Example sentences of "do not [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One should not therefore underestimate the importance of neighbourhood to such old people , even if neighbours do not perform the same functions as in ‘ the old days ’ . |
| 2 | But they do not examine the institutional reasons for low black attainment , or study ‘ race ’ as a social category , and so they often fall into a biologically founded account of absolute ‘ race ’ differences . |
| 3 | ‘ the layman may well wonder why we do not consult the Parliamentary Debates , for we are much more likely to find the intention of Parliament there than anywhere else . |
| 4 | Thus they do not confront the usual sources of public misunderstanding . |
| 5 | I am convinced that the works on view in the museums and those we consider to be exceptional , do not represent the finest achievements in the world . |
| 6 | Incomplete information may lead to private choices which do not represent the best interests of individuals or society as a whole . |
| 7 | Excluding these two patients made no difference , however , as they do not represent the outlying points . |
| 8 | Children do not recognize the physical cues of when they want to empty their bladder until they reach the ages of 12 to 18 months ( Leach 1975 ; Lask 1985 ) and so it is unlikely that children trained before this age are reliable or in control . |
| 9 | The council may also decide to invest in guided buses , latter-day trolley buses , which do not incur the heavy costs of disturbing underground cable , pipes and sewers , that a comprehensive LRT network would . |
| 10 | We also say of causal circumstances and causes that they explain their effects , in a sense in which effects do not explain the causal items . |
| 11 | Though they do not dispute the independent effects of maternal age and birth order , especially that of young age and parity , they assert that the apparent maleffect of old maternal age and high birth order is probably due to poor child-spacing . |
| 12 | I do not fish the big rivers like the Thames or the Trent for bream but I love to get after them on streams the size of the Wensum , Bure or Waveney . |
| 13 | The adoral shields are short slightly larger than wide with the proximal edge at nearly right angles to the jaw : they do not separate the oral shields from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 14 | So , do not repeat the main ingredients . |
| 15 | To be effective in their teaching of Standard English , schools should teach it in ways which do not denigrate the non-standard dialects spoken by many pupils . |
| 16 | More limited forms of resistance such as normal trade union activity do not alter the fundamental relationships of class inequality in capitalist society . |
| 17 | Unlike [ 9 ] , these sentences do not treat the two events of shutting and clicking as separate things : in this respect , as in other respects , [ 12 ] and [ 13 ] are just different ways of expressing the same sense as [ 3 ] . |
| 18 | Cooking for one can sometimes be a dreary business , and many elderly people on their own do not eat the right types of food to maintain health . |
| 19 | Although these drugs are effective , they do not reduce the reflux of other gastric contents ( pepsin , bile ) and they do not modify the underlying causes of the disease by restoring lower oesophageal sphincter pressure or improving oesophageal clearance and gastric emptying . |
| 20 | The opinion polls do not reflect the true opinions of the British public . |
| 21 | My own opinion is that the salaries of judges are so low that they do not attract the best brains . |
| 22 | Teachers who do not possess the necessary skills for a qualitative analysis of phonological errors are encouraged , by the designers of Goldman-Fristoe , to use the test as a way of gathering systematic information about children whose articulation gives cause for concern . |
| 23 | These forecasts were criticized because both current practice and future intentions with regard to increased access to HE meant that many mature entrants to HE particularly in the public sector — who admit between 70 per cent and 80 per cent of mature entrants — do not possess the formal qualifications for HE . |
| 24 | ( If you are not eating all of the salad at once , do not dress the reserved vegetables until used . |
| 25 | Candidates offering ‘ AS ’ level music , and mature applicants who do not offer the above qualifications , may be required to take a written test . |
| 26 | Plainly they do not satisfy the formal requirements for any civil-law disposition . |
| 27 | I do not want the comparative figures to be distorted . |
| 28 | Many people do not want the excessive comforts ( and expense ) of bed/breakfast every night , especially young people . |
| 29 | Marwell Zoological Park are hosting the Pet Corner where you can meet face to face those animals that do NOT make the perfect pets . |
| 30 | Someone with accountancy training can be extremely helpful in the preparation of Schedules of Special Damages and if your department is large enough to need some form of dedicated management , this can often best be provided by someone from outside the law as solicitors do not make the best managers . |