Example sentences of "[coord] we do not " in BNC.

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1 We either have them or we do not , although we can at times make a conscious effort to put certain feelings out of our minds .
2 What is so troubling is that the Discarded Image Lewis is there beside the bullying rhetorician , and we do not know which of them is going to speak next .
3 We do not know which , if any , funds are affected and we do not know whether there has been an over valuation or an under valuation . ’
4 And we do not take ourselves seriously like the French : we can demolish everything with our humour .
5 Aquifers hold an enormous amount of water , and we do not have to raise the money to build them .
6 We are already many here and we do not need you . ’
7 Many species are having to be brought into captivity merely as an emergency measure because we can not act fast enough , or effectively enough , in the wild and we do not know enough about most plants and animals to conserve them .
8 and we do not dare to finish
9 Any baby is divine and we do not grudge the Christ child that designation .
10 This can be an expensive way of producing local history studies — especially if a duplicate copy is made for the county record office — and we do not yet know how long video film can be stored before it deteriorates .
11 But the ear bones of toothed whales are heavy and quite rudimentary , and we do not think that they are very important in transmitting received ultrasounds .
12 ‘ Years ago we threw the old didacticism ( dowdy morality ) out of the window ; it has come back in at the door wearing modern dress ( smart values ) and we do not even recognize it ’ ( p. 159 ) .
13 Again , all the boys are circumcised according to tradition , and we do not need to flash the penis to prove us to be nice , Jewish boys .
14 And we do not charge the earth — in fact no more than a good quality single or double ‘ standard ’ bed .
15 Life is rarely easy , and we do not gain anything by holding a grudge against someone , especially if we love them .
16 And we do not like to be associated with them .
17 And we do not need to undergo years of psychoanalysis , or visit a hypnotist , or meditate for twelve hours a day , in order to seek self-knowledge .
18 Most of Wordsworth 's readers who have left us their opinions were middle-class , but we must remember that he addressed his poetry to readers of all classes and we do not know how much the choice of natural subject matter may have meant to urban dwellers who lived out of sight of flowers and trees .
19 Doubtless there will be no thanks for that and we do not expect any .
20 The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’
21 He insisted : ‘ As far as we are concerned we have had no approach from anyone about Davies and we do not wish him to move elsewhere . ’
22 Favourite fairy tales are the need for spiritual growth , love at first sight , the pull of destiny or meetings in past lives , and we do not realize the primitive level of being in which the bond has its source .
23 We are conservers and preservers , maintaining homes and relationships , and we do not always welcome change .
24 Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company .
25 Of course , the motivation for playing this game is all the stronger when we have reason to resent the ‘ out group ’ for being more powerful or better resourced than we are , or not subject to the strains , pressures and tensions we face ( of course , because they are an ‘ out group ’ we know little about the problems that they have and we do not ) .
26 Sean McMullan , IPE 's Systems Development Manager , said ‘ they are considerably cheaper than X-terminals and we do not need full graphical capabilities . ’
27 Most are difficult to trace ; their names are apt to be commonplace and we do not know where to commence looking for them .
28 ‘ We tell our residents that we offer homes for life , and we do not expect people to move on , ’ she explained .
29 At this point we are seeking only to explain the social frameworks which render certain actions intelligible , and we do not wish to imply causal links between social frames and social action .
30 We do not preach war and bloodshed to the lads , and we do not favour military drill for them . ’
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