Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] did not [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direct-grant schools did not like these proposals , and had little to gain from them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Surviving on the social margins did not allow much surplus to use as a bribe . |
| 4 | Mucus secretory cells did not show any immunoreactivity . |
| 5 | The new , native-born administrators did not displace these Iranian settlers but imitated and co-operated with them . |
| 6 | He acknowledged in his affidavit now filed in support of the application and repeated in his oral evidence taken on Friday , that ‘ Miss T. 's conscious level was somewhat clouded although she was fully orientated and appropriate in her verbal responses did not make any inappropriate comments and showed no signs of hallucination . |
| 7 | Most male nurses did not share these views , with only just over a third believing they were perceived as being gay . |
| 8 | Fortunately his rude manners did not cut much ice with his colleagues either . |
| 9 | By contrast , the Arab population and surrounding countries did not accept this United Nations decision and five Arab armies attacked the new State of Israel as soon as it was declared in May 1948 . |
| 10 | Considering that the body depends on sensitive electrical interactions to function , it would be surprising if these diverse electrical frequencies did not have some effect on us , whether detrimental or otherwise . |
| 11 | Though a therapeutic response was reported , histological examination of the endometrial curettings did not show any disease . |
| 12 | Negative controls did not show any immunostaining and the positive controls always showed positive and appropriate immunoreactivity with all the enzymes . |
| 13 | While reiterating the spirit of the 1991 accord , however , the auxiliary agreements did not include many of the more burdensome measures proposed in the original accord . |
| 14 | Fourteen patients with complete supraconal lesions did not report any sensation during rectal distension , the remaining nine reported a non-specific pelvic sensation that did not prevent further inflation of the rectal balloon . |
| 15 | However , even in the hesitant phase , the planning of short clauses appears to have occurred during preceding utterances , since over 80 per cent of four-word clauses did not contain a pause in initial position , and nearly 75 per cent of three-word clauses did not contain any pauses at all . |
| 16 | Even towns which were associated with particular manufactures did not have more than half of their occupied populations employed in them . |
| 17 | The hugging , questing , gelatinous limbs did not block all possible entrance into the multiple hulk . |
| 18 | The dominant families did not display any strong national feelings , Croat or Hungarian . |
| 19 | Contrary to what everyone expected , urban children suddenly subjected to the apparently healthy environment of fresh air and green fields did not show any marked improvement in health . |
| 20 | But he was a Catholic , of course , and my Scots lords did not like that . |
| 21 | That other ages did not feel this too ? |
| 22 | Exhausted , the young women did not talk much as they prepared for bed . |
| 23 | The number of decayed permanent teeth did not show any association with risk of coronary heart disease among younger men ( relative risk=1.01 , 0.94 to 1.10 ) . |