Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The OEWs are proprietary devices available from several suppliers on the open market so they do not rank as critical technology . |
| 2 | Do not pitch close to objects that will reflect the sun 's rays onto the tent , such as white caravans . |
| 3 | If the conclusion and the evidence do not match then the theory is falsified ; if they do match , then this is some evidential support for the theory and its explanation . |
| 4 | Threatened people do not perform well — their energies tend to be diverted from the primary task . |
| 5 | Its purpose is to diagnose and remedy weaknesses rather than to exclude from further study the students who do not perform well . |
| 6 | This is to check that they do not infringe either the Television Act , which places some special restrictions on TV advertising , or the ITC Code of Advertising Practice ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Do not speak ill of the dead ’ , we are told , yet it is a great comfort to be with a friend who shares knowledge of how awful the dead person could sometimes be . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , now come , ma'am , do not speak so . |
| 9 | ‘ In the eyes of government officials , therefore , ’ he says , ‘ businessmen do not appear simply as the representatives of a special interest , as representatives of interest groups do . |
| 10 | The major class of adjectives which fall under this heading is again that of the associatives discussed in Chapter 2 , and as we have already noted these do not appear postnominally ( thus we also have a positive answer to the third question , though there is quite a lot more to add , see Section 3.10 ) : ( 38 ) Two scientists nuclear have joined the staff a hatmaker royal lives in our village ( The Hatmaker Royal , if one existed , would of course , like the Princess Royal , be the holder of an office which has a name calqued on the French once spoken by the English aristocracy , and not one based on the patterns of current English . ) |
| 11 | The remedies have been grouped for easier comparison and so do not appear alphabetically . |
| 12 | This in itself is a mildly interesting observation and certainly needs to be made ; but what we should go on to do is to say why they do not appear there . |
| 13 | Conflicts which do not appear directly related to class divisions are no minor anomalies . |
| 14 | They do not appear anywhere in the Old Testament . |
| 15 | Proportional series are dealt with in more specific detail as they do not appear anywhere else in the book . |
| 16 | Notice , however , that the conditions which cause the loop to terminate are less clear since they do not appear together . |
| 17 | The missionary ladies state that they are Christian , but do not appear very Christian in their attitude to blacks , for instance Mrs Merriwether only pays her maid a pittance and Zeebo , Calphurnia 's son is dustman . |
| 18 | While DCSLs do not appear actually to veto specific requests , the advice they give on the relative quality of alternative publications — through direct comment to the teacher responsible for submitting the school 's list — can be persuasive . |
| 19 | Such opportunities are obviously present in Kenya and Zambia though they do not appear always to work out in practice , one reason in Kenya being that centre personnel are continually called on to perform routine professional jobs such as practical examinations for final year college students . |
| 20 | Recommendations are also sought from the Area Education Officers , although these do not appear always to be forthcoming . |
| 21 | However , a simplistic model based exclusively on smoking habits fails to explain the higher incidence in women , since women do not smoke as heavily as men . |
| 22 | Although the ionomers do not wear well and thus are not very popular , they will probably get better , and new innovations will follow thick and fast . |
| 23 | As a precautionary measure , however , do not head straight into the house , but allow the dog to come out to see you . |
| 24 | These pupils in Wales do not start formally to be taught English until the age of 7 or 8 ; all pupils in England will be required to be taught English from age 5 . |
| 25 | For example some bacteria form ethanol , lactate , or succinate and do not evolve much H 2 because they dispose of reducing energy in these electron sink products . |
| 26 | Certainly , such views as these do not sit comfortably with managerialism and are equally at odds with restricted professionality . |
| 27 | The volatility and their non-guaranteed status do not sit comfortably with the official line linking the two benefits . |
| 28 | But these requirements do not sit easily with the generous philosophy of the DES booklet . |
| 29 | These provisions do not sit happily with the implied limitation for which Hambros Jersey contended . |
| 30 | The different forms of the ulterior intent do not sit happily together in s.18 : causing GBH with intent to do GBH may be more serious than causing GBH with intent to resist arrest yet the crime and punishment are the same . |