Example sentences of "did [adv] [vb infin] certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MNR did not regard certain areas as part of the Beira corridor , he said , whereas the government approved the JVC 's definition of a corridor as " a continual strip of land between two known points " . |
| 2 | Not only did the Dissenters still suffer civil disabilities , but they could still be prosecuted for worshipping outside the Church of England if they did not fulfil certain requirements at law . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ They did not have certain top-class players out there , but the majority of those who came in were £1 million players and I felt that they would be fighting for a place in the Cup replay . ’ |
| 4 | Unfortunately , he did not have certain items of information such as the history of the Star pistol found at the cottage . |
| 5 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 6 | We lack the knowledge to explain the true meaning of these lurches : the early reign did not lack certain eighteenth-century reformist traits — chairs in political economy , an interest in ‘ safe ’ elementary education , the building of the Prado . |
| 7 | The electoral reform law passed on Dec. 13 did not include certain previously agreed provisions designed to help small parties , such as the introduction of restrictions on campaign spending . |
| 8 | But he did n't sound certain . |