Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [conj] [pers pn] do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It is quite amazing how warm these little covers are and you do n't have to keep pulling them on and off , so they wo n't get lost !
2 The look on their faces is like that on the faces of parents at Christmas time , when they know what the presents are and you do n't .
3 The problem with such lists is that they do not specify any order .
4 Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them .
5 The problem with these street preachers is that you do n't get the choice not to hear them . ’
6 One of the unwritten rules of non-Muslims who work or travel in Muslim countries is that you do n't eat or drink in front of your fasting friends .
7 Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve .
8 One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m .
9 One of the most commonly used arguments against the use of probabilistic grammars is that they do not take semantic information into account .
10 One major difficulty for insects is that they do not have a circulatory blood system .
11 One of Derry 's pressing problems is that they do n't possess a natural left-sided midfielder — hence the constant chopping and changing to try and find the right balance across the middle .
12 The problems is that you do n't know what documents you need for your enquiry .
13 The disadvantage of recorded searches is that they do not allow the student personally to experience the interactive capacity of a computer-based information retrieval system .
14 The problem facing surgeons is that they do n't have the time to devote to research .
15 ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told .
16 Er what we tell these patients is that they do n't have evidence of obstruction , or if they do have obstruction , then that obstruction does not threaten their kidney and that it would be appropriate to wait and watch their symptoms .
17 The fundamental weakness of these bodies is that they do not usually own the land they are trying to control , so that the most effective preservation of landscapes may well stem from private landowning bodies that have an interest in conservation .
18 How can we know what people 's interests are if they do not act on them because they are induced or coerced not to ?
19 As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like .
20 I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges .
21 The beauty of small lightweight expeditions is that they do n't take that long .
22 A major advantage of the above examples is that they do not require participants to give up their jobs or move away from their homes and families to undertake training .
23 However , the plea continually made to us by senior police officers and members of the Police Federation and other organisations representing the police is that they do not have sufficient people .
24 Pu pulled Bob out of his coffee yesterday So one of the issues is if we do n't do certainly er the timing , all of the issues that are on there that we 'd like to do erm that means we 've got less testing , if you 're gon na do less testing then so it might be that they er re-utilize the resource that way .
25 The basic problem with these killed virus flu vaccines is that they do not provide either complete protection or retain their effectiveness for very long .
26 The problem with a lot of acts is that they do n't realize their limitations .
27 The trouble with this and other moralistic creeds is that they do not allow for the righteous manifestly not enjoying the fruits of their exemplary conduct .
28 The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem .
29 Dorset Fire Safety Committee senior fire prevention officer Ian Clark said : ‘ One of the biggest problems with hotels is that they do not maintain the requirements of the Fire Certificate . ’
30 One major criticism of many of the major schemes is that they do not subdivide subjects according to consistent characteristics .
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