Example sentences of "people [verb] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words ‘ primitive ’ peoples do not simply construct words and meanings in relation to the felt needs of everyday life but classify according to more general intellectual interests and concerns . |
| 2 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 3 | People did not however see themselves as ‘ apathetic ’ . |
| 4 | But people did not persistently use the same media in the same way . |
| 5 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 6 | It was no wonder that in the late Seventies , when Americans were beginning to query whether they were carrying out too many coronary by-passes , Britain 's health correspondents were reporting that many people did not even know such life savers existed . |
| 7 | Sometimes people did not even know their neighbours . |
| 8 | People did not usually describe themselves as servants ( clients did not , nor did government employees ) . |
| 9 | People did not suddenly rush into the shops to spend more money on books because the Government said that staff had to be paid more . |
| 10 | If people did not naturally groan , grimace , or whatever , ‘ then it would be impossible to teach a child the use of the word ‘ tooth-ache ’ ’ . |
| 11 | His family was poor , and poor people did not often hear music . |
| 12 | Nowadays , people do not just feel guilty over causing hurt . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This does not in fact happen , but in other kinds of social system people do not even pretend that it happens . |
| 15 | A feature of suburbia is that many people do not even know their own neighbours ; certainly not those across the way . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is said that mentally handicapped people do not normally enjoy a happy life . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In themselves , congregations of people do not necessarily form political units ; social and economic bonds may suffice . |
| 20 | This is basically economic provision , not social , it was argued since people do not necessarily use new facilities although they cost the taxpayer money . |
| 21 | People do not readily admit to feeling stigmatised . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This may be a source of embarrassment ; people do not usually meet for social or business purposes dressed in this way . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , people do not usually live in a state of high intellectual awareness about their every action , but simply get on with living . |
| 26 | ‘ For your people do not usually take the body . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Few thoughtful people do not now fear nuclear catastrophe within a period which is infinitesimal when set against the history of mankind . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I was quite convinced that ninety nine percent of people do not actually enjoy sitting doing nothing . |