Example sentences of "[noun sg] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Official figures indicated that more than half the 2,900,000 electorate did not vote . |
| 2 | The electorate did not need to be a democratic one , and as a general rule was not ; all that was needed was an electorate consisting of the men of substance , so that the government would be responsive to their choices . |
| 3 | In 1973 the government ran a considerable campaign to instruct electors how to record their votes under the system of proportional representation , but it was thought that after the experience of two proportional representation elections in 1973 the electorate did not need to be more than reminded of what was required . |
| 4 | However , the electorate did not trust the Conservatives on full employment policy , and this feeling was confirmed by the aggressive anti-socialist tenor of the election campaign , when the rallying cry was for decontrol as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | In part , this is because the aerosols from the Pinatubo volcano did not reach the Arctic stratosphere in as high quantities as feared . |
| 6 | A pardon need not imply that a soldier did not desert , or show cowardice , or disobey orders . |
| 7 | The skirt did not reach her calves at the ideal point for flattery . |
| 8 | The message of de Gaulle the politician was that national renewal did not have to succeed national disaster ; it could be achieved through a reform in the organization of the French state . |
| 9 | Hewart had held both Law Officer positions in the post-war Liberal Government ( although it should be said that his arguments in The New Despotism did not seem to trouble him much in that capacity ) and Marriott , an Oxford academic , also become a prominent Conservative MP . |
| 10 | Despite the foundation of the small national Independent Labour Party in 1893 , Labour did not appear to present an irresistible threat . |
| 11 | It seems that the tradition of working in the woodlands in this country went into decline after the First World War , when most of the skilled labour did not return . |
| 12 | Organized labour did not drop the issue though and some more enlightened firms continued to introduce private agreements . |
| 13 | The Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) survived the abolition of the Greater London Council , but its control by Labour did not endear it to the Conservative government . |
| 14 | But he said Labour did not agree that Britain could or should abandon development , either for itself or for the developing world . |
| 15 | Alternatively , was it due to the fact that the Labour did not mount an effective campaign against its position ? |
| 16 | MR KINNOCK put the future of health care back at the centre of the electoral stage last night with a powerful warning that the NHS was in mortal danger if Labour did not win power . |
| 17 | MR KINNOCK put the future of health care back at the centre of the electoral stage last night with a warning that the NHS was in mortal danger if Labour did not win power . |
| 18 | And Labour did not have a monopoly of CND-leaning members or policies . |
| 19 | Dalglish 's mutli-million pound crusade for a Premier League place could come off the rails if his side do not win . |
| 20 | Many people felt that the Thorneycroft/Mountbatten reorganization did not go far enough , and that Service Departments should have been abolished and a completely functional organization adopted . |
| 21 | If the Opposition do not cost their proposals , we do . |
| 22 | The hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde is clear about the answer , but the rest of the Opposition do not agree with him . |
| 23 | The Opposition do not say where they stand , can not say where they stand and can not admit to the jobs that would be lost if their policy were carried out . |
| 24 | The Opposition do not understand that we have to provide for the full life of the Trident system — for 30 years . |
| 25 | We all welcome his precision in noting the fact that the Opposition do not have a proper policy . |
| 26 | As the play goes on , we notice that when Tamburlaine is confronted by war , he first offers words as a way of warning and deterrent , and then is the opposition do not listen , he follows this up with swift and bloody actions . |
| 27 | The reason why the Opposition do not like Question Time and try to drown my right hon. Friend out is that they know that we are right in everything that we say and that the country will not support them on their policies . |
| 28 | The Opposition do not like to draw attention to that , but the Government are very proud of having created so many new owner-occupiers . |
| 29 | Also the Opposition did not want to waste time on such minutiae , preferring to tackle the government on wider issues arising from the conduct of foreign or domestic policy . |
| 30 | There was a Department of Trade and Industry Question Time last month and a debate last week , but the Opposition did not answer those questions . |