Example sentences of "did [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he did rather cynically produce a proposal that the laibon ( or chief religious authority ) of the Tanganyika Masai , and his ‘ chosen men ’ , the laigwenak , should be constituted a Masai Native Authority . |
| 2 | But even this low figure , which was officially quoted as being the number of entrants , did not properly represent the situation . |
| 3 | It did not properly highlight the nature of the church or the church 's mission to the world . |
| 4 | The reason in both cases why the security given was unenforceable was that ( a ) the security was given by the wife of the debtor , ( b ) the creditor knew of the relationship , ( c ) the creditor had done nothing to ensure that the wife understand the transaction , ( d ) the wife did not properly understand the transaction , and ( e ) she had had no independent advice . |
| 5 | The problem arises where a debtor is required by a creditor to provide security for his indebtedness ; the debtor and creditor agree that the security will be provided by some third party ; the relationship between the debtor and the third party , typically husband and wife , makes it likely that the third party 's assistance will be forthcoming ; the debtor procures the third party 's consent by some material misrepresentation or by exerting undue pressure or influence of some kind ; the third party signs the necessary security documents without any independent advice and without any explanation from the creditor of the true effect of the documents ; the third party subsequently , as a defence to the creditor 's attempt to enforce the security documents , contends that he or she was induced to sign by the debtor 's material misrepresentation , or did not properly understand the import of the documents , or that his or her consent was not a true consent having regard to influence or pressure exerted by the debtor . |
| 6 | She always wanted to write and only regrets that she did not sooner have the courage to devote herself to it . |
| 7 | She did not altogether like the sound of this . |
| 8 | The creation of a futures market will attract investors to trade the future who did not already trade the spot ( Cox , 1976 ) . |
| 9 | As she did so she realised she did not yet know the name of their unexpected guest . |
| 10 | Mrs Priestley said they did not yet know the identity of the donor but she and her husband would like to express their gratitude to the donor 's family . |
| 11 | He did not yet have a chancery of his own , but it seems he did have his own chapel , that is , a team of household chaplains ( presumably equipped with relics ) . |
| 12 | The respondent did not however consult a solicitor until March 1990 and prior to that time did not carry out , or arrange for the carrying out of , any investigations . |
| 13 | Americans still had an important role to play in war-ravaged Europe in ensuring that Germany did not again threaten the security of Europe , and in being on hand to help counterbalance if necessary the enigmatic and possibly dangerous USSR . |
| 14 | That of France , the greatest European State , did not again reach the level achieved in the War of the Spanish Succession , when in 1710 Louis XIV had some 360,000 soldiers at his disposal ; but most others grew . |
| 15 | They were both so angry that they did not immediately see the movement that came from the old female 's shelter in the cage between them . |
| 16 | Even then , Central Office did not immediately establish the link between those two developments and PR . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , the Americans did not immediately appreciate the urgency of the matter . |
| 18 | In June , with eleven months still to go , he was told by his doctor that his state of nervous exhaustion was such that if he did not immediately take a week 's rest at Chequers ( which with Parliament sitting inevitably involved a public announcement ) he would not survive without collapse until the end of July . |
| 19 | Surprisingly , the widespread mortality of the plague of 1349 did not completely upset the balance of power between lord and peasant . |
| 20 | The Counter-Reformation crushed the spirit of Protestantism in Slovenia , but it did not completely suppress the influence of Trubar and his contemporary Slovene writers . |
| 21 | Three of these were cleared on 16 March but , believing them to be floating mines , the Allies did not completely sweep the area . |
| 22 | Being a skin did not normally imply a break with your family . |
| 23 | On this point , however , he did not follow her , for he clearly took her to be complaining of the endemic tediousness of all lectures , rather than of the inadequacy of this particular lot : he equally clearly did not wholly concede the point , for he said , faintly , falsely , without enthusiasm , " Oh yes , I suppose they were . |
| 24 | If Churchill , even at the end of 1951 , did not wholly discount the possibility of a pre-emptive attack by the USSR , he was beginning to see American impulsiveness as a more likely cause of conflict . |
| 25 | In four years on French soil they did not even acquire a liking for wine . |
| 26 | Senior officers did not even visit the ground before approving the ground control plan , and the club was criticised for lack of rescue and medical equipment , and inadequate signposting to steer any latecomers away from full terraces . |
| 27 | Indeed , the Federal Government did not even consult the bank before making its announcement on GMU . |
| 28 | Why he should have dangled it for three months before an undistinguished ex-Chancellor of another party who did not even possess a seat in Parliament defies explanation . |
| 29 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
| 30 | Lord Bridge of Harwich , Lord Brandon of Oakbrook and Lord Templeman did not even mention the section . |