Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [coord] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Clearly , in comparison with the British system , much greater energy and frustration will be expended by the President , for there is no guarantee that any proposal he makes will pass at all , let alone free of amendments that he does not want and does not like . |
| 3 | In fact , at the time when Macmillan 's advice was sought he had ceased to be Prime Minister and it is the more odd that the Queen on this occasion should have , in Macmillan 's words , said that ‘ she did not need and did not intend to seek any other advice but mine ’ . |
| 4 | The unit will not corrode and does not have the sharp beam pattern cut off of modern halogen lights . |
| 5 | When I first became a Member of the House , I learned that one should never speak about things that one does not know or does not understand . |
| 6 | She pushed the dress back into the running water of the stream above the basin , where the soap did not film the water , and mourned the disappearance of his sweet milk ; his pleasure had frightened her , it was true , at first when he did not speak and did not ask or explain . |
| 7 | did not dare or did not care |
| 8 | The problem with the old board was that it did not innovate and did not concern itself with exporting English hops . |
| 9 | The work group in a school may exercise detrimental or divisive pressures , a school may have a history of tolerating poor standards , working conditions may be dispiriting and , after long neglect , may indicate that the manager does not notice or does not care . |
| 10 | Such general concerns do not belong and do not fit into the straitjacket of a system of pressure-group lobbying and organization . |
| 11 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 12 | ‘ They do not visit and do not know their neighbours . |
| 13 | If the reader is invited to be suspicious , and is nudged towards a defamatory explanation which the writer " did not care or did not dare to express in direct terms " the publication will be capable of carrying a defamatory imputation . |
| 14 | Some people can not spell and do not care about it . |
| 15 | Holly stepped into the slow-moving queue , took his pace from those who went before and after him , did not close and did not widen the gaps . |