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

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1 I do not regard the United Kindom constitution as set in concrete .
2 I do not regard the Baxter alternative as a serious proposition .
3 He said : ‘ I do not regard the non-renewal as representing any reduction in our commitment to ex-servicemen .
4 Ferguson said : ‘ It will be a very tight game and I do not expect the Russians to be too adventurous .
5 It is a modest proposition , but I do not expect the Minister to accept it .
6 I do not expect the Minister to say that the matter is outwith his ministerial remit .
7 However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month .
8 Naturally , I do not expect the apologists on the Government Front Bench to criticise the Government 's policies , still less to condemn their actions .
9 I do not expect the Minister to be helpful —
10 By puddings I do not mean the pretty little fripperies that are offered at the end of an elegant dinner as token appeasement of our sweet-toothed leanings .
11 I do not mean the church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity , terrible as an army with banners .
12 and again : " when I make use of the word people , I do not mean the vulgar or mixed multitude " .
13 The notoriously atheist and materialist Holbach was explicit about whom he meant by " the people " : By the word people I do not mean the stupid populace Every man who can live respectably from the income of his property and every head of a family who owns land ought to be regarded as a citizen .
14 We are dedicated to experimentation , to pushing back the frontiers of football as we know them , to boldly go where no self-respecting soccer club has gone before , and no , I do not mean the Whaddon and Mitchley Sunday League .
15 ( i ) If I am anaesthetized I do not feel the prick of the needle .
16 Speaking for myself , I do not feel the slightest inclination to interfere .
17 I quote from one such document without giving my source because I do not want the firm to be identified :
18 I do not want the beauty to come from the material but from within myself , ’ he wrote later , taking direct responsibility for this process of redemption .
19 I do not want the comparative figures to be distorted .
20 I do not want the name of that singer , but I want the name of a singer with the same name .
21 I do not want the reader to underestimate the prodigious works of nature and the problems we face in explaining them .
22 I do not think the situation arises at the moment outside these two counties .
23 Personally , I do not think the number of entries that are made at South African shows justify champion classes .
24 Television is a very evangelical medium and I do not think the Church of England can afford to or wants to compete with the evangelical churches .
25 I would respectfully agree , save that , for the reasons I have given , I do not think the case would come within paragraph ( d ) .
26 ( c ) I do not think the Engdiv case , 1990 S.L.T. 617 assists Mr. Beazley , since both the pursuers seeking contribution and the defenders resisting it were parties to the building contract at issue in the case , so that it was difficult to resist the submission that the claim for contribution in that case was in a matter relating to a contract .
27 For the reasons which I have given above I do not think the court in Reg. v. Philippou were justified in reconciling Morris with Lawrence , but they were correct in following Attorney-General 's Reference ( No. 2 of 1982 ) and could have reached their conclusion without relying on Lawrence .
28 I do not think the compulsion to write about foreign places can be very closely compared to a painter 's sensuous delight in new light , new forms , new colours , Monet seeing the Cap d'Antibes in blue and rose , Turner seeing the bright watery Venetian light in Venice , Gauguin in Tahiti .
29 I am not ignoring that it may be said that this in one sense is proving idem per idem , but none the less I do not think the fact can be ignored .
30 I do not think the Prime Minister imagines that this country 's future would be secure if we remained outside .
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