Example sentences of "[conj] we [adv] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we certainly do not wish to get diverted into a consideration of the nominal patterns of English , we may mention that even in a case like : ( 6 ) Claudia is a bus-driver we have no doubt that the relation is still one of equation . |
| 2 | James Baker , the secretary of state , told Congress recently that his review of Middle East policy convinced him long before the invasion of Kuwait that the ‘ old view that we somehow did not want the Soviets involved is a mistake ’ . |
| 3 | He was wrong , but it is only fair to add that we still do not know how all the specific external stimuli which induce cell differences arise . |
| 4 | IT COMES AS A SHOCK to some people to learn that we still do not have definite answers to many of the most obvious questions about animals . |
| 5 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 6 | After our return from France we felt that we still did not have the complete story of that operation , and so we went to the Public Records Office at Kew to look up the records of 22 Squadron over that period . |
| 7 | Now I have explained all I can , you will realise that we really do not understand why the neocortex is , as Herrick called it , the organ of civilisation . |
| 8 | One of our major industrial problems is that we usually do not ask enough of our people . |
| 9 | The difficulty with this sort of material is that we often do not know if the coins have been acquired on a random and thus representative basis . |
| 10 | At a very general and abstract level , this must be so — indeed , it is part of the prevailing ageism , which will be discussed later , that we often do not see old people as ordinary human beings with the same responses and reactions . |
| 11 | Planning officer John Earle said : ‘ There is still real fear about the density of population in the area should the scheme be approved , and we certainly do not want to create a ghetto of the future . |
| 12 | Pauline Mitchell , head of housing , said : ‘ We do not have any areas for any particular people and we certainly do not identify travellers as a group . |
| 13 | Nowhere did we make any fixed dosage recommendations , and we certainly did not write that ‘ standard ’ doses should be used . |
| 14 | The general attitude was entirely hostile to the report and we certainly did not agree that on the basis of the report the CPRS should undertake further studies . |
| 15 | Yet they are commonly sited in dark and inaccessible places , and we really do not know how often , if at all , they were generally seen , within the period and culture in which they were made . |
| 16 | But we surely do not know these on the basis of experience . |
| 17 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 18 | On Tuesdays we may have a school football match but we usually do not have one . |
| 19 | Kverneland ( UK ) Limited reckons to have in excess of 50% of the UK semi-mounted market , but we certainly do not sell anywhere near 850 of these units each year . |
| 20 | Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers . |
| 21 | Which would represent ‘ life as we really do not know it ’ . |
| 22 | Writing or speaking tasks which do not clearly specify the receiver make even native-speaking students tongue-tied , and not surprisingly , for we simply do not talk or write into vacuums . |
| 23 | We must have often seemed to deny them the obedience and ‘ proper respect ’ demanded by the institution , for we obviously did not emulate their style and in effect were a vision of impurity existing right inside the body of the organization . |