Example sentences of "[vb base] that they do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the ability of Sag & Hankamer 's ideas to account for considered judgements , several lines of evidence suggest that they do not provide any simple basis for a theory of comprehension . |
| 2 | The statues in question are inseparable from the archaic series ; their freshness of surface suggest that they did not stand long above ground ; and it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that they were dedicated in the years immediately before the invasion . |
| 3 | Unfortunately many researchers report that they do n't seem to be able to find time for such ‘ extra ’ activities because of overload from other more pressing work . |
| 4 | NATO countries say that they do not want a ‘ dual key ’ arrangement , in which an officer from the US and the host country have to turn their keys simultaneously before a weapon can be launched . |
| 5 | No inhumanely produced veal need be eaten in this country if consumers say that they do not want to touch the filthy stuff . |
| 6 | Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it . |
| 7 | The chief executive and British Rail generally reportedly say that they do not see themselves as being in the business of transporting goods that need to be moved fast . |
| 8 | Conservative Members say that they do not wish to pursue people or insist that their will should be enforced . |
| 9 | On the other , members often say that they do n't feel involved ; that committees do all the work without reference to them . |
| 10 | They say that they do n't understand why the police had to be so heavy handed . |
| 11 | Some try to explain the miracles away and say that they did not happen . |
| 12 | Too many of us now say that they did n't know what was going on , and that they were long opposed to what was happening . |
| 13 | All the main banks stress that they do not want to boss firms around in the German style , nor do they want to send in managers or directors . |
| 14 | But police stress that they do n't have any more money to spend on policing the villages . |
| 15 | It goes back to the short term thing , you fear that they do n't do it as well . |
| 16 | They fear endless meetings and worry that they do n't know enough to join in . |
| 17 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 18 | I have seen the results that he has achieved on fishing , and I am disgusted by them — I hope that they do not set a precedent . |
| 19 | Ensure that they do n't dry out . |
| 20 | I would ask that all caring readers of PFK ensure that they do not buy these ‘ dyed ’ fish and encourage this abominable practice . |
| 21 | Often carers complain that they do n't get enough support . |
| 22 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 23 | We know that they did not see Jungle Book and Popeye was the supporting item for Peter Pan . |
| 24 | then Sandy has n't given me a time but I think I 'd suggested to him between six and seven I think people like that they do n't have to go home and |
| 25 | Japanese officials plead that they do not have the power to carve up the market in this way . |
| 26 | If feeding beef and fish pieces ( to any piscivore , not just these ) please remember that they do not contain the calcium and other minerals found in the bones of their natural diets and therefore it is essential to provide prawns or feeder shrimps fairly regularly . |
| 27 | I know booksellers who regard the written word with the utmost suspicion , profess that they do not understand it , and will have nothing to do with it ; dealers who specialise in autograph material , but will not touch books — unless , of course , they happen to be on the subject of autographs ; and many who maintain an ambivalent attitude , preferring to keep their options open and , if they can afford it , employing some eccentric especially to deal with this awkward material . |
| 28 | Some people believe that they do not dream ; in fact they do , but they are unable to remember their dreams when they wake in the morning . |
| 29 | There are , however , homœopathists who carry about with them on their visits to patients the homœopathic medicines in the fluid state , and who yet assert that they do not become more highly potentised in the course of time , but they thereby show their want of ability to observe correctly . |
| 30 | I think er on the er the walls , bringing the people in , is , if they understand that they do not believe er or that that within their heart , then that 's the difficulty that 's the sort of bridge we 've got to get over . |