Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Baptismal , confirmation , membership and communicant figures do not tell the whole story .
2 In some countries , national and racial minorities meant that total population figures do not tell the whole story about military strength .
3 Your books do not tell the whole story .
4 Simple numbers , however , do not tell the whole story .
5 It is important to banks that accounting guidelines do not prevent the efficient financing of loans .
6 As between themselves , the purchaser and the vendor are bound under the terms of the sale agreement by the decisions of the expert , but the provisions in the sale agreement do not prevent the aggrieved party , whether it be the purchaser or the vendor , from attempting to bring a claim against the expert if it can be shown that such party has suffered loss under the normal principles of the law of negligence ( see Arenson v Casson Bechman Rutley & Co [ 1977 ] AC 405 ) .
7 In particular the expectations of research often do not match the actual practice of their supervisors .
8 We do not speak the same language . ’
9 Not only is there a division among the English , the Scottish , and the Welsh ; there is also a division between Gaelic-speaking Scots and those who do not speak Gaelic , and between those who do and do not speak the Welsh language in Wales .
10 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption .
11 A final bit of evidence that the modals do not represent the bare infinitive 's event as subsequent to their own event comes from certain observations about the contrast between will and be going to made by Palmer ( 1988 : 148 ) .
12 the vertical 250 squares DO NOT represent the same number of rows of knitting .
13 I now realize that there are different kinds of Jews , ranging from the ultra-religious Chasidim who do dress like that , to Liberal Jews who do not recognize the holy nature of the Bible and who prefer to keep whichever laws they can rationalize .
14 In addition , the analysts we interviewed do not regard the annual report as sufficiently timely or relevant to be critical to investment decisions in an industry in which the potential successes of individual products and the market direction of research and development are more important .
15 I do not regard the United Kindom constitution as set in concrete .
16 Governments do not exercise the same sway over the House of Lords ; notwithstanding that the House of Lords is sensitive of its constitutional vulnerability and hence wary of obstructing governments , it can be more troublesome for a government to negotiate the passage of a Bill through the House of Lords than through the House of Commons .
17 In analysing and explaining crime we will need to examine why these control mechanisms do not exert the same influence on all individuals and social groups .
18 While the factors of time and the sheer difficulty of analysis partly explain the relative failure of donors to provide a meaningful public assessment of aid programmes , they do not explain the cumulative inadequacy of the results which are available to date .
19 The two α-truncated polymerases do not show the same extent of protection in the extreme upstream part of the footprint ; the protection actually stops at -39.5 on the upper strand ( Fig. 2a , lanes 5 and 7 ) and at -43.5 on the lower strand ( Fig. 2b , lanes 5 and 7 ) with no further modification downstream .
20 Such foods do not deserve the bad reputation they have gained over the years ; eating them more often might well serve to curb the appetite for fatty foods or confectionery .
21 Referring to the component layout diagram , Fig. 5 , solder in a 14-pin d.i.1. socket for IC1 ( but do not insert the integrated circuit just yet ) and then solder eleven wire links onto the board , using tinned copper wire for this job .
22 I do not begrudge the hon. Gentleman his moment of happy , nostalgic reflection .
23 The adoral shields are large but do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
24 The adoral shields are long and narrow and do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
25 The adoral shields are slightly convex ; they do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
26 The adoral shields are large , wing-like , and do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
27 The adoral shields are larger about twice as long as broad , slightly curved , and do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
28 The adoral shields are large , about twice as long as broad , and do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
29 The adoral shields do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
30 The adoral shields are wing-like but do not separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate .
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