Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember not to lean forwards as you do the exercise . |
| 2 | ‘ In the eyes of government officials , therefore , ’ he says , ‘ businessmen do not appear simply as the representatives of a special interest , as representatives of interest groups do . |
| 3 | Present guidelines are that , if goods or services covered by an agreement or arrangement or other goods and services perceived by consumers as equivalent do not represent more than 5 per cent of the total market in an area of the EC affected by the agreement and the aggregate turnover of the participants in the respective group does not exceed 200 million ecu ( £130 million ) , EC competition rules will not apply . |
| 4 | Do not lean forwards as you block since this will bring your chin close to the opponent 's other fist . |
| 5 | Always taper your training down at the end of a workout ; do not stop suddenly because this can cause fainting or dizziness . |
| 6 | The more significant changes concern the activities of offside players who until now have not been penalised if they do not advance closer than 10 metres from a player waiting to play the ball . |
| 7 | Water lilies do not grow well if water is falling onto their leaves . |
| 8 | These include drilling exploration boreholes , sinking small test pits and carrying out geophysical and geochemical surveys provided that the operations do not last longer than twenty eight consecutive days , are not in environmentally sensitive areas , such as National Parks , and that the site is restored soon after operations cease . |
| 9 | Good words do not last long until they amount to something … |
| 10 | On almost any evening in central and southern Malaysia barn owls congregate after hunting at favoured spots , and do not disperse again until after dawn . |
| 11 | Vibrations do not pass only though the ground . |
| 12 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 13 | ‘ The only problem is that we will kill your daughter if you do not do exactly as you are told . ’ |
| 14 | Museum curators often do not acquire more than one coin of the same type , and may additionally exercise their own judgement about which coins are worth obtaining . |
| 15 | Junctions controlled by traffic lights do not go forward when the traffic lights are green unless there is room for you to clear the junction safely , never go forward when the red , amber lights are shown together , when traffic lights have a green arrow filter signal , do not get into the lane when filtering is allowed unless you . |
| 16 | Equally , do not despair just because the path ahead is long and uncertain . |
| 17 | The rear windows have steamed up by the time we decant her , and do not clear again until we are nearly over Putney Bridge . |
| 18 | If they do not hold more than 10 per cent of the shares to which the offer relates , they can be dealt with under those procedures ( the target must hold the consideration on trust for 12 years , after which it must be paid into court with interest , dividends and other accrued benefitsCA 1985 , s430(9) and ( 11 ) ) . |
| 19 | Many people living in ‘ inner cities ’ do not stay there because of the ‘ community ’ but because they can not escape . |
| 20 | I have several times spoken of an " instantaneous effect upon B as a result of a measurement made on A. Is this not in flagrant contradiction to Einstein 's rule that signals do not travel faster than the velocity of light ? |
| 21 | We do not live exactly as our parents lived but whatever we do now is only a modification of what was done before . |
| 22 | They do not discuss clearly whether in class society they consider all aspects of cognition to be moulded by false consciousness or only certain aspects . |
| 23 | We do not know yet whether he wants to extend his visit for a short time to see friends , or become a student , or stay permanently . ’ |
| 24 | We do not know exactly when Julian was immured . |
| 25 | With an opportunity we do not know exactly where we want to go until we have found it . |
| 26 | Do not get more than one new culture at a time , for there are plenty of experiments to be done with each culture . |
| 27 | AS anti-climaxes go , they do not come better than this . |
| 28 | It takes place automatically when the clubhead is swung correctly to the top of the backswing , but the wrists do not cock fully until they are on their way back to the ball . |
| 29 | Above all , we must move junior doctors on to a shift system so that they do not work more than 60 hours , coming down to 56 hours in the most intensive posts . |
| 30 | The presence or absence of reefs can not be explained solely in terms of temperature and turbidity , for , although reefs are absent from cold current shorelines , such as the west coast of South America , they do not occur even where the temperatures are high enough for coral in this region . |