Example sentences of "[noun prp] do not [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Torrington 's mishandling enabled the enemy to drive a wedge between the English and Dutch ships and by 1 pm the former were in shameful retreat , a disaster only being averted when the wind suddenly dropped , though Torrington did not drop anchor until safely within the Thames . |
| 2 | Madame Gautier did not like sunlight , as she had frequently informed her young visitor . |
| 3 | The Sheldons do not want revenge . |
| 4 | But Britain and the Austrian Habsburgs did not follow suit until 1742 , and France and Spain not until three years after that . |
| 5 | The KGB did not need proof ; suspicion was more than enough . |
| 6 | He pointed out that Crone did not use gas chromatography or mass spectrometry to determine whether mycotoxins were present in the samples ; he determined only that the samples , in Crone 's words , ‘ can not represent a military effective residue ’ . |
| 7 | Leicestershire do not separate sponsorship revenues from match receipts . |
| 8 | Mention of Unix System Lab 's Unix SVR4.2 or Univel Inc 's UnixWare does not draw breath . |
| 9 | The US is talking separately with China , Russia , Japan and others to find ways to resolve the standoff so that Pyongyang does not lose face , yet allows inspections to take place . |
| 10 | Caterham does not have copyright on the Seven 's basic , long-bodied shape , which ran out several years ago , but it has sued companies that indulge in ‘ passing off ’ . |
| 11 | But Pakistan does not have extradition treaties with most Arab countries and will not turn over a wanted man against his will . |
| 12 | In the next 20 years the NHS did not escape criticism from academic Fabians but it never reached the volume and intensity of the criticism which , for example , social security and income maintenance attracted as they appeared to retreat further and further away from the principles of the Beveridge Report . |
| 13 | But Gould did not have time to fuel his friendships , unless they were of some direct advantage to his work . |
| 14 | ‘ But the guys here must remember I still love to stir things up and England do not do justice to people like Will and Jeremy Guscott . |
| 15 | The Ukrainian delegation also reiterated Ukraine 's refusal to form a common agreement with the other former Soviet republics on servicing the Soviet Union 's foreign debt , although Ukraine did not dispute responsibility for its 16.37 per cent share . |
| 16 | Carolyn and Alan did not make love again until they were married . |
| 17 | The calories provided by the extra alcohol , sugar , and chocolate were some 500 to 600 per day , and as Alan did not gain weight during the experiment we know that his intake of good foods must have fallen by this amount , some 25 per cent of his normal daily intake . |
| 18 | Wells did not regard man only as ‘ the culminating ape ’ ; I have quoted the passage from which the phrase comes , showing how Wells was painfully aware of our duality . |
| 19 | The weight of evidence suggests little interaction indicating that aniracetam and LTP do not regulate AMPA receptor function in the same manner . |
| 20 | Contrary to tradition , Constantine did not make Christianity the official state religion of Rome . |
| 21 | It is true that Spain 's only military contribution to the fighting was the despatch of volunteers ( the " Blue Division " ) who fought on the Russian front as part of the German Army , and that Spain did not declare war on any country . |
| 22 | Of the 12 members of the European Community only Greece , Italy , Portugal and Spain did not raise interest rates . |
| 23 | Whatever ensued , the United Company of Undertakers did not receive livery status , though they did excite sufficient interest to merit a sarcastic caricature from William Hogarth entitled ‘ The Company of Undertakers ’ , and with the motto ‘ Et Plurima Mortis Imago ’ — ‘ The Very Picture of Death ’ . |
| 24 | On Nov. 12 the outspoken chair of the Campaign for Democracy Beko Ransome Kuti called on Nigerians to " make the country ungovernable " by acts of civil disobedience if Babangida did not leave office on Jan. 2 as promised . |
| 25 | The chair of the Campaign for Democracy , Beko Ransome-Kuti , who had called for a campaign of civil disobedience in the New Year if Babangida did not leave office , was arrested on Dec. 31 and detained for a number of days . |
| 26 | ( Note that the Bank of England does not regard cash in tills as a reserve asset . |
| 27 | The IDA statement concluded : ‘ Finally , the IDA does not encourage industry to locate in Ireland which would pose a threat to the public health . |
| 28 | The Bundestag does not initiate legislation and government proposals are hardly ever defeated on the floor of the house . |
| 29 | Royal Bank of Scotland does not depreciate freehold and long leasehold buildings , as any such charge is considered to be insignificant in view of their useful economic lives and estimated residual values . |
| 30 | The Royal Bank of Scotland does not require indemnity cover . |