Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] and do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of long-stay hospitals for the care of the mentally handicapped stems from successive policies of containment pursued since the last century , and which have persisted into the 1980s despite the widespread understanding that it is wrong for mentally handicapped people , who are not ill and do not require advanced medical treatment , to spend their entire lives within the confines of a large establishment which is primarily concerned with medical treatment and the cure of the sick . |
| 2 | However , many older people are not married and do not have children — and a small number outlive their children . |
| 3 | I 'm not married and do n't have any children and I would love to have children and if I found out that I could n't have any I would do anything to have them . |
| 4 | Common turnips are quicker growing than mangolds or swedes , but are not frost-resistant and do not keep so well in a clamp . |
| 5 | Most hospital techniques are not suitable and do not work for clients at home . |
| 6 | put the candidate at ease , are not aggressive and do not play silly games ; |