Example sentences of "[conj] they do [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence for the use of trust clauses is impressive , and their purpose plain : where they do not add any other element , their sole purpose is to cover the eventuality that certain dispositions in the will fail . |
| 2 | There was nowhere to put these prisoners except back into the former regime 's gaols , where they did indeed face sub-human conditions , especially of overcrowding . |
| 3 | They 're not old enough to go to the pubs , or they do n't seem old enough , so they just go down the park and get drunk . |
| 4 | On Friday evening , we were visited by six or seven of the Chinese participants in the Friendship Hotel , and chatted with them in a relaxed manner , although they did n't seem keen on accepting whisky ! |
| 5 | Although they did not offer any pathological data , they suggest that dilatation and curettage may be inappropriate in many cases and that guidelines should be developed to agree on the most appropriate patients for the procedure . |
| 6 | While they advocated and worked for such extensions of democracy the European social democratic parties , whether or not they claimed to be Marxist and revolutionary , were also , for the most part , firmly committed to political democracy in the narrower sense ; and where the necessary conditions were present — the legal existence of socialist parties , elections conducted on the basis of ( at least ) universal male suffrage , and participation in parliament and government — they made plain that although they did not renounce extra-parliamentary forms of class action they envisaged the transition from capitalism to socialism as coming about through the will of a majority of citizens , clearly and publicly expressed in elections . |
| 7 | When the Charter was granted in 1844 , graduates of the London and Edinburgh schools became members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , although they did not obtain exclusive right to the title ‘ Veterinary surgeon ’ . |
| 8 | More important is that this is the first example of a case in which a trust is set up using indirect words : the words are addressed to the trustee ; and they make the testator 's intentions plain enough , although they do not express any request for a transfer of property . |
| 9 | They are not a breed that can be kept in flats , although they do not need endless exercise as long as they have space for freedom of mind . |
| 10 | Although they do n't have showy flowers many are prettily variegated . |
| 11 | And although they do n't sound that dissimilar , they are in fact very different . |
| 12 | Fonts are handled efficiently , although they do n't come bundled with the package . |
| 13 | Single tartan-style cloches certainly lend themselves to a kitchen garden , although they do n't come cheap — prices start at £58 . |
| 14 | In either you may have worked through the supplied tutorial which introduces all the basic concepts , although they do actually introduce one or two bad habits as well ! |
| 15 | The organizers hired the local library for the occasion and decided , on account of tension at previous gatherings , that they did not want any police officers present . |
| 16 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 17 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 18 | I have talked to lady presidents of prior years who have said that they did not experience any difficulties . |
| 19 | The Rouhanyoun faction protested as some 1,100 prospective candidates were eliminated by the committees on the grounds that they did not meet minimum educational and other standards . |
| 20 | However , most of the interviewees stated that they did not perceive this process taking place . |
| 21 | lt appeared that they did not represent national cultural concepts in Japan . |
| 22 | The problem last season was that they did not score enough goals . |
| 23 | Andrew Collins QC , for the prosecution , said the papers , which include correspondence between a minister and senior civil servants , were immune from disclosure on the grounds of public interest , and that they did not contain any material relevant to the case anyway . |
| 24 | The statues in question are inseparable from the archaic series ; their freshness of surface suggest that they did not stand long above ground ; and it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that they were dedicated in the years immediately before the invasion . |
| 25 | Particularly in their polemical passages they have a freshness and directness , such assurance that the world is now their oyster , that it is easy to forget that they did not go uncriticized . |
| 26 | The most important common feature among them was that they did not have absolute rights over the land which they farmed , but that they were in some way dependent on a lord , who had a right to some part of their labour or their profits from the land . |
| 27 | It is almost impossible to believe that they did not have contemporary events in mind , and as Æthelred was certainly not victorious , the implication is that he was unwise . |
| 28 | It comes to this : some pits have been given a fighting chance — albeit in a contracting market — that they did not have last year . |
| 29 | It does not seem possible with the research which their Central Office are regularly doing , and with the continual monitoring of public opinion , that they did not have some idea as to how people would react . |
| 30 | For years nurses had wanted special pay arrangements which recognized that they did not take industrial action in pursuit of their pay claims . |