Example sentences of "and [conj] [noun] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This makes sense in Japan where ( because of stellar house prices ) most young single professionals still live at home with their parents and have cash to spend , and where people do not make a habit of throwing bricks through car windows and stealing things .
2 In practice case management for people with long term mental illness has developed into a range of techniques that can be described along 12 different axes ( box 2 ) , which aim to ensure that patients with long term psychiatric disorders receive consistent and continuing services for as long as they are required and that services do not focus inappropriately on patients with less severe conditions .
3 To make sure the rules are observed , and that photocopiers do not fall into ‘ undesirable ’ hands , 1,000 inspectors attached to the second section of the ministry 's Chief Directorate for the Maintenance of Public Order have been patrolling the nation .
4 Corporation tax is based on an imputation system , which means that in most cases the liability to corporation tax is the same whether the firm pays dividends or not , and that shareholders do not face double taxation on their dividends .
5 Meanwhile the Leeds rumour factory is working overtime with stories that Schofield wants to leave and that players do n't get on with their manager .
6 ‘ Do that , and , while you 're about it , try to remember that we 're colleagues , and that colleagues do not go around kissing one another !
7 They ensure , for example , that meals are eaten at the right time , that appointments are kept , that a daily routine is adhered to and that patients do not neglect themselves or put themselves in danger .
8 As the calculations are worked out it is vital that everyone in the Government ensures that all expenditure is scrutinised , that no money is wasted and that cuts do not fall on or anywhere near the people who are worst off in our society .
9 And , if you do believe in the continuation of the spirit , you have the added comfort of knowing that there is no such thing as ‘ never ’ and that people do not stop loving one another just because they are on different planes .
10 Others felt that the trade unions can do very little and that people do n't look to them .
11 Or is it that inside all organizations there are , continuously , small discoveries to be made in order to improve what is being done — and that schools do not differ from other organizations ?
12 Although it is appealing to believe that bits of the two stories can be added together , we maintain that there are always two stories to tell and that combinations do not solve the problem .
13 It 'll mean cleaner air and fewer road accidents , and although farmers do n't like the new law , the green lobby says it 's a chance to practice organic farming on a wide scale .
14 Nevertheless , the writing remains as something separate from the experience and if teachers do not know how they can usefully respond to the writing as a text , then their part in helping children improve their writing is insignificant .
15 Cryptically he said , ‘ I shall be coming back to Rangoon and if conditions do not worsen so unexpectedly I hope to meet you again . ’
16 But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’
17 and if people do n't pay then they lose them
18 However , the structure and design of houses are very important , and if feminists do not argue for better standards , women will be subjected to working in rotten conditions , bearing the brunt of the cuts in housing expenditure , greater costs of heating , more accidents in the home and endless other problems .
19 TD lorries shift everything from fish fingers to boxes of tissues and when goods do n't move in the shops it 's bad news for truckers .
20 But what we have to notice here is that it can not be right for mere historical description either : as there is no such thing as a uniform language or dialect ( and standardization implies uniformity ) , and as sound-changes do not proceed in straight lines , this can not possibly be an adequate conceptualization of English phonological history .
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