Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [pron] [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These changes in mortality , especially among the old elderly , suggest that we have not reached the maximum human lifespan . |
| 2 | Despite the ability of Sag & Hankamer 's ideas to account for considered judgements , several lines of evidence suggest that they do not provide any simple basis for a theory of comprehension . |
| 3 | The statues in question are inseparable from the archaic series ; their freshness of surface suggest that they did not stand long above ground ; and it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that they were dedicated in the years immediately before the invasion . |
| 4 | Professor Williams 's views on the proper scope of the crime of rape coupled with the limited role he advocates for the offence of procuring by threat suggest that he does not consider that the criminal law should be over-active in protecting the sexual autonomy of women . |
| 5 | The letters to Greeves suggest that he did not find this part of a Christian 's duty very easy ( 'Daily Castration Prevents Master Bation' ) . |
| 6 | Such headlines both raise the issue of order in school and at the ground , and explicitly propose that it does not exist . |
| 7 | Emphasize that it does not matter how badly one reads the paragraph as long as the situation is not avoided . |
| 8 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 9 | NATO countries say that they do not want a ‘ dual key ’ arrangement , in which an officer from the US and the host country have to turn their keys simultaneously before a weapon can be launched . |
| 10 | No inhumanely produced veal need be eaten in this country if consumers say that they do not want to touch the filthy stuff . |
| 11 | Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it . |
| 12 | The chief executive and British Rail generally reportedly say that they do not see themselves as being in the business of transporting goods that need to be moved fast . |
| 13 | Conservative Members say that they do not wish to pursue people or insist that their will should be enforced . |
| 14 | Some try to explain the miracles away and say that they did not happen . |
| 15 | Yesterday afternoon we parted in such love and friendship — and now — now — you say that you do not wish to marry me ! |
| 16 | ‘ I do not know what sort of a man you have become , Mikhail , and you say that you do not remember me . |
| 17 | They say that it does not deal with the problem of people who persistently reoffend while on bail . |
| 18 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 19 | Oh , no , never say that he did not like them , after all her hard work and the writing of them in the small hours after her demanding duties as a dogsbody had already tired her ! |
| 20 | Never forget that you do not operate on a dead thing . |
| 21 | I repeat that I do not believe that the principal cause of last week 's riots was the conduct of the police . |
| 22 | If it is true , I repeat that it does not square up with the Government 's protestations about their concern for safety . |
| 23 | I regret that I do not know at what level the exemption was first introduced . |
| 24 | However , I regret that it does not appear that she is to address the Council of Europe , of which the hon. Gentleman and I are Assembly members . |
| 25 | All the main banks stress that they do not want to boss firms around in the German style , nor do they want to send in managers or directors . |
| 26 | The cream need only be lightly massaged with the finger tips either once or twice a day and the manufacturers stress that you do not have to knead or use a special applicator . |
| 27 | It would , she felt , atone for the things she had said and mean that she did not have to talk to Julia about them . |
| 28 | Nicol led a token Liverpool protest that it had not crossed the line , but 12 minutes later Palace 's fans had far greater cause to howl their disapproval . |
| 29 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 30 | Conservative Members ' speeches today show that they have not learnt the lesson of their hatred of local government . |