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 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | The gutter press and the entertainment industry do not yet exist here in the way they do in Britain or in the United States . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They are mentioned here to illustrate that lines of thought and research do not always converge . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , absolute levels of car ownership do not necessarily indicate true levels of mobility , since this is governed by car availability . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For this reason , the description languages used in artificial intelligence do not usually include ’ * ’ . |
| 13 | Shaft performance data derived from a testing machine do not really apply to the ‘ real ’ golf swing . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It must be emphasised that the results for an interim period do not usually provide a reliable indication of those for the full year . |
| 19 | It must be emphasised that the results for an interim period do not necessarily provide a reliable indication of those for the full year . |
| 20 | But training programmes of this nature do not always have the intended effect , according to Peter Adeniyi of the University of Lagos . |
| 21 | Even species from the same group do not necessarily have the same preferences , hence the need to initially supply a choice of breeding site until you can determine what type and angle of surface they prefer . |
| 22 | However , patency data on heparin as sole adjunctive therapy to thrombolysis do not clearly support this view . |
| 23 | Crowded together with no room to move ( the proverbial ‘ five laying hens ’ in today 's battery cage do not even have the space to stand up together — one or more must crouch ) , animals no longer wasted calories in non profit-making exercise . |
| 24 | Customers thinking about buying a product do not always give a clear indication about what they require . |
| 25 | The air force and the diminutive navy do not usually participate in these acts of manual labour , but are severely hampered by financial constraints . |
| 26 | The shape and musculature of a dolphin do not alone account for its speed and swimming efficiency , and biologists have long been searching for features of the skin which may explain the mysteries of the dolphin 's swimming prowess . |
| 27 | The entries in the lexicon do not actually contain semantic information , but have instead pointers to locations in a separate store known as semantic memory in which the meanings are held . |
| 28 | Once it is realized that signals that change cells ' behaviour do not really carry intricate information , then it can be seen that any complexity of behaviour lies in the cells ' capacity to respond rather than in complexity in the signals . |
| 29 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 30 | Tests of the head do not definitely identify its age and Oxford has asked for a second sample . |