Example sentences of "do not [verb] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If its investigation gives credence to the theory that people do not tell the truth to market researchers , the industry has a problem . |
| 2 | Self-assured enough to make decisions , clarify your goals and take risks , other people 's definitions , needs and opinions do not represent a threat to you . |
| 3 | Thus if all cancers discovered at necropsy were identified clinically and treated then 26 out of 27 patients would be treated unnecessarily because these tumours do not represent a threat to their lives . |
| 4 | Do not reply a letter to Lewis until I contact you because I could not be here . |
| 5 | If you are holidaying in a hot climate , do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods , and take a neutral density filter along with you if the light is likely to be particularly brilliant ( sunlight on snow , for example ) to avoid the risk of spoiling shots through over exposure . |
| 6 | Do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods . |
| 7 | If , for instance , Ms Intrepid acquires a small cafe and wishes to convert it to high-class tearooms and this necessitates minor internal building works and extensive redecoration , planning permission will not be required , since the alterations are purely internal and do not alter the use to which the buildings are put , nor do they materially affect the external appearance of the property . |
| 8 | I only hope that by following this advice other members do not face the ordeal to which Mr Holdsworth was subjected . |
| 9 | It would be beneficial to warn people to change their ‘ alien ’ notes to familiar currency during the Christmas period so they know where they are and do not give the opportunity to the fast buck merchants of lining their nests . |
| 10 | Firstly , there was a widespread opinion that arts staff do not give the priority to INSET which other areas of the curriculum do . |
| 11 | The words of the statute , as they stand , do not give an answer to the question before the judge ; and the question is therefore legislative rather than interpretative . |
| 12 | I do not mention the onlooker to Rainbow . |
| 13 | DO NOT RETURN THE PRODUCT TO THE RETAILER . |
| 14 | They do not hold a light to the more flamboyant and colourful dendrodorids but are nevertheless beautiful in a grotesque sort of way . |
| 15 | I do not expect the Minister to be helpful — |
| 16 | Chamber of Trade chairman , Dick King , told the Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting : ‘ I believe it is basically wrong for membership subscriptions to finance what is in effect a benefit provided for the town , and enjoyed by many other businesses who do not contribute a penny to the upkeep . |
| 17 | Because you do not want a return to destructive two party politics and you do know at first hand that Liberal Democrats do put ‘ people first ’ ; that local income tax is a fair and predictable alternative to the poll tax ; that our stance on Hong Kong is morally right and that we realise the urgency of environmental action with targets for achievement away ahead of the other two parties . |
| 18 | Clearly , the British people do not want a return to the failed interventionist , socialist policies of the 1960s and 1970s — and that is another reason why Labour will be defeated at the next general election . |
| 19 | Older teenagers do not want a mother to be yearning over them day and night , even when several hundred miles lie between them . |
| 20 | I quote from one such document without giving my source because I do not want the firm to be identified : |
| 21 | If the shareholders agree on a value , and do not refer the matter to the company 's auditors , their agreement and the ensuing transaction may be invalid because the price of the shares has not been established in accordance with the company 's rules ; and as a practical matter it might be unfair to other shareholders . |
| 22 | They do not require a circular to be issued or prior shareholders ' approval . |
| 23 | There will , of course , be some operation numbers which do not require a letter to be sent : application received , for example . |
| 24 | They do not require an appeal to effects specific to the discriminative stimuli . |
| 25 | I do not believe the answer to every problem is simply for government to dig deeper in your pocket . |
| 26 | The body clock has been studied very little in older volunteers and so we do not know the answer to this . |
| 27 | We simply do not know the answer to this question but brief mention of the complexity of a human individual 's environment may suffice at this point to indicate how elaborate the considerations will have to be . |
| 28 | Most of the time we do not know the answer to that clearly . |
| 29 | The smith obviously needed fuel and metal to carry out his work but we do not know the extent to which the smith was dependent on local resources as opposed to trade , nor the size and structure of the industry . |
| 30 | Do not allow the onion to brown . |