Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 However , old people who need help do not initiate such schemes .
2 We ca n't deliberately do not maintain those voluntary groups which we feel are appropriately and better funded by the health authority .
3 I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent .
4 From a study of closely-dated deposits on Hadrian 's Wall , John Gillam did not date any of these vessels earlier than c .
5 ‘ Because he did not deliver all the papers .
6 The one good thing about the display is that it did not damage any of the glorious neo-Renaissance interiors , originally designed as a bank by A. Weihl in 1892–4 .
7 The antibody titre did not bear any relation to the clinical activity , biochemistry ( data not shown ) , or the liver histology ( see Table III ) of the patients .
8 Accompanying this article was a photograph which we realise now should not have been published , as it did not bear any connection to the article .
9 On first acquaintance I found the keyhole cockpit did not give such a positive feel to the boat as the smaller cockpit rims of glass boats but none of the students noticed this .
10 This rather uncharitable remark possibly arose out of jealousy as Miller certainly did not give all his attention to the gentry , although , as Kalm said , the aristocracy did seek his advice .
11 It emphasized the problem of housing and jobs , but beyond looking at forms of area management and pleas for much financial help , the reports did not give all that clear a lead on policy .
12 Certainly , judging by his appearance as he lay on the ground , I did not give much for his chances .
13 ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading .
14 I did not give much thought to the possibility of their innocence and in fact thought that they were both involved with Mathews in the crime .
15 He did not give much for Beales 's chances of getting in and out of the building unremarked .
16 Happily , we lived in a much more enlightened time during World War 2 , I never understood the treatment of LMF cases ; it was something I could not understand as outlined in the Air Ministry Order , which was a very harsh document and did not give much leeway in the treatment of a chap if he felt he could not do any more .
17 Concentrating on his first reason , Sophie did not give much attention to his last remark .
18 They did not give any sign of interest in us .
19 The main survey , which did not give any signs of unduly high interest rates , suggests that one example which we did find in the group discussions is as rare as it is wicked : terms for a £100 loan as high as £10 a week over 15 weeks — which works out at over 1,500 per cent .
20 The official return did not give any details about the population on that , or any other , day , but there was a breakdown of the characteristics of all prisoners admitted during 1987 .
21 Lee suggested that other political and constitutional reforms would be accomplished within two years but did not give any further details .
22 The old thick rad did not give enough clearance for a normal or any other type of fan .
23 Wilson 's disinclination to protest against the inquiry probably arose from a reasonable belief that any senior politician who did not want such an inquiry had something discreditable to hide .
24 But Phoebe had felt a harsh jealousy that she did not like in herself when she realised how well Lisa and Rachel got on : she did not want that .
25 Once Phoebe had started playing chess regularly again she realised she could probably have become considerably better than him quite quickly , but she did not want that enough to work on it .
26 I did not want that , but I believed that the top salary awards were so out of line with what we were proposing in the rest of the public sector that in the real world of industrial relations it made my job infinitely more difficult .
27 I did not want that .
28 He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him .
29 No , he did not want this strange , wild boy at all .
30 The US did not want this and refused to sign .
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