Example sentences of "they [vb base] not [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are not a direct source of constitutional law in the sense that they do not normally involve any change in domestic law ( see , however The Parlement Belge ( H.C. , 1879 ) ) . |
| 2 | They do not however use this data to temper their judgements , with the result that a school may be praised because of the intake characteristics of the pupils rather than because of anything it has done . |
| 3 | The debt to Picasso is immediately obvious ; the large canvas , the scale of the figure itself and the distortions within it , the muted pinks , buffs and greys ( which if they do not closely resemble those of the Demoiselles are surely a response to them ) , the treatment of the background in terms of large angular planes — all these features are new in the work of Braque . |
| 4 | They do not then relay all the information to the passengers , for to do so would serve no useful purpose . |
| 5 | However , if biographies of artists are carefully examined , it will be found that they do not necessarily contain much art criticism at all ; a biographer may prefer not to express personal views about the artist 's work ; a book 's main thrust may be to describe the artist 's own aims and ideas . |
| 6 | Thus performance statistics alone are not very useful for comparing different systems , since they do not necessarily provide any indication of the superiority of one system over another , nor any insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the various components . |
| 7 | But psychological research seems to indicate that they do not necessarily cancel each other out . |
| 8 | Origins are certainly often interesting , but they do not necessarily have much to do with the present functioning and meaning of things . |
| 9 | They do not necessarily find such changes easy , and periods of considerable intra- and interparty uncertainty and upheaval may follow periods of relative stability in the party system . |
| 10 | they are less economistic than men , that is they do not only seek more rewards ; |
| 11 | It would not be difficult to conduct an informal interview with almost anyone , asking them for criticisms of the national health service , the police or the railways , all three of which confer great benefit on the population , for which they do not always receive much credit . |
| 12 | Others use the term sub or proto-proletariat to mean that these members of the urban poor are in the process of becoming a working class , though they have not yet achieved this status . |
| 13 | Defense officials say they have not yet forbidden any publication , but insist that they possess the power to do so if they choose . |