Example sentences of "not do so [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they could not do so unless their account was settled in full . |
| 2 | If she or her children return before the ashes become cold , it becomes again an ahi-ka , but there is a difference of opinion whether the grandchildren can recover their rights in that way , but there is no doubt that the great grandchildren can not do so unless they are expressly invited and welcomed by the tribe . " |
| 3 | In practice , of course , we would not do so unless we thought the commercial circumstances warranted it . |
| 4 | As with problem solving , the difficulty with asking the right — questions is that we can not do so unless we already know the answer . |
| 5 | Our Higher Self is eager to give us a life full of love , joy , success and abundance ; but it will not do so until we say ‘ Yes ’ , and we keep turning our backs on it . |
| 6 | That said , we have seen so many people in recent months who wanted to move but could not do so until they knew what was going to happen to their take-home income . ’ |
| 7 | But many of those people who spend time making a good copy need not do so if they thought about the essay properly beforehand . |
| 8 | Similarly , a child who creates dangerous mayhem in the kitchen can not do so if he or she is taught and learns never to enter the kitchen . |
| 9 | It seems odd not to do so when he is innocent . |
| 10 | As a result , the Rector , Dr Colin Adamson , was advised by senior ILEA councillors to resign ‘ in the best interests of the polytechnic ’ ; however , the corporate status of the polytechnic meant that only the governing body can remove him from office and it chose not to do so and he refused to resign . |
| 11 | Fish which respond to herbal treatment are not doing so because they think they should get better . |
| 12 | It also shows that , when Russian enterprises reacted to the reforms by jacking up prices and withholding output , they were not doing so because they could not adapt to the bewildering change around them ; they were reacting to the incentives they faced , which said that goods were stores of value while money was not . |
| 13 | He dared not do so for he knew one thing for certain — that he had never really fallen out of love with this stunningly beautiful girl . |