Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The problem exists in the way people used or did not obey the contracts between us , ’ argued Mr Thomson . |
| 2 | As Spence ( 1975 ) says , " the firm , in large part , consists of non-market institutions whose function is to deal with resource allocation in the presence of informational constraints that markets handle poorly or do not handle at all " ( p. 164 ) . |
| 3 | In the WFS , however , those women were considered " fecund " who were either pregnant or did not report fecundity impairment . |
| 4 | Christopher will you drink that or do n't wipe it on the floor ! |
| 5 | By and large the evidence which Engels and his contemporaries saw as significant of the high status of women in primitive societies is often wrong or does not signify what it was believed to mean . |
| 6 | They were too embarrassed or did n't want to make a mountain out of a molehill . |
| 7 | Would my honourable friend be able to explain why it was that in the run up to negotiations with respect to the question of increase in the number of seats er , the German government made it quite clear that they were not interested or did n't want to have the additional number of seats and then subsequently , for reasons that have never been fully explained , we then found that er they had an additional eighteen . |
| 8 | Many people are illiterate or do not understand the technical language , so people learn by word of mouth or various other processes that money is available . |
| 9 | I can honestly say I ca n't remember a show I definitely did n't like doing , although I might have been in some that did n't turn out as I though they would . ’ |
| 10 | Ah well tha no Meadow Road 's got the old gates but at Natherton there were some that did n't have any barriers at all , they were just flashing lights . |
| 11 | a detailed map key to all parts of the Castle , including some that do n't exist in the material world ! |
| 12 | Careful that does n't fall on you Charlotte . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid that does n't mean anything to me . ’ |
| 14 | Look at them long and hard with a fresh eye , question their presence and their use ; there are very few that do n't lend themselves to ingenious transformations . |
| 15 | There 's the odd few that do n't get on with the teachers . |
| 16 | Take your mind off negative things by dwelling on something positive and interesting that does not involve eating . |
| 17 | Or you may be making transitions from one point to another that do not follow in logical sequence , not building on what you already know . |
| 18 | Just because you 're assertive that does n't mean you 're gon na get everything that you want because you 're not being assertive just means that other people are aware of what you want . |
| 19 | Wendy Phillips shows you how on page 30 and do n't forget to look at the countryside in July with Iris Bishop on page 60 . |
| 20 | All kinds of life experiences go into the making of an old person who enjoys this and does not enjoy that . |
| 21 | Many , many , of course , recognise this and do not show their gratitude with gifts , much and all as the staff might greatly be surprised by it . |
| 22 | Usually they really believe this and do not accept that they have made a mistake . |
| 23 | If you know them very , very well and they criticise you and they say , do this and do n't do that , they can really help you . |
| 24 | I did not want to do this and did n't go . |
| 25 | But surely if if every pensioner said that 's it we ca n't afford to pay this and did n't pay . |
| 26 | Owen knew this and did n't mind it . |
| 27 | But the majority of policemen and women we encountered were not like this and did not engage in little acts of subterfuge to limit what the field-worker saw or heard because either they had nothing to hide or , more rarely , they were not concerned to conceal it . |
| 28 | My Lord Mayor , at the Economic Strategy Sub-committee meeting recently , we were asked to adopt from Florence , an objective two statement which was not clear and did not translate precisely . |
| 29 | All members of the ‘ dependent population ’ are equally dependent and do not present varying social costs of support . |
| 30 | At Prudential Assurance , the following terms apply to members of staff who travel daily and do not move home : |