Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opposition ( Issaq-dominated ) Somali National Movement ( SNM ) would be able to take part in the elections , he said , if " it has a programme and does not solely seek to satisfy tribal interests " . |
| 2 | Outcrossing promotes diversity suited to high biotic uncertainty and does not invariably lead to specialization of species but , on the contrary , may lead to greater generalization of a species and therefore similarity between species of a tree ‘ guild ’ . |
| 3 | The speculum , which is warmed before use , is smaller than an erect penis and does not normally produce any pain or discomfort when used . |
| 4 | it does my house , in fact it come the other day when Kerry had to pick a battery up and I walked out the front with Kerry and he sat in the car and did n't even look at me |
| 5 | To his credit , he excoriated the lack of safety at the circuit , had the highest praise for the drivers who pulled Niki out of his burning car and did not even think in terms of his now enhanced championship chances , not only because he thought Niki would be back in Austria , but because he was honest enough to know that without the accident and Jochen having to re-start , he might himself have placed no better than third . |
| 6 | If you drive a car and do not already use unleaded petrol , the guidelines below will indicate how to adjust and make the change towards cheaper motoring and a cleaner and healthier environment . |
| 7 | It has been said that the Acts " provided a new cause of action and did not merely regulate or enlarge an old one " . |
| 8 | The new scheme , upheld by the Divisional Court in the later case , was made under the same statute and did not appreciably hold a different balance between ratepayers and transport users . |
| 9 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 10 | ‘ Get out of our village and do n't ever come back . ’ |
| 11 | Copyright comes into force immediately on completion or publication of the work and does not normally have to be recorded or registered . |
| 12 | Some as young as eleven and twelve , these ‘ migrant labourers ’ went looking for work and did not always find it , turning to other less than legal ways of earning their bread . |
| 13 | She seemed to take no interest at all in his work and did n't even take care of him . |
| 14 | Some wills assumed this as an inexcludable entitlement and did not even mention it . |
| 15 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 16 | Note that in certain cases this has to be done as a formality and does not necessarily mean that there is anything suspicious about the death . |
| 17 | He appeared totally oblivious of her presence and did n't even look up as far as she was aware . |
| 18 | We would argue that this does not give a clear explanation of the decision because the judgment is an after-the-event rationalization of the decision and does not necessarily give the real reasons for it . |
| 19 | It is opposed by the British Association of Social workers on the grounds that it is ageist and does not adequately safeguard the rights of clients ( Marshall , 1988 , p. 20 ) . |
| 20 | Someone who — has accepted a leading chair at one of the universities expects to do a job and does not lightly change after less than two years . |
| 21 | They hijack Englishness and do not really speak for most English people . |
| 22 | ‘ We are well aware of this danger and do n't blindly accept what people say , ’ states Malcolm Smart . |
| 23 | Typically they are geographically mobile , living relatively far away from kin , work and friends ; they separate work from leisure and do not always socialise with the same group of people who all know each other . |
| 24 | Now , there 's two main classes of isomerism and do n't just exclude er , or do n't just include organic isomers cos we ge get organic isomers as well . |
| 25 | There was mention of some art history work , a few articles for various journals and a cataloguing job for one of the museums but it was clear that for Maidstone these were of little importance and did not really qualify for the title of job . |
| 26 | Yet there is no heaviness here : the ribs are pure decoration and do not even follow their expected course ; they end abruptly as if there is no final solution . |
| 27 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 28 | The letter has caused some concern in the Lower Ormeau area of Belfast as it would appear that outsiders were coming into the area after dark and running a carnival , during the week of our community festival and did n't even invite us . |
| 29 | She had drunk several glasses of wine and did n't really care at the moment . |
| 30 | He was a good PTI , he made PT fun and did n't just stick to PT and running — but there was no messing about either and he doubled them across the barracks to the football pitch , Where in the next half hour they worked as hard playing football as they would have done in the gymnasium . |