on which types of weapons should be reduced and the speed of reductions . |
| 25 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 26 | The result has been a noticeable increase in the number of pilots who suddenly find themselves faced with a situation far beyond their control , usually a situation that they had not even considered at the start of the flight . |
| 27 | Their opponents ' difficulty was that they had not even read the original patent . |
| 28 | He said that the magazine was in good health and that they had not even had to obtain a ‘ medical opinion ’ on the subject ( it was of course supported partly by a subsidy from Lady Rothermere ) , but that he would look into the Radcliffe Camera question . |
| 29 | Although the two countries had resumed diplomatic relations in 1956 , the outstanding territorial issue had frozen bilateral relations to the extent that they had not even signed a peace treaty formally ending the Pacific War . |
| 30 | Both dogs had acquired some of the privileges of a higher rank in the Cameron family pack that they had not really earned . |