Example sentences of "[vb base] not [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interests in the North Side , then , do not neatly fit into neighbourhood units which dovetail into the geographic space of the area . |
| 2 | Although the feet do not stretch and point in the way we still care about in the West , the dancers do not just move from position to position ; they dance in a long poem of fluently musical movement that is classical ballet 's chief claim to fame . |
| 3 | Italian researchers have shown that Octopuses do not just learn by experience , and by copying other Octopi , but are actively instructed by those who have already learnt the lesson . |
| 4 | STA SODON The worst feelings which do not even lead to suicide |
| 5 | Performers and listeners do not generally warm to music which is written in discordant or arid style . |
| 6 | The 1987 SORP points out that local authorities do not generally accrue for capital expenditure and sales and disposals of capital assets . |
| 7 | The vast flocks of gulls at rubbish tips do not normally compete for food resources with other birds , but black-headed gulls do sometimes take advantage of other species ' food-finding skills . |
| 8 | Their wings do not normally come into contact , but even so there are problems when the dragonfly executes sharp turns . |
| 9 | They do not voluntarily crawl across sand or mud and most species are predominantly intertidal . |
| 10 | So far they have gained little official recognition and therefore do not automatically qualify for government grants to students . |
| 11 | Comparisons between the incomes of age-groups , as in Figure 5.1 , give only very rough indications of differences in disposable financial resources , for they do not fully take into account differences in household composition . |
| 12 | However , such psychological analyses , concentrating upon the individual 's feelings , do not typically take into account the wider , ideological context . |
| 13 | He begins by assuming that men do not naturally co-operate in society , and then seeks an explanation of how society is possible , given the natural state of ‘ war of all against all ’ . |
| 14 | It is also the case , of course , that stated aims do not necessarily match with practice . |
| 15 | Contrary to popular belief , long timespans given over to arduous , repetitive practice do not necessarily equate with improvement . |
| 16 | Audrey Baker , tutor for the National Marriage Guidance Council ( address on page 153 ) , says that although long-established marriages do not necessarily founder at retirement , many couples make themselves miserable by not communicating . |
| 17 | Richard Wright 's study suggests that whilst police do not necessarily look for evidence of extreme violence , they do seek evidence of some violence or threat . |
| 18 | Could it be the hysterical over-the-top camerawork , proving any amount of slow-motion and soft-focus still do not actually score as style . |
| 19 | We we we 're empowered er by these orders to set up the new constituencies , er they do not actually come into effect to enable the elections to be held upon them er until all the countries of the E E C have agreed the changes that are necessary to accommodate the new numbers that er they will be having , er so the act , the ninety three act , has a commencement hour within it . |
| 20 | These have screw-holes for permanent fixing of the wooden battens and legs , together with a locking device to ensure they do not accidentally close in use . |
| 21 | Since these particular constraints do not apparently operate upon variation in subject-verb agreement in standard English , which in turn is affected by a different set of constraints ( see Huddleston 1984 : 241 ) , we must assume that the surface variants of the verb which occur in the two dialects are embedded in structurally different grammars . |
| 22 | As they go to sleep , subjects do not usually stay in Stage I for long — between one and ten minutes . |
| 23 | Lorenz , Ardrey and others nevertheless argue that collective instincts and forms of aggression amongst contemporary human beings ( and especially amongst males ) have now been canalised into ritual and symbolic forms : types of aggression which do not usually result in damage . |
| 24 | Although alarm is not expressed to relate to any particular source of concern , we do not usually speak of alarm in a vacuum . |
| 25 | I apologise , Mr. Speaker , I do not usually have by breath taken away . |
| 26 | Tumours of the ovary and testis are likewise hormone-related , although they do not usually respond to hormone therapy . |
| 27 | We conclude that ( 1 ) reactive oxygen species are generated in increased amounts in inflamed mucosa in patients with ulcerative colitis ; ( 2 ) these increased values of reactive oxygen species may be an important contributor to the tissue injury in ulcerative colitis ; ( 3 ) the most likely cellular source of reactive oxygen species in ulcerative colitis is the neutrophil ; ( 4 ) a likely culprit in the tissue injury is a product of the myeloperoxidase reaction , namely hypochlorous acid ; ( 5 ) arachadonic acid pathways , including cyclo-oxygenase and lipoxygenase , probably do not significantly contribute to production of reactive oxygen species by the inflamed mucosa . |
| 28 | To make the model more realistic it is assumed that the trains do not always arrive on time , and that the frequency distribution of the differences between the actual and timetabled arrivals of the trains follows a normal ( Gaussian ) distribution with a mean of zero ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 29 | It is , as Lord Renton pointed out in an address to this Society in 1990 , too much to ask that legislation should always be expressed simply ; for the complexities of modern life do not always admit of simplicity and we can not afford , in providing a code of conduct , to sacrifice certainty to simplicity . |
| 30 | What enthusiasts often overlook is that western communities do not always depend on sewer systems . |