Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Perhaps , after all , you really do secretly relish the thought of sharing a house with me . ’
2 I do rather use the one , like me I 'd like two , cos I 've got one full of bits and pieces and the odds , odds and ends I keep
3 should er and we do already confess the name do n't we ?
4 Do not tell the story , he wrote .
5 If its investigation gives credence to the theory that people do not tell the truth to market researchers , the industry has a problem .
6 Baptismal , confirmation , membership and communicant figures do not tell the whole story .
7 And … do not tell the Earl Patrick ! ’
8 In some countries , national and racial minorities meant that total population figures do not tell the whole story about military strength .
9 Do not tell the police we have made contact .
10 And do not tell the General yet of the loss of his wife or children .
11 Your books do not tell the whole story .
12 Simple numbers , however , do not tell the whole story .
13 Unless started very early in the course of the disease , antibiotics do not prevent the development of abscesses and can sometimes just delay their development .
14 However , both these situations do not prevent the development of a euro-market in the currency concerned , providing it is fully convertible for non-residents of those countries and is deposited in a bank outside of their national boundaries .
15 But the fact remains that the safeguards themselves do not prevent the government using civil plutonium for defence purposes .
16 It is important to banks that accounting guidelines do not prevent the efficient financing of loans .
17 The principles in relation to the taxation of costs after a trial do not prevent the parties reaching their own agreement about costs where a settlement is effected before trial .
18 As between themselves , the purchaser and the vendor are bound under the terms of the sale agreement by the decisions of the expert , but the provisions in the sale agreement do not prevent the aggrieved party , whether it be the purchaser or the vendor , from attempting to bring a claim against the expert if it can be shown that such party has suffered loss under the normal principles of the law of negligence ( see Arenson v Casson Bechman Rutley & Co [ 1977 ] AC 405 ) .
19 These principles do not prevent the parties from defining the expiration of the term by reference to a date before that of execution of the lease , or from making contractual provisions which take effect by reference to such a date , as by defining the period for the operation of a break-clause or an increase of rent .
20 Before considering the automatic directions , it is as well to remember that ( although they will be sufficient in most instances ) they are only the bare bones of the directions the parties may need in a personal injury case , and do not prevent the parties seeking any further directions they may need under Ord 25 whether set out in PF51 or not .
21 The rules do not prevent the use of extrinsic evidence in interpreting genuine ambiguities in the words of the contract .
22 There is , though , one large disadvantage that became much discussed in the eighties : standard-class seats do not match the window spacing .
23 The written sources are almost silent about the subject of internal trade , just as the details of overseas trade do not match the volume of archaeological evidence .
24 In particular the expectations of research often do not match the actual practice of their supervisors .
25 The problem is quite general : when the pragmatic implications of an utterance do not match the context , then in general the utterance is not treated as in any way infelicitous or inappropriate or bizarre-rather the pragmatic implications are simply assumed not to hold .
26 One should not therefore underestimate the importance of neighbourhood to such old people , even if neighbours do not perform the same functions as in ‘ the old days ’ .
27 The mass of working people , as they liberate themselves from the bourgeois yoke , will gravitate irresistibly towards us … provided yesterday 's oppressions do not infringe the long oppressed nation 's highly developed democratic feeling of self-respect and provided they are granted equality in everything .
28 We do not speak the same language . ’
29 They question conventional wisdom , they ask awkward questions , they do not speak the jargon .
30 Not only is there a division among the English , the Scottish , and the Welsh ; there is also a division between Gaelic-speaking Scots and those who do not speak Gaelic , and between those who do and do not speak the Welsh language in Wales .
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