Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The supporters do not consistently play some of the Club 's best players out of position to accommodate players so far past their sell-by date that if they were a tin of fish paste there 's be an outbreak of salmonella the length and breadth of Mersey Street ! |
2 | In particular , those who manage individual schools have not yet had much experience in making a practical connection between defining their aims and implementing them within the framework of the national curriculum and in terms of quality assurance . |
3 | When it comes to disk storage capacity spreadsheets do n't normally take much space . |
4 | Erm , I know your parents do n't really eat much sweet stuff , but do you have , generally have any sweet stuff in the house , really or is it |
5 | Make sure that lines do not inadvertently touch each other , or this will result in short-circuits on the finished board . |
6 | Bankers do not usually forget that sort of thing . |
7 | Short sentences , a varied array of conjunctions , and absence of the typical conjunctions ( mainly wa , fa , and a few other particles ) are associated with translated Arabic texts — original Arabic texts do not normally display these features . |
8 | Companies do not normally recognise this as a liability , because it is usually a remote contingency where accounts are prepared on a going concern basis . |
9 | Most listed companies do not yet have enough independent directors to fulfil the roles Cadbury allots them , and it is even doubtful whether enough individuals of the right calibre are available for these positions , particularly in view of the heavy legal responsibilities that any company director incurs . |
10 | I was grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that , because it is not often realised that such claims can be made up to three months before the person enters care , although I am aware that the circumstances do not always allow that . |
11 | ( 'We who bear the ever-mounting burden of the years do not clearly understand this . |
12 | The arguments advanced by methodological individualists do not necessarily escape these problems . |
13 | Medical advances have not only enabled some very disabled people to survive into old age ; they have also reduced the dependency on others of very many elderly people . |
14 | British local governments have not yet shown any marked ability to effectively manage change outside their own organizations . |
15 | Senior political figures do not even acknowledge that torture exists , let alone accept that it is a widespread and routine event . |
16 | This is partly because of the need to make the publications truly publicly available — thus satisfying the legal requirement — and partly because their producers do not normally have any financial or other incentive to make them available online . |
17 | Older and more skilful writers do not merely signal that succeeding ideas are linked ; they use a number of different connectives , not only to introduce variety but also in order to make the meaning relationship as precise as possible . |
18 | ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began . |
19 | 4 patients also developed level-1 or in-situ melanomas ; 3 of these patients have not yet developed any invasive melanomas but the other , patient 5 , has also had an invasive melanoma . |
20 | I am sure our British friends can appreciate that American presidents have not always extended such a warm welcome . |
21 | The Conservative administration , whose party members do not often control these large urban authorities , has shown no interest in this matter . |
22 | And players do not only have more powerful rackets these days , but many of them , thanks to improvements in health , training and diets , are also stronger and bigger . |
23 | Ordinands do not necessarily have more imagination than others . |
24 | It can be hard to combine parental authority with a friendship that implies equality , and some girls do not even want this . |
25 | Girls do n't usually do that . ’ |
26 | Doctors do not always impart this information clearly to their patients . |
27 | As Burton remarks , ‘ Respondents who are aware of the researcher 's interests do not constantly hold that awareness in mind ’ ( 1978:169 ) . |
28 | In practice , many local authorities do not fully achieve these , for a variety of reasons . |
29 | Minutes of meetings do not always record all of the details which were discussed . |
30 | The courts do not always take this view . |