Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voices did not acclaim his deeds with a loud rapture but became whispering voices , conspiratorially accusing , viciously sniggery . |
| 2 | It can not of course be the case that syntactic variables do not pattern socially or stylistically ; some of them plainly do , as the work of , for example , Cheshire has shown . |
| 3 | Alpacas gave wool and meat and their feet do not impact and damage the soil as cows ' hooves do . |
| 4 | Even the casual Aranyos did not disdain to make the sign . |
| 5 | Land Rovers do not self centre very much because in common with most beam axled four wheel drive vehicles they do not have much of a caster angle on the front axle . |
| 6 | In addition , although Haig was reinforced with eight divisions , he was placed under Nivelle 's overall command ; matters did not auger well for harmonious Anglo-French cooperation . |
| 7 | His results showed that children below the age of seven years did not structure their stories or explanations coherently , nor did they keep in mind the extent of the listener 's ignorance . |
| 8 | Currency-option dealers quote not price but implied volatility — the market 's guess at how much the underlying asset will move over the life of the option . |
| 9 | Again , a servant in custody of his master 's goods has not possession of them , for it is constructively in the master . |
| 10 | Strangers do not rate as human beings at all . |
| 11 | The cumulative effect of all these changes do not auger well for the supply of teachers . |
| 12 | A Halifax Building Society survey found most elderly people with financial difficulties did not resort to credit as a panacea — ‘ their generation does not approve of credit . ’ |
| 13 | DSS officers do not hand out money lightly , but look for evidence to support claims . |
| 14 | But information seekers did not rate the press , unlike television , particularly highly for providing information . |
| 15 | Rooms did not interconnect or have folding doors , as they did on the Continent ; they had a single door that could be shut . |
| 16 | Cats did not rate quite as high on her scale of things worth fighting for as , say , dolphins , but their stock certainly stood higher than that of the middle-aged , white , heterosexual male . |
| 17 | The union can be slow controlled motions , so that voluptuous thrills do not overbalance the desire for soft sensations . |
| 18 | The subject working parties have proved more independent of mind and judgement than critics had expected : less like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ( ‘ You were sent for : and there is a kind of confession in your looks which your modesties have not craft enough to colour ’ ) ; more , perhaps , like Polonius , given to worthy but occasionally tedious advice . |
| 19 | Pickpockets do not steam open envelopes . ’ |
| 20 | ( The medical/technical descriptions are what I understood the doctors to say not text-book definitions ) . |
| 21 | Importantly , Sahlins does not privilege one perspective over the other : the British perspective is not treated as better or more informed because to treat it as such would be to accept unquestioningly the categories out of which this perspective constructed its realities . |
| 22 | The legal rules which govern the formation of contracts do not mesh easily with common business practices and are often not appreciated by businesses . |
| 23 | Of course , such con- ditions did not disgrace every mill , nor were they wholly absent outside the factory system . |
| 24 | ‘ Lovers give not thought to actions and words , joy and sorrow , past and future . |
| 25 | I hope the yungstirs do not hav much dribble with the difficult wurds . |
| 26 | However , the Italians , currently running an enormous budget deficit , may not be happy with constraints on fiscal policy , while the less-developed nations will want structural reforms to ensure that the major economies do not cream off all the benefits . |
| 27 | If the students do not value their learning experience , they can go elsewhere . |
| 28 | Although in 1978–9 Libyans could time in to Cairo 's radio broadcasts to hear abuse of their leader , Libya 's news services did not air the quarrels with neighbours . |
| 29 | However , the argument that women do not image Christ ( or God ) continues to be used to exclude women from ordained leadership in the Church . |
| 30 | Times change but the victims do n't Television . |