Example sentences of "[conj] do not [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 2 | Well , the purpose of the County Council is to draw up a greenbelt local plan , and therefore it is a question of whether or not the sites fulfil or do not fulfil a greenbelt purpose . |
| 3 | People in church do not usually sing when they either dislike or do not know a piece . |
| 4 | Go on a train without a ticket , or do n't get a TV licence and the re is a substantial fine and a criminal record . |
| 5 | If you ca n't type or do n't own a typewriter , ask your friends . |
| 6 | If you 're planning to leave the lot to one person , or do n't have a lot to leave , buy a DIY will-pack from WH Smith or the Consumers ' Association . |
| 7 | Half of these had not realised that they were pregnant , and others had not wanted to confirm their fears , or did n't see a need to go earlier , or were afraid the doctor might tell their parents . |
| 8 | But if The Order of Things is thus concerned to analyse ‘ ensembles of discourses ’ that do not form a totality , it does not focus on the ways in which such forms of knowledges relate to the institutions in which and through which they are produced . |
| 9 | There can be very few machines that do not have a spreadsheet program and if yours is one of them then you are probably missing out on one of the most valuable tools available . |
| 10 | Invertebrates are generally defined as animals that do not have a backbone or internal skeleton and that simple definition takes in around 97% of the whole of the living species of animals in the world . |
| 11 | The HRD practitioner might want to cite examples from his or her own experience of the fact that ‘ quick-fix ’ changes tend to be just that — first-aid treatments that do not have a base for perpetuation . |
| 12 | What about amino acids that do not have a hand , being their own mirror images ? |
| 13 | Businesses required to register for VAT in the UK that do not have a business establishment here may now appoint , or may be directed to appoint , a tax representative to account for UK VAT on their behalf . |
| 14 | Almost all the words which have both a strong and weak form belong to a category that may be called function words — words that do not have a dictionary meaning in the way that we normally expect nouns , verbs , adjectives and adverbs to have . |
| 15 | She 's the voice of all things that do n't get a voice . |
| 16 | President , Congress , Conference I know we will all welcome all the pressure that we can be brought to this government and its pursuit of policies if that 's the right world , policies that do n't have a direction would just have them from one crisis to another . |
| 17 | Half the time they 're just crazy instruments that do n't have a name . |
| 18 | We 've only got about two or three people in the whole house that do n't have a wheelchair if they go out . |
| 19 | But I think there are a lot of people that do n't have a Sunday dinner , whatever form . |
| 20 | While the official party line remains that the Liberal Democrats would vote against a Queen 's Speech that did not contain a commitment to introduce proportional representation at Westminster , party strategists have not ruled out the option of abstaining . |
| 21 | Papers that did not include a control group , were not randomised , did not allow calculation of ‘ intention to treat ’ results , or did not collect information on mortality or the incidence of respiratory or gastrointestinal infection were excluded . |
| 22 | He was old enough to remember coffee that did not have a collection of bubbles on top . |
| 23 | But she wanted to impress upon the porter the existence of an appropriate form of address that did not reveal a woman 's marital status . |
| 24 | There was only one place they could scour that did not need a search warrant : TV London . |
| 25 | ‘ But when that postcard arrived , that ridiculous postcard , with that ridiculous message that did n't mean a thing , I thought … ’ |
| 26 | She was pulled to her feet and managed to aim a kick at her attacker that did n't have a chance of connecting . |
| 27 | They signed a record contract that did n't have a clause for tour support . |
| 28 | The first two years had been the hardest — there was hardly a piece of equipment in the kitchen that did n't have a hospital properly stamp on it somewhere — but things had grown steadily better since . |
| 29 | His face was on my knees and I could feel the wet of his tears coming through my jeans , first on one knee that did n't have a patch on it , then on the other that did . |
| 30 | I do n't know whether there is a known example of a society that did n't have a patriarchy . |