Example sentences of "[conj] they do not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are taking responsibility , either they agree with their government or they do not agree with their government , but to pretend that somehow we can not at all , some of the cuts that are made , that the f the other , does not convince us , I 'm sure it does not convince the people on our right and even less more convincing than the people who are listening to us today . |
| 2 | They take jobs that allow them the maximum time at the waters edge , or they do not work at all . |
| 3 | Primary prevention of this type is not really preventive ; it offers no answer to the parents at risk other than they do not proceed with their decision to have a child . |
| 4 | The main advantage is that they do not intrude on floor space in the same way as a normal hinged door — they simply fold back on themselves to half width . |
| 5 | It should not be assumed from these statements that they do not move at all-they can be quite active at high tide by night but that they remain within the same general area of shore . |
| 6 | Digestion of the starch into its component glucose units takes place at the luminal surface of the gut epithelial cells , but these glucose units are immediately absorbed by the sodium ion/glucose cotransporter so that they do not contribute to the osmotic activity in the gut lumen . |
| 7 | These families are referred to as " dysfunctional " which means that they do not function in the " normal " manner of other families . |
| 8 | And , as I shall explain more fully in Chapter 2 , it is quite possible to ensure that they do not suffer in any way at all , whether mentally , physically or emotionally . |
| 9 | But the Housing Executive hit back at Ms McGinley 's extraordinary protest and her claim that they do not care about her family 's plight . |
| 10 | The secret is to arrange the stripes so that they do not appear to be in regular order and this can be done in a number of ways . |
| 11 | The same technique can be used to identify those descriptions which were never matched by comments in the potential risks condition , these might be regarded as peripheral details in the stimuli in the sense that they do not appear to be related to risks . |
| 12 | It is a rule that they do not appear on TV or talk to the Press . |
| 13 | In his Dictionary ( 1697 ) , Bayle points out that although the ‘ new philosophers ’ do not set out to be sceptics , they go even further in extending sceptical arguments to the conclusion that smells , colours , and tastes , ‘ are perceptions of our soul and that they do not exist at all in the objects of our senses ’ . |
| 14 | There is no reason why a couple should continue to have sex into old age if they decide together that they do not want to , but it is important that they make a decision rather than lapse into no sex as a result of neglect or unresolved problems . |
| 15 | Some of these children are saying that they are not black or that they do not want to be associated with other black people . |
| 16 | It is not as though we do n't want to love these innocent victims or that they do not want to be loved , but guilt and bitterness prevent it — the guilt of all parties . |
| 17 | Many of the animals swim so quickly that they do not stay in sight for long . |
| 18 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 19 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 20 | I do not mean that they do not differentiate between dog and man , only that we have become integrated into their already existing , instinctive mental-behavioural patterns . |
| 21 | To take care that in ploughing , the furrows are sufficiently ample and not hurried over , when good land is to be ploughed for fallow , the ploughmen to take care that they do not dip into bad soil , and in the time of rebinning not to go too deep , but to plough lightly just to destroy the weeds , lest if wet weather ensue when they come to sow the seed will be deposited in mud instead of solid soil . |
| 22 | First , a variety of offences are deemed arrestable despite the fact that they do not fit into this general rule . |
| 23 | Recognizing the fact that they do not seem to be enjoying their children and are missing the fun of childhood can be one way into helping them realize the value of a positive approach . |
| 24 | Their powers are granted to them by the state and the courts ensure through the ultra vires or jurisdictional principle that they do not act outside their powers . |
| 25 | The trouble is that they do not fluctuate around the ‘ right ’ average if ‘ right ’ is to be measured by purchasing power . |
| 26 | The colours used to display the grid , cursor , text and screen background can all be independently set so that they do not interfere with the design itself . |
| 27 | On many occasions I have heard environmentalists say that they do not wish to be ‘ tarred by the same brush ’ which has so comprehensively covered some extremists in the Animal Rights Movement and which has brought that movement into disrepute . |
| 28 | The problem is that they do not agree on the facts surrounding this event . |
| 29 | The disappointment in the parents , the justified reproach that they do not get from the parents what they need , leads to youth 's contempt of civilization , of cultural tradition , and to the opinion that there is nothing to be learned from the history of human development . |
| 30 | Subsequent treaty commitments are no defence to non-performance of the obligations of an earlier treaty ; States are expected to ensure that they do not enter into conflicting treaty arrangements . |