Example sentences of "[noun sg] do not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some countries a large majority of the electorate do not even exercise the right to vote . |
| 2 | Visitors to the resorts on the Dalmatian coast do not always realise the poverty and backwardness which lie over the mountains only a few kilometres away from the bright lights of Split , Zadar and Šibenik . |
| 3 | Any purely dog-orientated career opportunities within the association do n't really exist . |
| 4 | Mr Cattell said : ‘ Job cuts in the textile industry do not normally attract a lot of attention because it largely employs women , but textiles is a very important part of the North-East 's economy and a very important source of employment . ’ |
| 5 | The gutter press and the entertainment industry do not yet exist here in the way they do in Britain or in the United States . |
| 6 | Because corporate crimes are hardly likely to be described as heinous in the media , few consciences are outraged and scandalized ; consequently , the ingredients which deterrent theorists argue are necessary to achieve a specific deterrent effect do not typically exist . |
| 7 | They are mentioned here to illustrate that lines of thought and research do not always converge . |
| 8 | Changes of emphasis within art education , which have arisen out of a realization that the skills of response and appreciation do not necessarily result from the practice of art , have led to explorations into the nature of aesthetic experience , enquiries into its patterns of development and attempts to assess the skills and achievements possible within this area ( APU , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | Although claims in negligence for purely financial loss do not generally succeed , it was held that this claim by the owner against the nominated sub-contractor could succeed in negligence ( i.e. even though there was no contract between the owner and sub-contractor ) . |
| 10 | It is necessary to stress that elderly people facing loss do not always have to be overwhelmed by their circumstances , with very little chance of preserving their dignity or sense of self-worth . |
| 11 | The guys running the club do n't really know what they 're doing . |
| 12 | However , absolute levels of car ownership do not necessarily indicate true levels of mobility , since this is governed by car availability . |
| 13 | The incitement provisions in the Act do not really extend the law greatly , since it is in any event a common law offence to incite another to commit an offence , even a summary offence . |
| 14 | For this reason , the description languages used in artificial intelligence do not usually include ’ * ’ . |
| 15 | It 's erm an area where two elements of the law do n't quite meet tidily and For instance if you worth four hundred thousand pounds big figure , and you had a hundred thousand of it in your own name and three hundred thousand jointly with your wife , wife die er you die , your estate for probate purposes is a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 16 | There are unions but the m the management do n't really entertain them but people |
| 17 | Feedback Your Letters To The Editor Do n't just sit there bottling up your emotions . |
| 18 | Shaft performance data derived from a testing machine do not really apply to the ‘ real ’ golf swing . |
| 19 | Wondering whether English was still taught in schools , she commented on her 114th birthday : ‘ Many of the people I hear on the telephone do n't even know how to speak the language properly . ’ |
| 20 | Frankly , other GUIs of this type do n't really have a look in — there 's GEM , of course , and GEOWORKS , but neither now has the support of third party software houses to make their purchase a realistic option — a shame , really since both have plenty to offer . |
| 21 | ‘ Obviously the odds against Scotland overcoming everything and winning are high , but matches of this type do not always work out the way they have looked beforehand . ’ |
| 22 | These ‘ values ’ about child abuse do not merely exist as debatable academic ideas ; some of them have become ‘ institutionalised ’ into the official procedures of child abuse work . |
| 23 | Highly specialised manufacturing equipment , chemical cleanser for photographic equipment , or nuts and bolts for plumbing equipment do not readily lend themselves to sampling , but a case might be made for including small but appropriate gifts in any press pack . |
| 24 | It is clear from this that periods when enclosure was taking place do not necessarily correspond with those when articulate protests were being voiced against them . |
| 25 | It must be emphasised that the results for an interim period do not usually provide a reliable indication of those for the full year . |
| 26 | It must be emphasised that the results for an interim period do not necessarily provide a reliable indication of those for the full year . |
| 27 | ‘ Trends of this nature do n't simply happen , do they ? ’ she asked with feigned innocence . |
| 28 | But training programmes of this nature do not always have the intended effect , according to Peter Adeniyi of the University of Lagos . |
| 29 | ‘ If that 's usual stuff , for God 's sake do n't ever try to surprise me . |
| 30 | The problem is that information and events worth bringing to parent 's attention do n't always occur at regular fixed intervals so the newsletters may frequently have nothing to say and need to be supplemented by successions of ‘ flyers ’ announcing special events . |