Example sentences of "children [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children do not have to fight ; homes where children do not quarrel endlessly are possible . |
| 2 | If , however , the leader says simply ‘ Do this ’ with no ‘ Simon says ’ , then the children do not do it . |
| 3 | When children do not do as asked they are strapped . |
| 4 | This ensures that the children do not forget their numbers . |
| 5 | The children do not make a direct transition from structured signs into English written grammar ; in fact , they rely on structures in ASL they already know , and this forms the basis of their task solution of writing down English from sign users . |
| 6 | Children do not make the same rigid distinction between humans and animals that adults learn to make . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ It happens more often than people realise that children do not want to live with their parents . |
| 8 | But children do not possess a social analysis of what is happening to them , or around them , so the landscape and the pictures it presents have to remain a background , taking on meaning later , from different circumstances . |
| 9 | I am not arguing that children do not suffer at the hands of adults ; clearly they do and again we have looked at the evidence concerning incidence and prevalence . |
| 10 | Children do not recognize the physical cues of when they want to empty their bladder until they reach the ages of 12 to 18 months ( Leach 1975 ; Lask 1985 ) and so it is unlikely that children trained before this age are reliable or in control . |
| 11 | As one would expect , young children do not give explanations of these phenomena which are correct from the point of view of modern scientific knowledge . |
| 12 | Conrad and Rush ( 1965 ) showed that deaf children do not exhibit the same type of coding in memory tasks as do hearing children . |
| 13 | PARENTS face a £500 fine if their children do not wear seatbelts in the car . |
| 14 | It is hypothesised that many children do not assimilate the link between the pre-requisite experiences and the generalisation which follows , as for example in the finding of the area of a rectangle by counting squares and the presentation of a formula which generalises the results . |
| 15 | Where children do not carry these assumptions inside them , it is because they have been brought up in an enclave that is struggling against the weight of secular pressure . |
| 16 | Children do not appear on memorial brasses until the 1420s , though by the 1450s they were a regular occurrence . |
| 17 | Essentially , such children do not appear to understand what they read or write : they perform the tasks in automatic ‘ parrot ’ fashion . |
| 18 | Children do not hold still , nor are the consequences of effort always immediately apparent ( Simons and Elliott 1989:106 ) . |
| 19 | Parents should ensure that young children do not go rockpooling unaccompanied , because there are dangers even on innocuous shores . |
| 20 | Shortly stated , the main issue is whether a school which is over-subscribed so that it can not accept all the applications for admission can adopt religious criteria ( i.e. criteria intended to preserve the character of the school ) in selecting the successful applicants for admission and thereby exempt itself under section 6(3) ( a ) from the duty under section 6(2) to give effect to the preferences expressed by parents whose children do not meet such criteria . |
| 21 | It is expensive to buy food that children do not eat and it is very easy for the mother to fall into the trap of offering the child only what she thinks the child still likes . |
| 22 | The pleasure of oral stimulation is clear but most children do not eat these items deliberately . |
| 23 | Some children do not get enough reinforcement ( rewards ) ; others receive far too much without ever earning it . |
| 24 | Children do not get enough opportunities to talk without the teacher 's presence . |
| 25 | And it is important that children do not get the impression that they are . |
| 26 | Children do not like having their behaviour recorded . |
| 27 | Also , it is a good idea to nominate an adult to make sure that the children do not interfere with the entertainer 's props . |
| 28 | Children do not have that choice , and if they are not helped by those they rely on to deal with their frightening and disturbing feelings then they can suffer considerable harm . |
| 29 | Children do not have the same need as adults to use bad language to relieve their feelings ; they have other ways of letting off steam . |
| 30 | Children do not have to fight ; homes where children do not quarrel endlessly are possible . |