Example sentences of "[subord] we do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may reflect the thought that although we do not aim at the ‘ truth ’ — i.e. our immediate aims are for simple solutions to empirical problems — nevertheless , the truth is what we end up with . |
| 2 | May we therefore put the Government 's tax policy into context : although we do not wish to raise VAT above its present level , what we have done reflects further taxation on those who can afford to spend more ? |
| 3 | It would be more accurate to say that although we do not have a right to such things we do have freedom to do them . |
| 4 | Although we do not have a satisfactory explanation for the U/Pb fractionation , it must have occurred at shallow depths in the mantle , near a spreading ridge ; and the resulting enriched source regions have since remained fixed relative to the migrating lithosphere . |
| 5 | Although we do not have a written constitution there are many Acts of Parliament relevant to constitutional laws . |
| 6 | Although we do not have such specific documentation for Louis I , married to Marie Mauger , and his sons Jacques ( -Jean ) , Louis and Jean they too would have manufactured under a single family mark . |
| 7 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 8 | Although we do not need to reconsider all the issues relating to the corporatisation of local government during the 1970s , it is important to remind ourselves of the widespread adoption of policy and resources committees , consisting of the senior elected members ( with sub-committees specialising in land , finance , personnel and performance review ) . |
| 9 | Thus although we do not know how the DNA controls development , we are reasonably sure that it does carry almost all the information which has been produced by selection , and which is needed to control development . |
| 10 | Miracle in the figurative sense , since although we do not know how cells evolved , quite plausible scenarios have been proposed . |
| 11 | The observed maximal effect was reached in the fourth hour although we do not know whether secretion would still have been higher in the fifth or sixth hour . |
| 12 | ‘ Although we do not consider Mr Gray 's conduct to have been either dishonest or intentionally misleading , nonetheless the discharge of his responsibilities as company secretary was , in these respects , most unsatisfactory . ’ |
| 13 | None of these sections was apparently bottomed if the drawings are to be believed , so we do not know what underlay the burnt layer . |
| 14 | This has not yet been discovered and we do not know what the machines are for — rather as nineteenth-century people did not know about plutonium and nuclear reactors — so we do not know what such developments will lead to in terms of aesthetic and economic considerations , and eventually the effects on the landscape and the settlements in it . |
| 15 | After all if we say , ‘ I did n't appreciate that remark , ’ that tells the world something about us , and we may perceive that it is unwise to let people know that the remark disturbs us at all so we do not share our feelings . |
| 16 | WildMr Weston said : ‘ We are appealing to members of the public who can give them a good home to adopt them so we do not have to put them down . ’ |
| 17 | On the other hand , it is just because the fibre tubes can be crushed locally that wood can be nailed and screwed without splitting , provided we do not abuse the wood too much . |
| 18 | What those looked like we do not know , but they too were in bronze . |
| 19 | If we do not commit ourselves to our world-wide lost neighbours , then we do not care about them . |
| 20 | I am listening to what the Lord God is saying ; he promises peace to us , his own people , if we do not go back to our foolish ways . |
| 21 | Response : I am listening to what the Lord God is saying ; he promises peace to us , his own people , if we do not go back to our foolish ways . |
| 22 | Future generations of composers will damn our spinelessness if we do not do something about this proposal , and they will be right . |
| 23 | He seems to be saying that we should open ourselves up to this possibility , and that if we do not do so , we may miss something that may ultimately be much more important to us than all that science is able to capture in its net . |
| 24 | If we do not do this , we shall not find out very much about the social functions of variation in the community or about the sources and motivations of change , and our results will therefore be superficial . |
| 25 | If we do not do that , shall not we see hordes of people sweeping from eastern Europe into western Europe simply looking for jobs ? |
| 26 | If we do not do that , we are abdicating responsibility and refusing to fulfil our primary role — to tackle and solve problems of a substantial nature . |
| 27 | I fear that , if we do not do that , we will not put the Territorial Army on a proper basis . |
| 28 | If we do not care , then we do not love , if we do not love , then we are nothing . |
| 29 | If we do not face our anger or frustration at work , we take it home with us and because we feel safer and more secure with those at home , we direct our anger and frustration at them . |
| 30 | If we do not face up to our fears , we might project them onto the outside world , perhaps in the form of violent crime , epidemics , disasters or a vengeful God , or ( closer to home ) in the form of a partner , family or friends who ‘ block ’ our growth , and thus protect us from facing our fears . |