Example sentences of "certainly do not [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience alone most certainly did not secure an officer advancement in the customs administration and political interest was essential , as a letter received by Lord Panmure in 1739 made clear . |
| 2 | It certainly did not stop the corruption of power ! ’ |
| 3 | The majority of the Soviet population , particularly in Russia and the Central Asian republics , certainly did not want the Union to be eliminated — they wanted its democratic transformation . |
| 4 | The neutrality of Cambodia and Laos certainly did not resolve the security problems of these states . |
| 5 | John Coffin was in his office crouched in the imitation Bauhaus chair which did not really accommodate his bulk and certainly did not offer the comfort it promised . |
| 6 | The Baughs checked the original offer letter carefully and they say it did not state clearly that once people have accepted , there was no way out and it certainly did not mention the excessive opt-out figure they were later quoted . |
| 7 | He certainly did not expect the shock of a gunshot , cutting through the sounds of the grass . |
| 8 | It certainly did not create the potential for that path , which was provided by the backward state of French industry , the strong position of the employers and favourable external circumstances ( chapters 2 , 4 and 6 ) . |
| 9 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 10 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 11 | On the other hand it is difficult to argue that the Revolution resolved the major issues that had been sources of political tension since the Restoration , and it certainly did not restore the political consensus that had eluded the nation in 1660 . |
| 12 | ‘ Television rarely showed human casualties , and although over 200,000 Iraqi soldiers and civilians died , these statistics gained very little mention in the press , and they certainly did not penetrate the conscience of the rest of the world . |
| 13 | Who William was , we can only surmise , but he certainly did not have the intellectual capabilities of his brothers and sisters . |
| 14 | Blunden 's article was published in an obscure magazine , and certainly did not establish a position for Leapor in eighteenth century studies . |
| 15 | And those few Iranians who liked Stockhausen certainly did not like the Shah . |
| 16 | The truth is far more complex , and the development of ‘ assertive ’ models of case management reflect the reality that non-assertive models almost certainly do not meet the needs of the most reluctant clients . |
| 17 | We certainly do not want a winter without any cricket . ’ |
| 18 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , Member for Brent North and a former minister , said this , also on 8 May 1992 : ‘ I certainly do not want a common currency or a central bank . |
| 19 | You can not want such a person for a wife , and I certainly do not want a husband who thinks that of me — even before marriage . ’ |
| 20 | I certainly do not share the view of Charles Plummer nearly a century ago ( when the fate of Napoleon III was still fresh enough to point an implicit moral ) , that Charles the Bald was " a typical Frenchman in many respects , intellectually clever but caring only for the outward pomp and circumstance of empire without the strength of character to grasp and hold the reality of power " . |
| 21 | Her Majesty 's Government most certainly do not recognise the incorporation of East Timor into Indonesia . |
| 22 | I certainly do not charge the Minister with dishonesty ; if I were to do so I should be reprimanded . |
| 23 | Although I am not a Christian and certainly do not read the bible , God , for me would have been an excuse not to sort it out myself . |
| 24 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 25 | Our four English mystics may lack the imaginative and mythical depths of the great Kabbalists and Sufis , they may not be as daring and extreme as Eckhart and they certainly do not have the lyrical passion of the sixteenth century Spanish mystics St Teresa of Avila ( 1515–82 ) and St John of the Cross ( 1542–91 ) , but they bear witness to the profundity and intelligence of the new English spirituality of their day . |
| 26 | They certainly do not have the right to use their members ' contributions without their expressed permission , to subsidise the publication of a magazine which would otherwise be quite incapable of competing on a purely commercial basis . |
| 27 | We return to this point directly , but must first remark that , even if these adjectives do modify the verb , they certainly do not have the status of adverbs . |
| 28 | It certainly does not represent a mere ‘ raising to consciousness ’ of the inhibition . |
| 29 | This is not a book about the whole topic of miasmas and disease , and it certainly does not cover the entire ‘ pre-industrial age ’ : it is a study of a single collection of reports by doctors and public health inspectors in early 17th-century Tuscany . |
| 30 | The food certainly does not wear a hair shirt , and nor does Rex , ebullient and gregarious , ensuring a meal at his place is a sort of crazy party with himself as the slightly eccentric host . |