Example sentences of "[vb base] not [adv] [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As they go to sleep , subjects do not usually stay in Stage I for long — between one and ten minutes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The government , even in a minority , is more united than an opposition made up of one majority party and a number of minor parties which do not always act in concert . |
| 6 | So , well before we get on to any issues to do with the structural poverty of the Third World , maintained by the wealth extracting efforts and arrangements of our Western world , we can surely see why quite a few people do not really believe in recovery through economic growth and consumption and we need to ask whether we ought to want it anyway , but people in the Tory Party and in the Labour Party in the City with a capital C and the trade unions with a Capital T and a U go on talking as if our goal must be jobs and recovery in the same old way , technologized , computerized and skillerlized of course with strong dashes of management insights and so on |
| 7 | Two things made that strategy profitable in third-world loans which do not obviously apply in property . |
| 8 | In spite of widespread attempts in recent years to make learning opportunities more accessible to adults from all sections of society and the development of special programmes tailored to the needs of specific groups , there are still many social groups which , for a variety of reasons , do not readily participate in post school educational activities . |
| 9 | Perhaps the most positive outcome , on a personal basis , has been the opportunity to participate in discussion and share ideas on an area of my work which I have not previously discussed in depth . |