Example sentences of "they do not [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first- and second-person pronouns are typical examples in that they do not refer back to a nominal expression in the text but to the speaker and hearer ( or writer and reader ) respectively . |
| 2 | Dips should be fairly thick so that they do not drop off accompanying crudités , and fillings for pastry parcels and buns should be firm if the food is likely to be bitten and not eaten in one mouthful . |
| 3 | They do not stand up to even the briefest of scrutinies . |
| 4 | When I talk about implementation of the Maastricht treaty I mean that one of the things that must be done is to set up the arrangements agreed at Maastricht by which member states can be taken to the European Court and punished if they do not carry out obligations that they have assumed . |
| 5 | Kodak rely on ICI as single source supplier of PTA and MEG and they do not carry out any incoming acceptance testing . |
| 6 | Slopes may lead but they do not break off or fall in the standard language . |
| 7 | As the fibres of the nets are synthetic they do not break down so this dreadful destruction continues . |
| 8 | In the next section we shall look at the position of theists and of atheists when they do not rule out the possibility of dialogue with one another on grounds of unintelligibility , whether the unintelligibility be God-given or humanly made . |
| 9 | Children who have a good general understanding of sound-symbol relationship , even if they do not spell well at the moment , are , as Margaret Peters says , " well on their way " to becoming good spellers . |
| 10 | It 's a very nice letter , but it does n't tell me anything : ‘ Healthy people are like healthy animals , they eat when they 're hungry , and they do not agonise over every meal . ’ |
| 11 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 12 | But they do not move blindly , in the hope of coming to better pastures . |
| 13 | All these three new developments are in the direction which this book advocates , but they do not go nearly far enough . |
| 14 | They do not go up hills or through mountains . |
| 15 | Yes , in that they do not go out like a candle on death ; so far natural justice is satisfied . |
| 16 | In any case Kent County Council is concerned that they do not go far enough and has produced its own traffic strategy designed to reduce the pressure on smaller roads . |
| 17 | LUSTY lovers have one complaint about video sex guides — they do not go far enough . |
| 18 | The privatisations also help , even if they do not go far enough . |
| 19 | But , they do not go far enough . |
| 20 | They do not go as far as some countries , who plan to make actual cuts in emissions rates . |
| 21 | They do not go there directly . |
| 22 | Modulations towards keys on the sharp side of the ‘ circle of fifths ’ are good , providing they do not go too far . |
| 23 | Such opportunities are obviously present in Kenya and Zambia though they do not appear always to work out in practice , one reason in Kenya being that centre personnel are continually called on to perform routine professional jobs such as practical examinations for final year college students . |
| 24 | They do not appear anywhere in the Old Testament . |
| 25 | Proportional series are dealt with in more specific detail as they do not appear anywhere else in the book . |
| 26 | This in itself is a mildly interesting observation and certainly needs to be made ; but what we should go on to do is to say why they do not appear there . |
| 27 | Notice , however , that the conditions which cause the loop to terminate are less clear since they do not appear together . |
| 28 | By this reasoning the things which they do not do well become part of the ‘ syndrome ’ . |
| 29 | It is submitted that in these circumstances they do not do well enough with the written word . |
| 30 | The Kennel Club defend themselves against accusations that they do not do enough to curtail irresponsible breeding . |