Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Conversely , the school tests for explicitness do not tell us very much about the exercise of multiple points of view . |
| 32 | They do not tell us why the level is set at its current average rather than some much higher or lower figure . |
| 33 | Unlike historical documents , archaeological sites and their finds do not tell us anything directly . |
| 34 | However , these institutional norms do not tell anything like the whole story , and this is particularly true if we focus on spoken language in casual conversation and on phonetic and phonological variation : as we noticed in chapter 3 , the norms of a superordinate variety can not be projected on to the norms of a speech community without distorting our description . |
| 35 | These correlations , while of interest , do not tell us much about the political substance of the ‘ class'/party link , but Butler and Stokes pursued this further by soliciting ‘ free ’ responses concerning the reasons for identification with one or other party . |
| 36 | You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume . |
| 37 | The specifications of these tasks do not tell us what a goal state is . |
| 38 | Medical audit advisory groups do not tell us their procedures to prevent gossip and simplistic interpretation of raw statistics weighing on the minds of family health services authority managers with discretionary powers . |
| 39 | Do not tell the police we have made contact . |
| 40 | ‘ Asking the wrong question ’ or ‘ irrelevancy ’ tell one that an error has been made , but they do not tell one whether the error is jurisdictional . |
| 41 | And do not tell the General yet of the loss of his wife or children . |
| 42 | Thus , not only are there ambiguities in practice in terms of the organisational design of public sector organisations but they do not tell us very much about the power and status that attach to particular departments . |
| 43 | Your books do not tell the whole story . |
| 44 | However , the laws do not tell us what the universe should have looked like when it started — it would still be up to God to wind up the clockwork and choose how to start it off . |
| 45 | Thus the excellent studies of the mud and sand flats around the Wash in eastern England give us a clear picture of the zonation of the sediments and their associated life , and of the processes involved , but do not tell us if they have accumulated in depth and are likely to stay there for the geologist of the future . |
| 46 | The other factor to consider is that the figures do not tell us about the amount of borrowing which comes about from increases in mortgages used for purposes other than house purchase . |
| 47 | Notice , though , that while flow figures are useful in telling us the directions in which companies channel the funds they received , they do not tell us how active intermediaries are in any particular market . |
| 48 | Moreover , stateless societies are either small tribal societies , or small communities within a larger political system , and their political arrangements do not tell us a great deal that is relevant to the great majority of human societies . |
| 49 | Solicitors who do not tell their clients in advance as much as they can about the likely cost of a piece of work — or exceed an estimate without notice — are now at risk of having their charges reduced by the Law Society under its powers to penalise Inadequate Professional Services . |
| 50 | There is a mixture of indicators , but on the whole the adverse indicators seem heavier and more serious than the favourable ones , many of which are things such as confidence surveys , which do not tell one very much about what will happen . |
| 51 | Simple numbers , however , do not tell the whole story . |
| 52 | We do not tell you the location of these areas , nor do we tell you which pennant is in which combat zone . |
| 53 | Foolish because if you do not tell me , I have the power to take you away from the river bank , away from the sun and light , and shut you in the caracol for ever . ’ |
| 54 | come up to get her , do not tell another lie any more . |
| 55 | The OEWs are proprietary devices available from several suppliers on the open market so they do not rank as critical technology . |
| 56 | Conservation techniques do not conserve soil in practice because of technical failures through inadequate or misapplied research . |
| 57 | ‘ I do not apologise to you , nor to the murderous bastard next to you ! |
| 58 | I do not apologise for raising the matter on more than one occasion in interventions and again in my own speech . |
| 59 | The hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) — I am not complaining about him , so I do not apologise for not having given him notice that I should raise the point — uses the crest of the House of Commons on his parliamentary report . |
| 60 | Do not breath over the drops as CO2 will cause lead precipitation . |