Example sentences of "do not [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We held an investigation and realised that some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally with the real situation . |
| 2 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 3 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 4 | The term ‘ ecology ’ could be used as an umbrella to cover a wide range of research traditions that did not interact at the detailed level , but which could be seen to deal with one aspect or another of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 5 | Externally , AWCC felt that its demands were highly specific and did not benefit from a wider articulation through the North Side Leadership Conference , which it joined in 1985 . |
| 6 | Dick Crossman , like myself , was a Wykehamist but did not benefit from the outstanding facilities for scientific education that were available at Winchester . |
| 7 | The brown carpet was cigarette-burned and none too clean , but at least it did not clash with the shabby beige of the walls . |
| 8 | The Judaism of the Pharisees and Scribes did not care for the lost . |
| 9 | She did not care for the serious young men who toured the Home Office and the Treasury with her . |
| 10 | Tyroglyphus , harmless to the vine but a deadly enemy of Phylloxera vastatrix , was imported in 1873 in an attempt to kill off the pest ; unfortunately , however , unlike phylloxera , Tyroglyphus did not care for the European climate and failed to settle . |
| 11 | They did not care about the burst tyre — all 14 inches and $400 of it — and could hardly be bothered to check the rest of the car . |
| 12 | Most of them did not control for a possible confounding effect of H pylori infection . |
| 13 | Only 4 amino acids did not match with the human sequence , whereas 9 amino acids did not match with mouse peptide . |
| 14 | You did not go through a religious ceremony with him . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Burtt has asked my advice on payment of the enclosed invoice for £690 for an order raised by Mrs Gregory which did not go through the agreed procedures , and which exceeds the total amount available for all staff . |
| 16 | Revenues generated by this channel did not go through the joint venture , rather through Kam Circuits , which contributed to its good performance . |
| 17 | Hammond did not go on the Irish expedition of 1649 , but remained on active service ; unlike Fairfax , he took part in the pre-emptive invasion of Scotland the following year . |
| 18 | I did not go into a perfect situation . |
| 19 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where ex-girlfriend , Sandra Sturgiss , was working . |
| 20 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where ex-girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss , was working , but staggered into a neighbouring office , ablaze from the waist upwards . |
| 21 | He did not go into the United Friendly office , where his ex-girlfriend , Sandra Sturgiss , was working . |
| 22 | Anna did not go to the front door but round the back . |
| 23 | Both of these places are within walking distance of Docklands but I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 24 | But I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 25 | One study showed that about half of teenage mothers did not go to the antenatal clinic until the third or fourth month , almost one in five had waited until the fifth month of pregnancy , and a few did not go at all . |
| 26 | All did not go against the Key Company , however ; prisoners were taken at some of the incidents , some carrying vital information . |
| 27 | His great virtue was that he did not rely on a single visit , but frequently returned after a period of years and was able to comment on progress — or lack of it — and the way in which new legislation was being implemented . |
| 28 | Indeed , gastrinoma growth did not appear as an essential factor and , as shown in Table IV , neither sex , level of hypergastrinaemia , duration of disease , nor the type and duration of antisecretory treatment can , independently , account for neoplastic changes . |
| 29 | The gentlemen 's titles did not appear on the hand-painted signs at the foot of the staircase ; in certain other Oxford colleges such practices were countenanced ; not , Mr Bullins thought proudly , in Magdalen , which , in his opinion , was not only the most beautiful college in Oxford but also the only one of any consequence . |
| 30 | Educational accountability emerged in the United States earlier than the United Kingdom , where the term did not appear in an official document until the publication of the ‘ Green Paper ’ . |