Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I share AA Miller 's sense of outrage at the crimes he lists ( Points of View , today ) , but I do not thereupon throw reason out of the window . |
| 2 | The history of pronunciation is one of those issues that do not primarily involve standardization , because it is about the history of speech in face-to-face interaction and because standardization has always had less effect on pronunciation than on other linguistic levels . |
| 3 | This reveals that these words do not just carry information about proportions but also about speakers ' expectations , and even speakers ' expectations about hearers ' expectations and so on . |
| 4 | But as with the sexist idioms and assumptions we looked at earlier , the patterns of language do not just reflect inequality . |
| 5 | We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation . |
| 6 | ‘ I am numb , I do not even feel anger towards whoever did it . ’ |
| 7 | In fact , newspaper editors sometimes do not even exercise control over large sections of their newspapers . |
| 8 | The Argyll Street entrance was full of real beggars , the kind that do not even have mouth organs . |
| 9 | Local authorities do not generally make policy decisions in isolation . |
| 10 | We are told that ‘ in normal conversation , both in speaking and in listening , performers do not generally have time to think about and apply conscious grammatical rules ’ ( Krashen 1981 : 3 ) . |
| 11 | The coupons on domestic bonds are generally paid net of UK basic rate income tax , whereas the coupons on bulldogs do not generally have tax deducted . |
| 12 | The reason that Beccaria gives for his requirement of proportionality is that ‘ If an equal punishment be ordained for two crimes that do not equally injure society , men will not be any more deterred from committing the greater crime , if they find a greater advantage associated with it ’ ( p. 63 ) . |
| 13 | Although diamond brokers do not ordinarily have authority to pledge diamonds in their possession it was held that the broker had acted in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent . |
| 14 | Firms that do not already offer coverage will be obliged to cough up — and some of them will be forced out of business . |
| 15 | Industrial sponsorship is normally necessary for the fourth and fifth years , and can be arranged for those who do not already have sponsorship . |
| 16 | Most manufacturers do not yet find robot ‘ intelligence ’ necessary for mass production , although few doubt its potential . |
| 17 | She disagrees with Leach 's statement that ‘ two-year-olds can not be good or naughty on purpose because they do not yet know right from wrong or understand what makes the difference ’ . |
| 18 | However , Glashow himself remarked that the Nobel committee really took rather a gamble , because we do not yet have particle accelerators of high enough energy to test the theory in the regime where unification between the electromagnetic forces , carried by the photon , and the weak forces , carried by the W + , W - , and Z , really occurs . |
| 19 | Although , at this stage , there is still some mismatch between policy and practice since the research findings revealed that some children do not yet have access to an effective modern language curriculum . |
| 20 | Most patients do not regularly wear compression hosiery . |
| 21 | But the mass media do not single-handedly give shape to the contours of the political system . |
| 22 | The large number of contracts which end up in litigation or arbitration suggests that many surveyors do not strictly follow contract procedures . |
| 23 | Even in immune adults CTL do not completely prevent bloodstage infection . |
| 24 | Youth ( a comparative term in this context ) and experience do not normally go hand in hand . |
| 25 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 26 | Directors do not normally expect payment for their services though a small gift might be appropriate . |
| 27 | A special link is used in conjunction with passwords and allows users who do not normally have access to a user 's modules without supplying a valid password ( as they are in a different branch of the user tree ) . |
| 28 | On the other hand , GGGCCC motifs without AnTm tracts do not drastically effect gel mobility ( 2,3,4 ) . |
| 29 | It can be argued that a similar approach should be taken to time limit clauses , on the basis that they do not wholly exclude liability , but require action to be taken swiftly . |
| 30 | If you do not automatically receive literature covering basic information when you are called for an interview , telephone or write and ask if there is any available . |