Example sentences of "wales [vb base] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These pupils in Wales do not start formally to be taught English until the age of 7 or 8 ; all pupils in England will be required to be taught English from age 5 . |
| 2 | The House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs carried out an inquiry into the branch during 1984–5 and concluded : ‘ We are satisfied , on the basis of the evidence which we have received , that the special branches of the police service in England and Wales do not justify public anxiety ’ ( House of Commons , 1985 , p. x ; our emphasis ) . |
| 3 | The people of Wales do not take kindly — |
| 4 | That tasted bitter , thought Hotspur , watching Hussey swallow it down perforce , for on the face of it it was reasonable , and minor lordlings from the fringes of Wales do not argue with the prince of Wales . |
| 5 | The people of Wales do not believe the right hon. Gentleman 's protestations about the so-called council tax . |
| 6 | As many as one in five of the population attends an accident and emergency unit every year , yet staff shortages are so acute that a quarter of the 239 units in England and Wales do not have a trained consultant in charge . |