Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb base] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts have repeatedly insisted that " irrationality , stupidity or obstinacy do not constitute malice though in an extreme case they may be some evidence of it . " |
| 2 | For teachers who feel more comfortable with one-to-one meetings than with groups , various kinds of counselling can be sought , and again it may be possible to organize this so that unsympathetic colleagues or superiors do not find out . |
| 3 | When miners , chemical workers or railwaymen do actually defy the ban and strike this winter , he will need to be reminded or disaster will ensue . |
| 4 | Overshot or undershot ( where incisors do not touch or mesh ) ; markedly wry mouth ; 2 or more missing teeth ; long coat ; any base colour other than black ; absence of all markings . |
| 5 | This is not persuasive where directors do not pay their own premiums , however , and in any case the difficulties faced by insurers in distinguishing high risk from low risk directors ( i.e. performing the monitoring function ) are considerable , given the low visibility of the management decision-making process and the wide range of functions that a director may be called upon to perform . |
| 6 | The more advanced monkeys or apes do not have any kind of protective armour and use brain rather than brawn to solve their problems , but the slow-moving little relative of the bushbabies known as Bosman 's potto does have a secret defence rather like the hero shrew 's . |
| 7 | Thus a democratic bias is introduced which may be inappropriate where individuals do not count equally . |
| 8 | Does this tell us that either JS or Hovis do n't want to promote their bread to us ? |
| 9 | The normal rules apply where applications do not have this effect although there may be a good argument for transferring such cases up to the High Court . |
| 10 | Some parents or relatives do n't think it 's important to get their friend or relative registered . |
| 11 | ‘ I bet Cannon & Ball do n't have to put up with this . |
| 12 | If demographic facts on numbers of old people , school-age children , etc. , are taken into account , the resources devoted to services such as health or education do not seem to have increased immoderately . |
| 13 | Conservatives tend to stress the ‘ will not ’ : jobs exist , but people do not take them ; jobs do not pay enough , or people do not try hard enough to find them . |
| 14 | This makes sense in Japan where ( because of stellar house prices ) most young single professionals still live at home with their parents and have cash to spend , and where people do not make a habit of throwing bricks through car windows and stealing things . |
| 15 | Where people do not take part in politics , the study enquires whether this is due to satisfaction , hostility or apathy and in what circumstances people might come to take a more active part . |
| 16 | The Small Companies Rate applies where profits do not exceed £250,000 with marginal relief up to profits of £1,250,000 . |
| 17 | We would be inclined to use the first , because it gives a better sense of the feel of the anthology ; but this is a fairly arbitrary decision , where rule-books do not help . |
| 18 | I think candidates somehow have got to assume that the admissions tutors or selectors do n't think the candidate wants to do the course . |
| 19 | Many of the other forms of sexual assault on males or females do not take the form of sexual intercourse as defined in the offences of rape and buggery , and English law classifies these as indecent assaults . |
| 20 | It provides a unique trading opportunity where market conditions or size do not justify the capital investment required for a conventional Burger King restaurant . |
| 21 | Avoid any foods that you know or suspect do not suit you . |
| 22 | When considering a whole range of variables it is found that those social characteristics indicative of a low position of wealth or status do not appear among persons treated as criminal more often than one would expect from their proportion among the general population . |
| 23 | Where children do not carry these assumptions inside them , it is because they have been brought up in an enclave that is struggling against the weight of secular pressure . |
| 24 | Indigenous British women affected by post-natal depression are often single mothers or those whose husbands or boyfriends do n't give them the care and affection or help they need in this new stage of their life . |
| 25 | On receiving notice from the buyer that the tender or documents do not comply , LCH may promptly notify the selling member to similar effect . |
| 26 | Leave some of the batter off the fish as well ; • If you are eating a pizza or pie do not feel duty-bound to finish off the whole thing . |
| 27 | Many four or five-year-olds do n't like using the school loo because it 's often dirty , allows no privacy and frequently runs out of loo paper . |
| 28 | Where others do n't bother . |
| 29 | For safety , treads should measure at least 300mm ( 12in ) from front to rear , so that your toe or heel do n't catch the edge of the step above as you ascend or descend the flight . |
| 30 | Moreover , they have no hesitation in stressing the point that builders do not operate or think in terms familiar to planners ; instead they look to ‘ market signals ’ . |