Example sentences of "[art] [n mass] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the l.e.d. does not light , it has probably been inserted the wrong way round in the circuit — reverse its leads and try again . |
| 2 | Yet the full analysis of the data does not support this view . |
| 3 | The data does not include common land and it has had to be standardised to overcome changes in category definitions over the years . |
| 4 | The data does not include Britain 's trade with EC countries which accounts for half of total business . |
| 5 | If the commercial benefits to Visa of retaining the data do not outweigh the costs of their retention then there can be little hope that such data will be accessible to historians in the future . |
| 6 | The data do not support the idea that remanent magnetization was acquired during a post-extension thermal or low-temperature chemical event at shallow crustal levels . |
| 7 | The data do not prove that the operation precedes the bowel dysfunction , and it is possible that women who are troubled by the symptoms of constipation are more likely to report gynaecological symptoms to their general practitioners . |
| 8 | There seemed no doubt that the helium came from deep in the Earth but ‘ at this time the data do not indicate the cause … |
| 9 | Median and interquartile ( 25th to 75th centiles ) range ( IQR ) values are given for each group , since the data do not conform to a Gaussian distribution . |
| 10 | The powder fails to ignite and the cannon does not fire . |
| 11 | The cannon does not fire and you must test the boiler in the same way as at the start of the turn . |
| 12 | The cannon did not burst . |
| 13 | And though the folk did not realise , slowly , softly and insidiously Chaos returned . |
| 14 | Perhaps if colouring the fish does not sell them , this cruelty will stop . |
| 15 | A comparison of historical records with modern data revealed that in 1893 , the fish did not reach maturity until they were 75 centimetres long , but last year half the females were fertile at 50 centimetres . |
| 16 | It may take less than a tenth of a second , yet the fish do not bump into each other . |
| 17 | Obviously it is worth keeping watch over the pond during these times to ensure that the fish do not become stuck . |
| 18 | His main concern now is the protection of the valuable fish some worth more than £1,500 each so special ‘ unhooking mats ’ have been ordered so that the fish do not get damaged by mishandling . |
| 19 | No muddy fields to walk through , no awkward banks , obscured views and the fish do not seem to be bothered by the presence of spectators . |
| 20 | The statistics do not show drives getting much longer , says the club . |
| 21 | On the left there is the Jacobin tradition , which draws on the Rousseauist doctrine of the general will , expressed thus by Robespierre : ‘ Wherever the people does not exercise its authority and does not manifest its power itself , but only through representatives and if the representative body is not pure and identified with the people , then liberty is extinguished . ’ |
| 22 | He wants no reform , for the end of his abominable book is to show that the sufferings of the people do not arise from the want of reform ; but from the ’ indiscreet breeding of women ’ . ’ |
| 23 | Politicians who are scared of the will of the people do not deserve to represent them . |
| 24 | In Numbers 11 certainly the people do not appear to be faced with starvation . |
| 25 | The pragmatist may say : judges decide on pragmatic grounds all the time , and the people do not revolt or call for impeachment . |
| 26 | The people do not know what has changed , but they sense that something has . |
| 27 | Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the TNCs are ‘ indifferent ’ to democracy in the Third World as long as the people do not elect left wing governments ! |
| 28 | Parliament , in short , can not be trusted ; and the referendum showed that by and large the people do not trust it . |
| 29 | ‘ The people do not see me , or they would bow . ’ |
| 30 | The great mass of the people did not want revolution , or else they would have elected a Labour Government . |