Example sentences of "[subord] [n mass] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business deals would not be made where people did not know the other partner to the contract . |
| 2 | This makes sense in Japan where ( because of stellar house prices ) most young single professionals still live at home with their parents and have cash to spend , and where people do not make a habit of throwing bricks through car windows and stealing things . |
| 3 | Where people do not take part in politics , the study enquires whether this is due to satisfaction , hostility or apathy and in what circumstances people might come to take a more active part . |
| 4 | Although data does not appear at first sight to be a resource of the organisation , it certainly is a resource , as data is essential for the organisation to operate effectively . |
| 5 | Although statistics do not explain why people are increasingly in debt they do explain why ‘ negotiating debt ’ enquiries have increased by 330 per cent over the last three years in Scottish CABx . |
| 6 | Although trout do not grow to enormous sizes they fight very well and are terrific sport . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , the absence of labourers is more apparent than real : the local practice of not assessing goods of less value than £2 did not mean that any personal property owned by people of the labouring sort was generally ignored , for a good many men later taxed on wages owned goods worth anything up to £10 in 1522 , which ( unless perhaps having disposed of , say , a beast or two ) they managed to conceal from the taxman and convince him that they had nothing but the minimum in wages . |
| 8 | That was my original they had a competition to look out for people who 've got ideas about this new idea , it was a ridiculous idea to do a competition cos people did n't know what they were entering for , half the parishes were n't notified about it , |
| 9 | Cos people do n't read the nineteen centimetres anyway |
| 10 | cos people do n't appreciate things do they ? |
| 11 | If people do not pay the community charge they will receive a reminder . |
| 12 | If people do not pay the Council will have to borrow money at current high interest rates to pay its bills ( including bills for trying to collect the tax ) and that can only mean higher poll tax bills next year . |
| 13 | If people do not understand you , is it their fault or yours ? |
| 14 | I only repeat what I said last time Chairman that if the , that if people do not understand the management of the countryside , that they leave it well alone . |
| 15 | Policies have their conditions and we try to make them as user friendly as possible but if people do not read conditions it is difficult for us to say we will ignore those conditions . ’ |
| 16 | Therefore , if people do not like the decisions management is taking , they will withdraw their funds , something which is easier in a financial firm than in most others . |
| 17 | ‘ If people do not like what they read they can put the letter in the bin . |
| 18 | Ultimately , if people do n't want to hear you , they do n't want to know you . |
| 19 | After all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it . ’ |
| 20 | He told staff : ‘ If people do n't want to go along with me there is no place for them in Ashworth . ’ |
| 21 | The current Prince of Wales has been quoted as saying that ‘ something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes … after all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it ’ ( quoted in Rose , 1985 : 75 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ We wanted to retain a restaurant of this standard in the town , but if people do n't want it there 's no point in persevering . ’ |
| 23 | What if people do n't want you to ? |
| 24 | and if people do n't pay then they lose them |
| 25 | I do n't think I 'd like to say who was the worst dressed , but if people do n't feel comfortable in their clothes , they are not likely to look good . ’ |
| 26 | So what do you think , you know when , when , when people , if people do n't feel that the area outside their door is a an area s you know that 's part of their area , it 's an area that they 've got responsibility , what consequences does , do you think that has ? |
| 27 | It 's going to be very quiet if people do n't sing it . |
| 28 | and , you know , if people do n't care for you they are n't going to stop |
| 29 | But if people do n't pack , as was the example of this job to this last week that took till erm the time it was it was four o'clock as I said when they finished . |
| 30 | Even if people do n't know my name , they know I 'm someone . ’ |