Example sentences of "[pers pn] often [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 That was not really convenient for me as I often did not know at what time I would return from saying Mass in the outstations .
2 As participants , we often do not understand what is going on in the interchange , so caught up are we with our own agendas .
3 The difficulty with this sort of material is that we often do not know if the coins have been acquired on a random and thus representative basis .
4 At a very general and abstract level , this must be so — indeed , it is part of the prevailing ageism , which will be discussed later , that we often do not see old people as ordinary human beings with the same responses and reactions .
5 Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers .
6 But the people who are running them often do not know of each other 's existence , or if they do , they find it difficult to cooperate with one another .
7 But as large companies have big overheads and do not like risky ventures they often do not want to become involved .
8 The adoral shields are approximately triangular and restricted to the proximal sides of oral shields , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate ; they often do not meet in the midline proximal to the oral shields .
9 they often do not give sufficient detail for accurate specification of highly complex subjects ;
10 When children are actually involved in making things they often do not need an adult , unless they encounter a real difficulty and need help to cut or find a particular shape or material not already available .
11 The self-image of older people is closely linked with morale , which for many has sunk so low that they often do not wish to continue living .
12 Even when distressed women attempt to control their lives , they often do not escape the stereotypes perpetuated by the assumptions implicit in unfriendly health policies .
13 Council officials ( Leisure Officers etc , ) will be most unlikely to give you detecting permission , since they often do not understand our hobby and may have already formed very definite wrong impressions about us .
14 Moreover , his review took account of factors which were very different from those relevant to ‘ streamlining the planning machine ’ : the increasing pressure for public consultation and participation in the planning process , and the ‘ dissatisfaction on the part of applicants because they often do not understand why particular decisions have been made , or why it is necessary for what may seem small matters to be the concern of the planning machinery at all ’ .
15 This is because they often do not hear their kittens calling to them and they ignore their cries for attention .
16 Later when the ‘ other ’ side was told , they often did not agree with the way it was handled or even that it was a crisis .
17 But this would also account for the fact that within this system many singers — Marie Lloyd , for instance — retained performing styles heavily influenced by oral traditions ; they often did not read music — as , notoriously , the accompanying orchestras had to remember .
18 Publicity differs from the other promotional devices mentioned in this chapter in that it often does not cost the organization any money !
19 It often does not reappear for many more miles .
20 It may include such devices as collective exhibition or similar public manifestations , but it often does not include actual membership of anything .
21 It often did not involve economic exchange relations .
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