Example sentences of "[noun] [n mass] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here we show that , in the absence of strong historical evidence , field data do not support the existence of variations in the duration of sympatry at the two areas where the distributional ranges of the cuckoo and its hosts overlap . |
| 2 | ( The British crime statistics do not make it possible to ascertain the number of convictions for non-sexual violence of men against women since they do not state the sex of the victim . ) |
| 3 | Firstly , there was a widespread opinion that arts staff do not give the priority to INSET which other areas of the curriculum do . |
| 4 | Ironically , a number of LEAs had advisory staff with managerial expertise , yet arts staff did not appear to have sought it . |
| 5 | The amytal data do not appear helpful in this context . |
| 6 | Now I that 's a luxury I have to say that most recruiting people do not get . |
| 7 | I managed to get to the wine bar the other side of St Paul 's in time to pick up Rebecca and the bar staff did not seem sad to see her go . |
| 8 | Or for something whose name Thérèse did not know . |
| 9 | At the resurrection people do not marry . |
| 10 | If for any reason station staff do not know the answer , call us . |
| 11 | Since the other Nematodirus species do not have such critical hatching requirements , a sudden flush of L3 does not occur and although N. filicollis , N. spathiger and N. helvetianus have all been associated with outbreaks of nematodiriasis in sheep and cattle , it is more common to find them in conjunction with the other trichostrongyles . |
| 12 | ‘ In hard times people do not want to read the sex-and-shopping novels of the Eighties , ’ explained Kate Paterson , an editor with Century publishing . |
| 13 | For the most part people did not take the question seriously ; it was the characteristic passion of young men in the grip of recent learning , or policemen temporarily possessed by the Libyan officials ' variety of amok . |
| 14 | Of course people do not become frenzied quite as readily in 1993 as they did in 1919 , but with the assistance of one of Edinburgh 's premiere restaurants , The Witchery , The Scotsman and the House of Sandeman have devised an evening which should enthuse even the most jaded citizen . |
| 15 | It may be that like the other NCT groups people do not feel the need to attend for more than a few months ( ca n't stay a New Mum for ever ! ! ! ) and at the moment no one needs the MiE group I do not know and I would like to find out . |
| 16 | But the enrichment of the water with such an injection of quality fish does not last long , for the new residents suffer from disorientation and malnutrition . |
| 17 | Earlier records ‘ are stored away somewhere ’ but the library staff did not have time to search for them . |
| 18 | He has confided that he once told Claudia that in real life people do not go around analysing everyday rituals . |
| 19 | And certainly the army people did not want incapacitated ones . |
| 20 | Of course , it was forbidden to form parties : but in Ajdabiya and Kufra people did not consider giving support to another , voting for him , because they agreed with his ideas . |
| 21 | Mr Galloway accepted that Mirror staff did not betray Vanunu . |
| 22 | He had been there since his early morning session with Tolonen , unaware of how his fate had hung in the balance in the interim , but Li Yuan did not summon him at once . |
| 23 | For some reason people did not seem to be able to accept the possibility of two people who were ‘ going steady ’ being in a state of temporary misunderstanding — the common condition of love ; it had to be make or break , ‘ very fond of each other ’ or ‘ broken it off ’ . |
| 24 | of CalMac staff do not belong to the STG schemes , but are covered by the Merchant Navy officers ' pension fund , the Merchant Navy ratings ' pension fund and British Rail funds . |
| 25 | Aldous J. concluded , however , that the proportion of turnover attributable to ‘ R ’ model sales did not mean that the employer had gained any benefit as such . |
| 26 | If the piranha fish did not brush its fins gently against a member of the opposite sex each month it would not exist as a species . |
| 27 | If your mid-water fish do not seem to get to the food , try a sinking variety . |
| 28 | These country people did not love bishops , the paraphernalia of church hierarchy . |
| 29 | Sewage treatment works do not remove radioactivity . |