Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norm referenced measures of learning , always a dominant , presently an overbearing , influence on the education scene , do little to encourage this approach to human development in both student and teacher populations . |
| 2 | But not everyone does consent , nor do all have this attitude . |
| 3 | I must be careful here , for while the provision for community education in Scotland is generally more advanced at the level of local authority involvement than in the areas of the USA which I visited , and while organisations such as the Trades Unions , the WEA and others do much to orchestrate various adult education projects , there is nothing which approaches the ‘ schools for problems ’ which Highlander provides . |
| 4 | However , the accounts do only compare actual expenditure against grant for both categories . |
| 5 | Screening tests which identify the presence of mental handicap in the unborn child do not prevent mental handicap , because the handicap is already present . |
| 6 | Many of my informants felt that the use of 'JC' features is stereotyped and that these British adolescents do not speak 'real Jamaican . ' |
| 7 | For example , in the San Carlos district , of the children who begin first grade , 95 per cent do not finish secondary school . |
| 8 | The police do not create social deprivation , though unimaginative , inflexible policing can make the tensions which deprivation engenders greatly worse . |
| 9 | These dark red molecules do not absorb far-red light , however , and the piranha 's far-red shifted vision allows its eyes to pierce the gloom . |
| 10 | There is evidence that at times of stress many patients do not absorb verbal information and that a better quality of informed consent can be obtained by combining oral and written information as we did . |
| 11 | Do not wear excessive jewellery , especially if it is the sort which jangles . |
| 12 | DO NOT START ANY WORK UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS APPROVAL . |
| 13 | ’ Do not start any work until you have received written approval . ’ |
| 14 | The Secretariat has stated that individual countries are free to set their own environmental standards , as long as they do not impede free trade . |
| 15 | It must be remembered , however , that these xenoliths and veins do not represent frozen melt compositions , but rather the respective cumulate and infiltrate products of fractionally crystallized melts and/or associated fluids in an open system , so chemical resemblance may be fortuitous . |
| 16 | The proportion of the bottom two-thirds of pupils who get the following item correct is considerably reduced compared with the number who correctly answer " How many halves are there in 2½ ? " ( see p.33 ) Reading a scale with divisions which do not represent one unit again proves difficult as the next item illustrates : The next question which fewer than 50 per cent of the middle third could answer was the last in this group of three items . |
| 17 | They do not represent additional demand for resources , they are merely transfers of purchasing power from the taxpayer to other sectors of the community . |
| 18 | As a number of commentators have noted , ‘ Black ’ and ‘ white ’ do not represent fixed group identities which stand in contrast to each other . |
| 19 | It would be foolish for politicians to accept interest group claims or activity at face value , since the signals from organized groups do not represent any kind of reliable picture of underlying citizen views . |
| 20 | It is even possible ( and I suspect that many ‘ relapses ’ fall into t his category ) that the pus cells do not represent active infection and are a residual sign of past or resolving infection . |
| 21 | Do not neglect any part of the plant being pressed , because you can usually find some use for it . |
| 22 | However , I do not regard this problem as insuperable . |
| 23 | I ought to add , perhaps , that gay men do not regard this film with nothing but sad , solemn recognition — the characteristically gay male urge to mock and undercut what one genuinely and deeply feels , what Dyer brilliantly calls ‘ the knife edge between camp and hurt ’ , can be evidenced by pointing out that one of London 's most crowded and cruisy gay bars is called ‘ Brief Encounter ’ , though one is , alas , unlikely to meet anyone resembling Trevor Howard therein . |
| 24 | The federal Government do not exercise proper control . |
| 25 | Constructivists do not admit such scepticism : the existence of an external world is one of the factors which make cognisance possible . |
| 26 | I replied to Ms Chevannes through the same newspaper thus : ‘ Generally , black kids do not demonstrate interest in school work and do not sink much enthusiasm into their efforts . |
| 27 | Reprints of that edition do not extend this period . |
| 28 | They become so accustomed to handling scissors , screwdrivers , drawing boards , drills and similar mechanisms in what is , for them , the more difficult posture , that they do not demand proper service from manufacturers . |
| 29 | The TPC charts do not show civil airspace , so I used an Aerad radio-navigation chart to mark the boundaries of regulated airspace and nav-aid frequencies . |
| 30 | If she feels something is terribly important and others do not show similar concern , she tends to see their response as stupidity . |