Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bream do not always conform to this pattern . |
| 2 | Bream do not always roll so smoothly though . |
| 3 | The observation that large , predatory species of fish do not usually swim in schools might lead us to suggest that the advantage of schooling is in defence against predators , for large predatory fish are not themselves subject to predation . |
| 4 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 5 | It is worth noting that there is a delay between diagnosis and reporting of cases of AIDS and that there is usually a long interval between infection with HIV and the development of AIDS , so the published statistics do not accurately reflect the spread of HIV infection . |
| 6 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 7 | It is vital that young people feel not only welcome in the church , but also valued and needed there , whether in bands , music groups , orchestras or choirs . |
| 8 | Nowadays , people do not just feel guilty over causing hurt . |
| 9 | We suppose , for instance , that what somebody says to us will be relevant to the occasion or to what has just been said , that people do not just issue utterances at random . |
| 10 | This does not in fact happen , but in other kinds of social system people do not even pretend that it happens . |
| 11 | A feature of suburbia is that many people do not even know their own neighbours ; certainly not those across the way . |
| 12 | The separation and spatial spread of social life means that people do not regularly encounter the significant experiences of life : birth , sexuality , madness , illness , death and so on . |
| 13 | It is said that mentally handicapped people do not normally enjoy a happy life . |
| 14 | The reason that people do not generally look into alternative credit terms in any detail certainly is not that they feel pushed willy-nilly into one particular type of credit . |
| 15 | In themselves , congregations of people do not necessarily form political units ; social and economic bonds may suffice . |
| 16 | This is basically economic provision , not social , it was argued since people do not necessarily use new facilities although they cost the taxpayer money . |
| 17 | People do not readily admit to feeling stigmatised . |
| 18 | In the owner-occupied and privately rented housing sectors old people do not often have the means or the energy to make use of improvement grants . |
| 19 | This may be a source of embarrassment ; people do not usually meet for social or business purposes dressed in this way . |
| 20 | People do not usually alter their feelings , their behaviour or their interactions with others because of a particular situation , or the presence of the counsellor . |
| 21 | However , people do not usually live in a state of high intellectual awareness about their every action , but simply get on with living . |
| 22 | ‘ For your people do not usually take the body . |
| 23 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 24 | Few thoughtful people do not now fear nuclear catastrophe within a period which is infinitesimal when set against the history of mankind . |
| 25 | Yet the Profitboss is not so naive as to believe that people do not occasionally betray trust , do not occasionally fiddle their expenses , do not occasionally get sloppy and hire unnecessary staff . |
| 26 | I was quite convinced that ninety nine percent of people do not actually enjoy sitting doing nothing . |
| 27 | Although people do not always do what they say they do , where there is a mismatch between what they do and say , we can assume that there is some reason for this . |
| 28 | People do not always observe the principle , of course , but where a speaker flouts it , the hearer will suspect she has a reason . |
| 29 | People do not always speak — or write — in complete sentences , yet they still succeed in communicating . |
| 30 | Furthermore , it is said , as native speakers of a language seem able to recognize correct and incorrect sentences , the idea of there being language rules exemplified in such sentences does seem to correspond to some kind of reality , even if people do not always speak according to these abstracted rules . |