Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] not [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 However , one major weakness of the study is that by concentrating on advertising as the major culprit , it overlooks the structural changes which media necessarily go through — or do not go through — which themselves place them at risk .
2 We are here to fight for those who are have nots , or do not get as much and have fewer opportunities .
3 Too often , we are limited in thinking of ministry as those who either do or do not work where are thought of .
4 In this sense , power is not something that individuals and groups do or do not have automatically through occupation of a particular social or economic position , rather it is something gained through the skilful deployment of political resources in order to achieve particular objectives .
5 The imminent publication of guidelines on employing counsellors in primary care prepared by a working party of the British Association for Counselling will greatly help those family health services authorities and general practitioners who have yet to develop such guidelines or do not understand how to assess the qualifications and competence of counsellors they wish to employ and work with .
6 Most claims for present spelling do not hold , or do not apply consistently .
7 How can the Minister say that those people are not living in reasonably-rated areas — or did not do so , long before the introduction of the unified business rate ?
8 Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences .
9 This was approached from two angles : first , what was known as the ‘ battle for the fourth grade ’ , an acknowledgement that substantial numbers of children either did not go to school or did not stay long enough to consolidate literacy .
10 It is just that , until recently , we never thought , or did not know how , to ask .
11 Here it is incidental that the doctrine or whatever conflicts with or does not fit in well with determinism .
12 Are there any ways in which you think that it does or does not work particularly well , looking at hers , mine 's , mine 's more boring , hers , she actually departs from the , from the text more .
13 When you have noted the area where the bream cease to roll and do not appear again in the immediate vicinity , the terminal point will be a few yards further along in the direction they were travelling .
14 Some of these are specialised and do not compete very much with other markets , whilst others are closely related and highly competitive .
15 Nevertheless , the view that consumer tastes are in part the result of corporate influence and do not originate exclusively in the autonomous individual will is a persuasive one .
16 It is noticeable that overgrowth cements only develop on biogenic carbonate grains , and do not form where the skeletal wall has been heavily bored by fungi or algae ( thus forming a ‘ micrite ’ envelope ) .
17 For example some bacteria form ethanol , lactate , or succinate and do not evolve much H 2 because they dispose of reducing energy in these electron sink products .
18 Indeed she has spoken admiringly of criminals who are " active , free in spirit , and do not knuckle down to anyone " .
19 For instance , the intended subjects are boxes of plants which remain in place and do not change rapidly .
20 Elephants are cheaper than machines , too , and do not cost so much to run .
21 Christ himself said to the woman caught in adultery — for which the punishment was death — " Go , and do not sin again . "
22 Often there are discoveries which lead nowhere and do not attract much , or indeed any attention .
23 On almost any evening in central and southern Malaysia barn owls congregate after hunting at favoured spots , and do not disperse again until after dawn .
24 I shall not pursue the point here , but it can be developed into one of the explanations for why particular arms races stabilize and do not go on for ever — do not lead to predators pursuing their prey at Mach 2 and so on .
25 Such questions will not and do not go away , whatever the philosophers of education dictate .
26 ‘ Give me your number and do not go out for the next half-hour . ’
27 The rear windows have steamed up by the time we decant her , and do not clear again until we are nearly over Putney Bridge .
28 It comes from critics who imagine themselves penning formidable papers which , like those of Gregor Mendel , are hidden away or ignored for many years — and do not fare too well , therefore , in ISI 's listings .
29 At Prudential Assurance , the following terms apply to members of staff who travel daily and do not move home :
30 It is a feature that distinguishes research from monitoring , where we take categories and definitions as ‘ given ’ and do not worry too much about the nature of the phenomena being recorded .
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