Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as my few Acquaintance did not take to me upon the Account of Poetry , so they will scarcely fall off upon its ill Success |
| 2 | My hon. Friend does not raise the matter just for the fun of it ; he raises it because of its serious nature . |
| 3 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend does not , I think , dissent from that , but he has questioned local planning authorities ' deciding planning proposals that they themselves have originated and in particular the position of the county council in relation to the district council . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend did not refer to the increase in the number of in-patients treated in the district during the last 10 years . |
| 6 | My hon. Friend did not say that . |
| 7 | My alternative theory does not deny the influence of genetic characteristics , but , when history throws up a patterned sequence of black people entering sports in large numbers , excelling at them and continuing to demonstrate extraordinary zeal for particular disciplines , a more penetrating analysis of the social conditions beneath the sequence is necessary . |
| 8 | I suffer ( ? ) from very soft tapwater which the goldfish in my coldwater aquarium do not like . |
| 9 | However , their technical know-how does not match their physical prowess . |
| 10 | People often say that a certain noise gets louder at night , even though its measured level does not alter ; this is because , at night , the level of the background noise is generally lower than it is during the day , During the recession , people near once noisy factories started to appreciate the quiet . |
| 11 | The first sentence admits that involuntary unemployment may be a ‘ fact or phenomenon ’ , that is , that it may exist ; but that its possible existence does not require explanation from economic theorists . |
| 12 | Agricultural statistics take no account of such changes because an old hay meadow may be recorded as permanent grassland both before and after a sudden change in management practice ( e.g. a one-off large inorganic fertiliser dose ) or even after one cultivation provided its agricultural use does not change . |
| 13 | The volatility and their non-guaranteed status do not sit comfortably with the official line linking the two benefits . |
| 14 | Their social composition did not , it is true , greatly change . |
| 15 | Most sociologists would wish to maintain that , while their social science does not meet the rigorous criteria of a natural science , in terms of the procedures used for verification of theoretical hypotheses there is some disciplined thinking and testing of ideas going on in sociology which does distinguish it from religious or mystical thinking . |
| 16 | Its real value does not lie in explaining the structure of individual sentences but rather in shedding light on a number of important areas which control information flow . |
| 17 | Secondly , they were treating babies as not yet formed adults since their nervous system did not yet contain all the adult structures which they imagined , without any evidence , would be necessary before one could have an unpleasant emotional experience . |
| 18 | Their magical resistance does not affect magic weapons or other items , except for those which cast spells in the usual way . |
| 19 | But , feeling glad to have got him off the subject of how apparently her virginal innocence did not tie up with her being a married woman , ‘ Well , if you do n't mind , I 'll just collect my car and head back to England , and — ’ |
| 20 | Its nervous system does not have to be modifiable in order to work with reasonable efficiency in this way . |
| 21 | Her personal life did not change much . |
| 22 | The problem with their evolutionary sequence does not lie so much with what they say about technology as what they saw this technology as implying . |
| 23 | Establishing this agreement with its quasi-legal status does not , of course , spare the staff the continual difficulties of maintaining control . |
| 24 | Kermode recalls the seminars as occasions of good humour and tolerance , despite sharp intellectual disagreements , and he laments that their humane spirit did not survive later events . |
| 25 | Her left hand did not come down upon the ground . |
| 26 | Anyone born with English as his or her native language does not need other languages ... ’ |
| 27 | Her ill health did not prevent her from painting , from being politically active in the communist movement nor from leading a rich life . |
| 28 | This not only hides it from predators but ensures that its soft body does not dry out . |
| 29 | In other words , their natural history does not fit with the explanation that has been repeated in textbooks for decade after decade . |
| 30 | ABC does not consume a sufficient volume to justify the investment , and its corporate plan does not include component sales . |