Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 1991 report by the province 's auditor-general lambasted government foresters for doing little to ensure that logging companies met British Columbia 's standards — which are far more lax than those employed by the United States Forest Service just south of the border . |
| 2 | In Hong Kong , expectations of violence in the camps did not materialise but aid workers believed the initial passivity would probably not last . |
| 3 | It always seems odd , looking back on a turning-point in life , that bells did not ring and warning hooters go . |
| 4 | On the whole , correspondents did not believe that church musicians receive as much encouragement as they deserve . |
| 5 | In this at least he agreed with Madison and the other American constitutionalists , who also did not believe that majority decisions were necessarily right . |
| 6 | In 1970 , Labour identification was not necessarily tied to support for the party 's ‘ traditional ’ concerns , or at least the concerns of the left-wing : only 39 per cent of Labour identifiers were in favour of nationalising more industries ; only 40 per cent did not believe that trade unions had too much power ; and although 60 per cent were in favour of spending more on social services this represented a marked decline from the 89 per cent recorded in 1964 ( Crewe et al . , |
| 7 | ( 1977 ) , 50 per cent of Labour identifiers supported more nationalisation of industry , 61 per cent were in favour of spending more on social services , and 44 per cent did not believe that trade unions had too much power . |
| 8 | Other holders , like individuals , pension funds and foreigners , do care about dividends but did not worry while share prices were booming . |
| 9 | With no exceptions these results have been based on poorly controlled trials which , although they do not show that herpes vaccines do n't work , certainly do not prove that they do . |
| 10 | The changes to the taxation of futures and the abolition of stamp duty do not mean that pension funds and unit trusts will become major participants in index arbitrage ; and market makers will remain well placed to execute index arbitrage transactions . |
| 11 | A Frankish stirrup has been discovered by archaeologists , but contemporary records do not confirm that horse charges and similar tactics were widely used . |
| 12 | Do not assume that storage heaters can operate satisfactorily without supplementation by fires or radiators of one sort or another — there is no substitute for instant heat when and where you want it . |
| 13 | We do not suggest that discourse analysts should spend their time looking for potential alternative meanings in what speakers say in a conversation , but we do suggest that the analyst should not simply assume that there is a single , static ‘ topic of conversation ’ in any conversational fragment . |
| 14 | Lawyers do not believe that women jurors are necessarily more likely than men to believe the evidence of alleged rape victims . |
| 15 | We do not believe that fruit flies have a chance of 61/84 of red eyes because on its own this is a silly idea ; but also , it does not fit with the rest of our accumulated knowledge . |
| 16 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 17 | I do n't think that income taxes should be cut next year . |
| 18 | I do n't mean that animal embryos look like branching trees . |
| 19 | They do n't believe that government promises of an increase in benefits will properly compensate the pensioners , and worry that those just above the level eligible for benefits will be hit hardest of all . |
| 20 | We do n't believe that pension rights should be undermined by privatization or by C C T. We agree with motion three seven one but add one qualification the best way to provide protection for members threatened in this way is to force the government to honour its obligations under European law and push for pensions to be included in the regulations . |
| 21 | But this was the hanging gardens of Hampden Babylon , the land where agents rule , books do n't balance and credit cards are cut up in front of your eyes . |
| 22 | The particular focus which I find valuable is the concept of the ‘ life course ’ , which is different from the more orthodox conception of the ‘ life cycle ’ and ‘ family life cycle ’ , in that it allows for more variation and does not assume that family relationships go through a series of modifications which are totally predictable in advance . |
| 23 | This may well be the reason why the rebound hunger problem does not arise when carbohydrate foods are consumed in their natural fibre-rich form . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , it might be argued that this merely exposes certain limitations of quantification as a logical device , but does not show that existence predicates are not eliminable . |
| 25 | Firstly , they are multi-class , which does not mean that class struggles do not exist . |