Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance .
2 Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric .
3 Such a clause in a contract to supply building materials to a building contractor did not exclude liability for damages payable by the contractor to sub-contractors as a result of delay in delivery ( Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 55 ) .
4 There were hand-outs on ‘ Cruelty Free ’ cosmetics , positively promoting cosmetic companies who did not drip shampoo into rabbits ' eyes in what I knew was called the Draize Test for irritancy .
5 For Moscow , agreements in certain areas , such as arms control , did not preclude competition in others , especially Third World conflicts .
6 The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels .
7 made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ;
8 Differentiation on certain levels did not prevent fusion on others .
9 ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them .
10 The formulation of a decision was quite distinct from its implementation , which often did not take place until months or even years later .
11 Residents of the City of Westminster , while falling into the catchment areas of three different health districts , did not have recourse to admissions to any long-stay hospitals after the closure of Banstead in 1986 .
12 The ICRC confirmed that political prisoners numbered 1,268 , although their representatives did not have access to prisons run by the state security services .
13 The poor would at least have a common school with the advantaged in society , enjoy a common programme and though this in itself did not mark equality of outcomes it did secure equality of access .
14 However , the Commission did not find evidence of deaths having resulted from deliberate brutality by police or prison officers , as had been alleged by some of the victims ' families .
15 A single , introverted individual who was self-catering and whose job did not require contact with others would be able to live like this .
16 Similarly , though he insisted on doctrine which he considered essential to the Anglican faith , he did not require conformity on non-essentials , and also believed that there were divine mysteries on which it was idle to speculate .
17 The survey did not include use of lawyers by business clients .
18 The wording of the EPC , however , is difficult to apply to morality issues surrounding genetically engineered organisms for exactly the same reasons that difficulties arise over ‘ essentially biological processes ’ — the drafters of the convention did not envisage patenting of plants and animals .
19 The cocktail did not stimulate efflux from cells transfected with the vector pREP8 .
20 We do not exercise power over explosions and crackling and snapping of fire like the strangers , we fall back into the waves — as Dulé 's mother did , the young woman I dug up all those years ago , who had been drowned , who had returned to the deep blue .
21 Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite .
22 ‘ When we hear such sounds we do not pay attention to things like pitch and timbre .
23 However , the situation is slightly more complex in this case because some items ( for example , depreciation and revaluation of fixed assets ) do not involve movement of funds .
24 I do not expect shame from Ministers , but I should have thought that all the Ministers present , and all the others who might come in later , would be a little wary about pressing this matter .
25 He said that considerations of humanity are no substitute for prohibitive rules of international law and , by themselves , do not constitute evidence of rules prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons .
26 Until then I had always held the view that police officers do not fabricate evidence against men they know to be innocent , but rather against those whom they genuinely , if mistakenly , believe to be guilty .
27 They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France .
28 Unlike many terrorists , Iranian or Iranian-linked groups often do not claim responsibility for atrocities they commit .
29 Eventually the local authority associations agreed a self-denying ordinance and in many authorities councillors do not seek access to records on individuals .
30 It has been their job to see that local councils do not spend money on activities which can not be justified by statute .
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