Example sentences of "do not [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems also arise over companies that receive funds but subsequently do not perform as expected . |
| 2 | ( Catatonics typically do not speak or appear to listen or take necessary initiatives ; they cut themselves off from human contact . ) |
| 3 | We do not speak or smile . |
| 4 | Not grieve Mumma , Mumma please do not grieve or wept |
| 5 | Do not smoke or eat while clearing up the mess . |
| 6 | We did a figure eight around two bulbous tanks marked HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE — DO NOT SMOKE OR DISCHARGE FIREARMS . |
| 7 | It seems that the legal and economic objective of the merger regulation is not to foster the creation of European champions , but to ensure that mergers within the Community do not create or strengthen dominant market positions in the Common Market . |
| 8 | ( iv ) As autumn progresses and temperatures fall an increasing proportion ( up to 80% ) of the L3 ingested do not mature but become inhibited at the early fourth larval stage ( EL4 ) . |
| 9 | lines of type that do not start or end at the same position . |
| 10 | I do not sit and do that with kids . |
| 11 | They do not realise that to make a discovery of some magnitude requires not only great ability and a bit of luck but also a considerable investment of time and effort in mastering a demanding discipline . |
| 12 | Elephants , which lack colour vision but have a strong sense of smell and favour large , smelly , dull fruits , are the only animals able to swallow the pyrene of Panda oleosa ( Pandaceae ) and collected seeds do not germinate unless passed through an elephant , in whose dung they germinate . |
| 13 | Also make sure that cisterns are well insulated with a proper insulating jacket ( or one constructed from loft insulation blanket ) , but do not insulate or put loft insulation under the cistern , so that some heat can pass through the ceiling to the water inside . |
| 14 | Do not skimp and debase using margarine in place of butter , skimmed milk instead of cream . |
| 15 | They do not stop but keep whirling forwards oblivious to their surroundings . |
| 16 | There are no clay organisms ; and clays do not scavenge and process energy from their surroundings to keep themselves intact . |
| 17 | DO NOT drink or eat anything at all . |
| 18 | The effect of day length on behaviour is mediated hormonally ; the birds are prepared to migrate in the autumn by declining production of sex hormones at the end of the breeding season ; they do not migrate if injected with sex hormones . |
| 19 | I do not exist except to serve you and give you pleasure . |
| 20 | Charts of the area are largely unaltered since the mid 19th Century , and can mark dangers which do not exist while remaining silent about those that do . |
| 21 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 22 | Speak naturally but at reasonable speed ( do not gabble or mumble ! ) and not too fast ! |
| 23 | Unlike babies , we do not eat or drink just because we are hungry or thirsty . |
| 24 | Preparation , do not eat or drink four hours before your appointment . |
| 25 | When children do not do as asked they are strapped . |
| 26 | They do not strike or write to the papers , and they have no votes . ’ |
| 27 | When comparing the symptoms of the case and the remedy you should also note that the most important symptoms do not clash or contradict . |
| 28 | First , it is difficult to account for the very different forms of state intervention and political representation if one follows the instrumentalist position , and it is also difficult to explain how it is that the whole capitalist system coheres and is reproduced if the capitalists do not control and dominate the bureaucratic and political levers of the state , as modern instrumentalists now accept . |
| 29 | Writing or speaking tasks which do not clearly specify the receiver make even native-speaking students tongue-tied , and not surprisingly , for we simply do not talk or write into vacuums . |
| 30 | Lane has argued that ‘ ruling class ’ interpretations of the Soviet Union are inappropriate because the holders of state power do not possess and inherit property but are rather in the same market position as other wage-earners . |