Example sentences of "[adv] do [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels .
2 ‘ I mean , if you believe that , then what you 're saying is women basically do n't want sex , but if they have enough food stuffed down their faces , they might be persuaded .
3 While indomethacin alone did not affect amylase secretion , together with cyclosporin A it caused significant ( p<0.01 v controls ) inhibition of enzyme secretion ( Fig 2 ) .
4 Moreover , addition of the recombinant human TBP protein alone did not stimulate transcription activity .
5 In time , however , these ideas developed into a much more general critique , in which objects not only did not signify use value but were found not to signify anything outside of themselves .
6 You obviously do n't understand economics , Doctor . ’
7 The helper obviously did not do part of the actions denoted by the infinitives in these sentences .
8 These agents obviously did not cause diarrhoea at the time of study , although their presence might represent chronic or convalescent carriage after earlier symptomatic infection .
9 It hoped that the involvement of neutral states like Austria , Sweden and Switzerland — all of whom obviously did not see membership as compromising their neutrality — would persuade the Soviet Union that the new association was sufficiently politically innocuous for Finland to be able to join it in the not too distant future .
10 He obviously did n't know Iron Josh .
11 There is just one problem : brains are part of the soft tissue of the body and so do not survive fossilization .
12 Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) .
13 So do n't waste energy banging your head against a brick wall .
14 Sailing upwind is hard work so do n't waste effort by letting the mainsheet out .
15 I may be a little late so do n't wait supper for me .
16 We know what happened to Judas and his pieces of silver , so do n't turn traitor on your anti-racist fans 'cos then we would n't be able to wear our Morrissey Fans Against The Nazis badges with pride ( Gay , straight or otherwise ) .
17 This is your father speaking now so do n't get cross .
18 So do n't risk pregnancy — use a reliable method of birth control every time you make love .
19 However , do n't despair , Big Bang fans , show is still the same so do n't take Granny to see it unless she 's wearing shatter-proof ear muffs .
20 To Arnold the term philistine implied the idea of something stiff-necked and perverse in its resistance to light — ‘ and therein it specially suits our middle class , who not only do not pursue sweetness and light , but who even prefer to them that sort of machinery of business , chapels , tea-meetings and addresses from Mr Murphy , which makes up the dismal and illiberal life on which I have so often touched ’ .
21 For the man who enters the House at a later age who does not expect to get and perhaps does not want office , there is no point in continual exertions to catch the limelight and this is the kind of member who is particularly prone to regard his function as supporting his leaders .
22 It is slightly cut away at the rear and so does n't put pressure on the Achilles tendon .
23 M. Wright ( School Librarian ) I. West ( History Dept ) F. Strong ( Geography Dept ) Such a report obviously does not guarantee success and both school librarians and teachers involved in projects such as this are well aware of the need to be fully cognizant with school politics in seeking to use resources .
24 At issue is who owns the reservoir — and who is responsible for ensuring that the leaky embankment that holds the water in does not give way and engulf a street of houses .
25 ‘ Osman personally does n't have money enough even to pay the interest , ’ said Nikos .
26 In animal models of oesophageal carcinogenesis , gastro-oesophageal reflux promotes tumour development but reflux alone does not cause tumour formation in the absence of a carcinogen .
27 In cats , ablation of area 17 alone does not abolish form vision but additional removal of adjacent parts of the visual cortex does .
28 Sexual attraction is , of course , a large part of falling in love , yet sex alone does not guarantee intimacy .
29 True , jettisoning old-fashioned views alone does not guarantee success .
30 The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running .
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