Example sentences of "[verb] [n mass] [Wh pn] do not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeo Davis 's business was concerned with representing people who did not know the ropes , or even that there were any ropes ; Hutton 's predominantly with fellow professionals in other fields who just wanted the best and swiftest way through . |
| 2 | But in his tax speeches he is the earnest bank manager , unable to speak succinctly and dramatically , to grip people who do not have his bean-counter Treasury mind . |
| 3 | This is a social security benefit to help people who do not have enough money to live on . |
| 4 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 5 | The Civil Justice Review , on examining the arguments , recognised the need to assist people who do not qualify for legal aid funding , drew attention to the major advances that had been made in regulation policy so as probably to be able to control a contingency fee system and , on the basis of competition policy , considered whether it would be more desirable to devise more limited schemes under which lawyers would have a stake in the outcome of a case as an incentive . |
| 6 | They are subject to its power partly because those who accept its authority are willing to obey its instructions , even when they affect people who do not accept its authority . |
| 7 | He was finding he resented people who did not care for Wyvis Hall as much as he did . |