Example sentences of "we [vb mod] not do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 're looking to , to do similar transactions in the U K , but of course with the lack of , or the reduced competition in the U K we , we may not do quite as well . |
| 2 | Does the Prime Minister agree that although there is scope for compromise on many matters at Maastricht , the one issue on which it is impossible to compromise is the difference between those who believe that Britain could and should join in a single currency and those who believe that we should not do so at any price and that we should never even have joined the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 3 | It is tempting to put this all down to a simple lexical ambiguity , but we should not do so before remarking that while question ( 44 ) can correspond to either version , ( 45 ) can only match the " unacquainted " version . |
| 4 | On a more phenomenological level , if we wanted some visual analogue to the associationist view of mental life we could not do much better than think of one of those ‘ psychedelic ’ slide-shows popular in the late 1960s , in which lights were projected through oil , producing coloured globs which met , merged and repelled in a series of kaleidoscopic patterns . |
| 5 | We shall not do so , since a complete account is not essential to our coming concerns . |
| 6 | In practice , of course , we would not do so unless we thought the commercial circumstances warranted it . |
| 7 | ‘ We will not do so now . ’ |
| 8 | The effects of the adrenaline which prepared us for a fight or flight situation actually work against us when we can not do either . |
| 9 | We can not do just as we like because we are limited , or constrained , by ( i ) the amount of money , or capital , we have ; ( ii ) the inventions , or technology , available ; ( iii ) the space , or land , available ; ( iv ) the resources , such as fuel or timber , or existing roads and buildings ; ( v ) the desires of other human beings which may conflict with ours . |
| 10 | In order to form an estimate of both the range and the limitations of the record of landholding we can not do better than commence by examining the section devoted to a single parish , Empingham in Rutland . |
| 11 | As with problem solving , the difficulty with asking the right — questions is that we can not do so unless we already know the answer . |
| 12 | If we had such a network , we would be able to withdraw the support which we currently give to private practitioners , but the Minister knows that we can not do so at this stage because there is no body of effective legal advice and opinion to benefit people . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry I 've actually asked that question and while we 're discussing it , unfortunately we can not do so , as soon as I actually get a figure and I 'm quite prepared to release it to you . |
| 14 | Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told cabinet colleagues , ‘ We can not do very much , but we can seem to be very busy — and that is half the battle nowadays . ’ |