Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] exist " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all heard the prophets of social and moral decay recalling the days when such ‘ senseless and mindless ’ violence did not exist . |
| 2 | Too fast , too young , too much of a good thing in a hurry , their earlier days before and around ‘ Immigrants , Emigrants And Me ’ had the band rip-roaring through some off-kilter funfair where all the rides were free and curfews and the like did not exist . |
| 3 | If the court on review believes that the requisite situation spoken of in the statute did not exist then the conclusion reached by the tribunal will be a nullity . |
| 4 | He also attempted to import Tel Quel 's conviction , derived from semiotics , that the hors-texte did not exist . |
| 5 | Such a brigade did not exist , but had been dreamed up by Brigadier Dudley Clark , who at the time was in charge of an outfit dealing with deception plans . |
| 6 | Everything was behind them and the future did n't exist . |
| 7 | Counsel took the case on for nothing and , on appeal , the Divisional Court found that the crime did not exist . |
| 8 | The penis did not exist at all in the British sex film because it was considered rude . ’ |
| 9 | As a self-sufficient economy we are spared the valuable advice of those we could have done without ; we do employ those we need where local capability does not exist ( medical staff , technicians , etc ) . |
| 10 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 11 | What of our own , where initiation ritual does not exist ? |
| 12 | The concept of deeds or documents under seal does not exist in Hungarian law . |
| 13 | And yet the , to say that the wind does n't exist because you ca n't see it would be erm would be pretty dangerous if you were standing on a cliff and saying there 's no wind around here , and there 's a howling gale blowing you off and into the water . |
| 14 | Obviously , his main role of finding us a deal does n't exist any more . ’ |
| 15 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 16 | Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon , street crime does not exist . |
| 17 | As far as they are concerned the future does not exist in any way , other than that they hope they wo n't live to have any part in it . |
| 18 | AIDS does not exist ’ and I would n't have noticed . |
| 19 | A biological case for ‘ true ’ altruism does not exist . |
| 20 | For them the vital issue of racial identity confusion does not exist . |
| 21 | For just as the properties of individuals are dependent on their social context , the set of social relations which constitutes a practice does not exist in isolation . |
| 22 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 23 | Increased liquidity for investors provided by the Stock Exchange means that investors will accept lower returns for long-term investments than if the exchange did not exist . |
| 24 | Patriotism did not exist in spite of the inconveniences caused by the war , but because of them . |
| 25 | Future separation did n't exist , except when the long arm of the telephone reached into the room . |
| 26 | Much of what is now recognised as social work did not exist 30 or 40 years ago , and what did — child care work , work with mentally ill people and some other matters — was practised on a much smaller scale , away from the glare of the media . |
| 27 | Luke 's hands , still at her hips , pulled her lower body to his abruptly , and it was as if their clothing did n't exist , the outer heat that flowed between them creating an inner one as liquid flame engulfed her loins . |
| 28 | It has been suggested recently by a press commentator that without the CNAA there would be no polytechnics , and undoubtedly if the Council did not exist some similar body would be necessary to give the new institutions the opportunities they need for their full development . |
| 29 | For him the house was filled with suffering and fluffed attempts to pretend that suffering did n't exist . |
| 30 | Morgan asserted , and McLennan denied , the existence of a first stage of society when social life was undifferentiated , when marriage did not exist , and when above all , private property did not occur . |