Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Modern peace-makings seem not to entail marriages between the disputants , as the historic ones sometimes did ; but in all other respects contemporary practice accords with the image .
2 The first and perhaps most important point is that these words do not attribute property directly either to the trustee ( B ) or to the beneficiary ( C ) .
3 It should be noted that the Guidelines do not form part of the Code and are not enforceable under the Bye–Laws of The Engineering Council .
4 The reason why the Opposition do not like Question Time and try to drown my right hon. Friend out is that they know that we are right in everything that we say and that the country will not support them on their policies .
5 Electoral registers , street directories , etc. , were either inappropriate ( these lists do not indicate birth-place or nationality ) or unavailable ( for example , Council housing or rating lists ) .
6 The coroner , quite rightly , pointed out that schools do not teach children that in a competitive world some are bound to fail .
7 The coroner , quite rightly , pointed out that schools do not teach children that in a competitive world some are bound to fail .
8 Indeed some schools do not allow girls to do this , seeing pregnancy , like measles , as infectious .
9 And more importantly , most rural schools do n't have electricity , so the television programmes could only be used in urban areas .
10 Crimes of violence do not negate law , they merely require its better enforcement .
11 It was like Frazer 's looking into the ‘ abysm of time ’ , but it was a vision only imperfectly appreciated by Charlie Mears , as the narrator of ‘ The Finest Story in the World ’ emphasizes : ‘ Above all , he was absolutely ignorant of the knowledge sold to me for five pounds ; and he would retain that ignorance , for bank-clerks do not understand metempsychosis , and a sound commercial education does not include Greek . ’
12 Spores do not require fertilisation and they will develop wherever they fall , provided the ground is sufficiently moist and fertile .
13 Organizations do not have objectives per se ; the objectives will reflect the objectives of those people involved in the organization .
14 My car do n't carry documents either . ’
15 Nevertheless , it is clear enough that the realities of pre-war football do not find agreement with postwar nostalgia .
16 The Sheldons do not want revenge .
17 Radiation such as ultraviolet and visible light , infrared radiation and radio waves do not produce ionizations .
18 The snakes do n't need ropes ' , he chuckled feebly , " because they are ropes .
19 Drug addicts do not deserve sympathy .
20 Some clients do not attend counselling because they feel it interferes with their personal privacy — that ‘ do-gooders ’ will tell them what to do , which is made even more insulting by the fact they often have children themselves .
21 Users themselves , however , are not completely blameless when it comes to the slow uptake of open systems , Wendler observes , ‘ our clients do n't take products seriously until IBM is involved . ’
22 The Squigs do n't like daylight at all , and quickly become maddened by the sun .
23 As a charity the Halls do not pay corporation tax on profits .
24 Gentlemen do n't jilt ladies .
25 Patients who respond to antibiotics do not harbour propionibacteria resistant to the therapeutic drug , except for a few of those treated with topical erythromycin .
26 Suggestions that he could avoid the damage by protecting the wheat fields with electric fencing do not impress Mr Berry .
27 U2 do n't deny fun , but neither do they deny reality .
28 The non-Congress political parties do not want Rajiv Gandhi to get any credit for it .
29 This means that the parties do not need leave to appeal from it ( White v Brunton [ 1984 ] 2 All ER 606 ) .
30 But snacks do not constitute meals .
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