Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] do [adv] exist " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has shown up deficiencies in common law where protection does not exist or can be waived for people with HIV . |
| 2 | Today , it 's difficult to imagine how electric guitars were received in an environment where rock'n'roll did not exist . |
| 3 | We agreed that the man or woman does not exist who had never made a mistake , however foolish . |
| 4 | If you do not type in the full filename , then after tapping Y for Yes the message : File or directory does not exist will be displayed |
| 5 | She said that self does not exist . |
| 6 | After all we knew that subsidy did n't exist to subsidise empty seats but rather the necessary and new ideas that were wanted at the time . |
| 7 | The conception of state-civil society relations which informed Burke 's ( and Smith 's ) thought was highly complex , and certainly Burke was too much of an ‘ organicist ’ to have accepted the Thatcherite idea that society does not exist and that individuals and their families are the basic units of consideration . |
| 8 | Bean 's ( 1980 ) typology of doctor — patient interaction showed that , under the 1959 Act , voluntary admission occurred when there was agreement between doctor and patient on the patient 's sick role or where , although agreement did not exist , the patient acquiesced and accepted this role . |
| 9 | If consent does not exist where a woman lacks understanding of the nature of the act and if the defendant knows of her lack of understanding , then he must have the requisite mens rea for the offence . |
| 10 | Clearly pupils can not be treated as identical , assumed to be already equal , as though racism and sexism did not exist . |
| 11 | Right and wrong does not exist , good and evil are but stages , but rungs on the ladder of life . |
| 12 | It was soon recognised that unity of interest between lord and vassal did not exist . |
| 13 | For Marx , what was most important in the gens is that it was a group based totally on communal principles , where individuality and selfishness did not exist and where private property had not begun to appear . |
| 14 | A tidy distinction between invention and innovation does not exist , even though there is a qualitative difference in the activities . |
| 15 | Certainly , if convertability did not exist , few would accept the notes of banks if there existed the chance that they might be worthless in future years . |
| 16 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 17 | Current research assumes that crime and justice do not exist in a social vacuum , that they are at least partially political creations , and that they are inextricably involved in society . |
| 18 | Morgan asserted , and McLennan denied , the existence of a first stage of society when social life was undifferentiated , when marriage did not exist , and when above all , private property did not occur . |