Example sentences of "do not [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He himself did not much value the small detached territories — Cleves , Mark , Ravensberg — which he ruled in the Rhineland . |
| 2 | Maternal influence did not much interest contemporaries usually , unless some obvious connection could be established , or possibly where the connections on the distaff side were more impressive and influential . |
| 3 | She exposed the soles of her feet at the mouth of the oven … she drank gall and rubbed her eyes therewith … in her ardent desire for suffering she made herself a silver circlet in which she fixed three rows of sharp points in honour of the thirty-three years that the Son of God lived upon earth … she wore it underneath her veil to make it the more painful as these points being unequally long did not all pierce at the same time … so that with the least agitation these iron thorns tore her flesh in ninety-nine places … |
| 4 | There is still much to discover of their even earlier history , and we hope that the crucial steps did not all take place in some site where fossils have little chance of preservation . |
| 5 | But what differentiates the earlier part of this century from either the present or the early nineteenth century is that these problems did not all coalesce into one disturbing image of a threatening , dangerous , and disorderly criminal class . |
| 6 | They did not all give up there and then , but presumably went on to take the test again and eventually to pass — many of them at the second attempt . |
| 7 | They did not all put it quite as bluntly as William 11 , but there existed a European society of kings which had real importance for its members . |
| 8 | Through conversation , it was soon realised that although consultants welcomed the concept of the educational supervisor theoretically , they did not all wish to be burdened with this increased responsibility . |
| 9 | Rural areas beyond immediate urban influence did not all behave similarly . |
| 10 | Honest enquirers , like the lawyer who asked him about the greatest commandment , were impressed and attracted by his Bible-based teaching ( though , as with the rich young ruler , they did not all respond to it positively ) . |
| 11 | The process of consultation and negotiation was not entirely smooth , since teachers did not all share the same understanding of the form of library use favoured by the project and , indeed , the school 's own library committee . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , they did not all take their studies very seriously and some of the bruising battle scenes , including a duel that went disastrously wrong on the first night , attracted misplaced laughter . |
| 13 | These control subjects did not all undergo all the tests that were performed on the patients with idiopathic DU and , therefore , the number of control subjects for the different tests varies . |
| 14 | And the strike waves did not all occur in particularly tight labour markets . |
| 15 | Did not that raise an issue of consideration ? |
| 16 | ‘ Did not many raise their voices against the proposal and for Your Grace ? ’ |
| 17 | Did not many people take part ? ’ she asked artlessly . |
| 18 | When the Labour party knew that the parents charter was coming , the hon. Gentleman did not half rush out its paper , and he did not draft it very well . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] To what numberless mean things did not this unmanly passion subject me ? [ to PAMELA ] My sister Davers would have had you live with her , but she would not do for you what I am resolved to do if you continue faithful and obliging . |
| 20 | Did not this column say , when the apparently creaking colossus joined Durham , that as long as he is capable of playing for a county he must play for England . |
| 21 | And do not such disciplines go further and focus such questions in real-life judgements , decisions and actions ? |
| 22 | Do not such policies illustrate the fact that no amount of tacky red plastic roses , sharp suits or slick public relations can disguise how little Labour has really changed ? |
| 23 | His affections do not that way tend , Or what he spake , though it lacked form a little , Was not like madness . |
| 24 | Now there are some organizations that have negotiated with that do not that do not need the banker 's order and the cheque . |
| 25 | People do not all live in nuclear family groups . |
| 26 | More precisely , lots of people have ideas , but they do not all agree . |
| 27 | ( They do not all have the same ! ) |
| 28 | They do not all live on the savannah , of course ; hippos prefer rivers and many of the antelope ( bongo , duikers ) prefer forest , as do elephants when it is available . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , the sources of information do not all appear at the same time . |
| 30 | This can , however , introduce what is called category error ; people in the category ‘ below median income ’ do not all have identical incomes . |