Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] do not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EXPATRIATES in Hong Kong , homesick for real fish and chips do not have long to wait . |
| 2 | An enormous amount of meaning would disappear if speakers and hearers did not make heavy use of affective cues — like tone of voice , hesitating and hedging . |
| 3 | In Britain government finance for schools and universities did not become available — and then only in piffling amounts — until 1890 . |
| 4 | In the team model each of the practitioners knows all of the clients , and workers do not carry individual caseloads , and frequently have one shared office . |
| 5 | Even warranties and indemnities do not provide complete protection to the offeror , as they depend on the financial resources of the people providing them . |
| 6 | It must be remembered , however , that these xenoliths and veins do not represent frozen melt compositions , but rather the respective cumulate and infiltrate products of fractionally crystallized melts and/or associated fluids in an open system , so chemical resemblance may be fortuitous . |
| 7 | Congresses and committees did not scrutinize military funding and expenditure , and they had little opportunity to discuss military actions : the government did not announce the ventures in Chad and Uganda ; nor did they disclose training given to Chaddian , Palestinian and perhaps other freedom-fighters ( Tunisian , for example ) . |
| 8 | Several teachers suggested the re-introduction of group membership as they felt the change over had caused many not to renew and teachers did not seem able to keep track of those who did . |
| 9 | But the simple mix of ring roads , precincts and a general improvement in the design of road junctions , and an adherence to standard highway widths , building lines and sight-lines did not prove adequate for long , although it was not until the 1960s that the opportunities for a radical revision of policy and method were presented . |
| 10 | Please note that West Somerset Railway Association members ' concessions do not apply for this event , and tickets do not give free travel . |
| 11 | Studies into the nature of the calls which the public make to the police show that demands are consistently unrelated to crime ( Comrie and Kings 1975 ; Hough 1980 ; Jones 1983 ; Policy Studies Institute 1983b ; Punch and Naylor 1973 ; Southgate and Ekblom 1984 , 1986 ) , and many ethnographic studies document how the majority of contacts between public and police do not involve criminal matters ( Cain 1973 ; Comrie and Kings 1975 ; Cumming et al . |
| 12 | If she feels something is terribly important and others do not show similar concern , she tends to see their response as stupidity . |
| 13 | Rodney was like a whirlwind and upset both people and animals ( cats , dogs and horses do not like sudden movements ) . |
| 14 | Sexual discrimination is , of course , very common , but it is difficult to detect and women do n't make official complaints . |
| 15 | As well as producing data on the two sexes that is not directly comparable , this is surely simplistic , suggesting as it does that men do n't have intimate conversations ( and women do n't have large scale confrontations ) . |
| 16 | But all-seaters do n't mean all-safe so why should clubs risk bankruptcy and fans pay through the nose for an ill-conceived scheme ? |
| 17 | He meant to , but addresses did n't seem important — well , not until it was too late . |