Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] follow the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not even follow the retreating Dutch skirmishers , but seemed content to let the morning 's skirmish die to nothing . |
| 2 | Yet they did not simply follow the views of the Foreign Office where disillusionment with the USSR was rapidly increasing . |
| 3 | Misunderstandings about the nature of the recordings contributed to some confusion in the early 1960s about whether the eye movements of dreaming sleep did or did not actually follow the action of the dream . |
| 4 | I did not entirely follow the hon. Gentleman 's question . |
| 5 | US firms did not meekly follow the foreign policy line of their government against their own interests . |
| 6 | The manner of a bishop 's election could itself affect the whole of his ensuing episcopate , if factions became too firmly entrenched ; peace did not always follow the elevation of the successful candidate . |
| 7 | Statutes do not altogether follow the former rule : ‘ rateable value ’ is an established statutory spelling . |
| 8 | One does not logically follow the other , of course , but trying to establish theories purporting to explain blacks ' achievements as resulting from alleged natural gifts unique to blacks , by implication , reinforces the stereotype . |
| 9 | Make a reference on the face of the profit and loss account as to the position of the statement of retained profits if it does not immediately follow the profit and loss account . |
| 10 | Where a behaviour has been established under conditions of reinforcement , if the contingent relationship between the behaviour and the reinforcing event is broken so that the one does not consistently follow the other , then the strength of the response will gradually diminish . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm known as a bit of a rebel and someone who does not always follow the party line , ’ he adds . |