Example sentences of "do not [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They mostly do not adequately safeguard pupils against a casual , almost literalist , understanding of symbol . |
| 2 | In addition , many existing tests are decontextualised approaches which do not adequately assess children 's understanding of meaning . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is important that we do not altogether ignore videodiscs aimed at the consumer market . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hence there is likely thereafter to be some saving of paper in future years so long as most members do not also demand copies of the full accounts under section 239 . |
| 7 | They do not just generate data but enter into collaboration in the continuous monitoring of classroom activity and its effects . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But as with the sexist idioms and assumptions we looked at earlier , the patterns of language do not just reflect inequality . |
| 10 | Third , conjunctive relations do not just reflect relations between external phenomena , but may also be set up to reflect relations which are internal to the text or communicative situation . |
| 11 | We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We do not just consider Mendel 's theory in isolation . |
| 14 | Before and after , within a phenomenological time , separate experiences , not ontological objects , and they do not even separate experiences by number alone . |
| 15 | ‘ I am numb , I do not even feel anger towards whoever did it . ’ |
| 16 | Archaeological records do not even mention Abraham , though is story fits well into what is known of his times ; but Omri was known far and wide to later generations . |
| 17 | In fact , newspaper editors sometimes do not even exercise control over large sections of their newspapers . |
| 18 | Mayflies and some moths do not even have mouthparts . |
| 19 | The Argyll Street entrance was full of real beggars , the kind that do not even have mouth organs . |
| 20 | We do not even like adults to grieve . |
| 21 | Local authorities do not generally make policy decisions in isolation . |
| 22 | Unlike negotiation , consultation procedures do not generally allow disagreements to be referred up to higher levels of the machinery ; once the formal consultation has taken place , management may implement its measures with or without agreement . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Minton 's drawings do not simply illustrate Ross 's text but , in their breadth and vigour , enlarge upon it . |
| 28 | Some questions do not simply explore memories and traditions , but test for consistency : ‘ How do you reconcile your ancestors ’ hatred of government with their willingness to exercise government over Awjla and Jalu ? ’ |
| 29 | The value of the Survey 's findings on book condition is that they relate to material actually issued to readers , and do not simply describe books stored on the shelves . |
| 30 | Moreover , size itself is an important factor since greater quantities of lava or tephra do not simply produce landforms of a similar form but larger size . |