Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Baptismal , confirmation , membership and communicant figures do not tell the whole story .
2 In some countries , national and racial minorities meant that total population figures do not tell the whole story about military strength .
3 Your books do not tell the whole story .
4 Simple numbers , however , do not tell the whole story .
5 During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings .
6 It is important to banks that accounting guidelines do not prevent the efficient financing of loans .
7 As between themselves , the purchaser and the vendor are bound under the terms of the sale agreement by the decisions of the expert , but the provisions in the sale agreement do not prevent the aggrieved party , whether it be the purchaser or the vendor , from attempting to bring a claim against the expert if it can be shown that such party has suffered loss under the normal principles of the law of negligence ( see Arenson v Casson Bechman Rutley & Co [ 1977 ] AC 405 ) .
8 In particular the expectations of research often do not match the actual practice of their supervisors .
9 These arbitrators are experts in the non-legal sense of the word , and they do not perform a judicial function .
10 However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised .
11 We do not speak the same language . ’
12 Not only is there a division among the English , the Scottish , and the Welsh ; there is also a division between Gaelic-speaking Scots and those who do not speak Gaelic , and between those who do and do not speak the Welsh language in Wales .
13 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption .
14 When Rebekah , Potiphar 's wife , or Tamar uses a piece of attire for their own personal ends , they do not create a gratuitous disturbance in the order of things .
15 Do not wear a personal stereo headset so that you are unaware if someone comes up behind you .
16 It is not only your life which is at risk if you do not wear an available seat belt .
17 If you do not wear an available seat belt , you are liable to a fixed penalty or a fine if the case goes to court .
18 The West 's new weapons do not represent a new dimension in warfare ; rather , they continue the strategy that has kept the peace in Europe for 40 years
19 They do not represent a complete list of the ‘ traditions ’ in English curricula nor are they timeless entities ; they simply represent three clear constellations of curriculum styles which recur in the history of the school subjects under study .
20 Thus , even if inquiry is a goal-directed activity , the goals in terms of which it is directed do not represent a substantive conception of the ‘ end ’ to which the process tends .
21 If British Rail builds a railway line in South Wales by employing construction workers who would otherwise have been unemployed , the cost includes the wages of construction workers , but these do not represent a social cost if they would not otherwise have produced any goods .
22 A final bit of evidence that the modals do not represent the bare infinitive 's event as subsequent to their own event comes from certain observations about the contrast between will and be going to made by Palmer ( 1988 : 148 ) .
23 the vertical 250 squares DO NOT represent the same number of rows of knitting .
24 I now realize that there are different kinds of Jews , ranging from the ultra-religious Chasidim who do dress like that , to Liberal Jews who do not recognize the holy nature of the Bible and who prefer to keep whichever laws they can rationalize .
25 In addition , the analysts we interviewed do not regard the annual report as sufficiently timely or relevant to be critical to investment decisions in an industry in which the potential successes of individual products and the market direction of research and development are more important .
26 I do not regard the United Kindom constitution as set in concrete .
27 Governments do not exercise the same sway over the House of Lords ; notwithstanding that the House of Lords is sensitive of its constitutional vulnerability and hence wary of obstructing governments , it can be more troublesome for a government to negotiate the passage of a Bill through the House of Lords than through the House of Commons .
28 In analysing and explaining crime we will need to examine why these control mechanisms do not exert the same influence on all individuals and social groups .
29 Notice that Barro assumes that FEDV t and do not exert an independent influence on UN t .
30 The judges noted that some enticing covers were let down by their contents , and vice versa , but that ‘ accountability and imagination do not demand a high budget ’ .
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