Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undesirable attitudes do not help such as thinking that accidents , fires and infection happen only to others and hoping that someone else will do the campaigning about pollution issues . |
| 2 | But again the monetary authorities do not control these variables directly ; instead they are able to exert influence over their chosen targets via their control of instruments . |
| 3 | Political prisoners do not receive fair trials in Morocco . |
| 4 | A MORI poll commissioned by the Independent Schools Information Service , representing most private schools , suggests 57 per cent of Labour supporters do not want such schools abolished . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose because the people who read sociological and political books do n't eat exquisite and delicious food , ’ said Ianthe sensibly . |
| 6 | Well in a way it 's not surprising that none of this got done , if you reflect how common it is that poetic plans do n't get fulfilled . |
| 7 | Although British employers do not use medical screening to the same extent , disability discrimination law must regulate such screening in application forms , medical questionnaires and examinations , and interview questions . |
| 8 | In response , the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( Miti ) warned all companies to ensure that their foreign investments did not create environmental problems . |
| 9 | The law makes no allowance for the fact that habitual drinkers do n't display some of the signs of intoxication until blood alcohol is above 80mg/ 100ml . |
| 10 | The direct-grant schools did not like these proposals , and had little to gain from them . |
| 11 | If you try saying ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ with a level tone ( rather as though you were trying to sing them on a steady note ) you may find the result does not sound natural , and indeed English speakers do not use level tones on one-syllable utterances very frequently . |
| 12 | Nearly all felt British companies did n't pay enough attention to the environment although they no longer regarded the chemical industry as the main threat , and recognised recent efforts to minimise damage . |
| 13 | As a means of assuring us that the management of large public companies do not wield arbitrary power it is unsatisfactory . |
| 14 | What Pound did to English literature and British sensibilities does n't seem forgivable , and I really think that the English were more offended by Pound 's political obsessions than were the countrymen he ostensibly betrayed . |
| 15 | When Schniedau says , ‘ What Pound did to English literature and British sensibilities does n't seem forgivable ’ , he doubtless has in mind certain passages from How to Read , which was originally addressed to the American readers of the New York Herald Tribune Books on 13 , 20 , and 27 January 1929. for instance : |
| 16 | 91% of their sample of clerical workers did not exercise any control over how they worked , they simply followed a set of routines without using their initiative . |
| 17 | Surviving on the social margins did not allow much surplus to use as a bribe . |
| 18 | They tried to make the Social Work Department follow its guidelines , but some of the parents believed the social workers did n't know much about the document at all . |
| 19 | Thus , even on the unrealistic assumption that consumers acting through the market are able to force managements to produce at the lowest possible cost , companies nevertheless retain a discretion within that constraint over such issues as plant location , appropriate levels of automation , and policy on research and development , since these and other delegated questions do not yield unique least-cost solutions . |
| 20 | She quoted an education lecturer , " if Risinghill were a country place , the natural conditions of rural life would throw the teacher into the community , but in London social conditions do not do this ; unless you see it as a need , you would go along quite happily thinking the community is not part of your job " ( Berg 1968:273 ) . |
| 21 | If the social conditions do not seem favourable for consistent use of the alarm then social support services may need to be alerted to help the family with the stress and problems that they are encountering . |
| 22 | But the top rates do not benefit existing investors . |
| 23 | Currently , however , graduated assessment is being used more for formative purposes internal to a school where wrong decisions do not have such serious consequences . |
| 24 | Moreover , it is also certain that English-speaking scholars do not have reliable retrospective intuitions about EModE pronunciation any more than they have reliable intuitions about divergent states at the present day . |
| 25 | Expecting people to know it 's wrong to mug old ladies does n't seem unreasonable to me , but I 'm just a copper . |
| 26 | It is a great pity that hon. Members do not take more notice of the admirable reports that are made by the Comptroller and Auditor General , which are followed up so well by the Public Accounts Committee . |
| 27 | If foreign advisers do n't realise this , Hungary will be turned into a giant screwdriver operation , entailing massive lay offs and — ultimately — massive resentments . |
| 28 | Many of my informants felt that the use of 'JC' features is stereotyped and that these British adolescents do not speak 'real Jamaican . ' |
| 29 | She said , ‘ Now I 've found you , those old photos do n't matter any more . ’ |
| 30 | Two supermarket chains — Sainsbury 's and Tesco — have their own systems for checking that fresh foods do not contain significant pesticide residues . |