Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the layman is supposed to do the authors do not wish to contemplate . ’ |
| 2 | Such words do not exist in Russian . |
| 3 | However words do not combine arbitrarily to form phrases and sentences , so higher level constraints can be applied to reduce the remaining ambiguity . |
| 4 | Good words do not last long until they amount to something … |
| 5 | The popular notion that words do not hurt you is by no means endorsed among women survivors of male violence . |
| 6 | He emphasizes that words do not depend on reality for their meaning . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal in that case thought that the distinction between larceny by a trick and obtaining by false pretences depended on the presence in the Larceny Act of the words ‘ without the consent of the owner , ’ and , as these words do not appear in the definition of theft , the distinction is gone ; all cases of obtaining by deception , contrary to section 15 , are also theft . |
| 8 | Sometimes , with the best of intentions , the words do not come out quite right . |
| 9 | It is a common critical stance to praise Tolkien 's conception , often somewhat vaguely , or with even more vagueness his ‘ mythological ’ or ‘ mythopoeic ’ powers ; but then to declare that the words do not live up to the things , the style ‘ is quite inadequate to the theme ’ . |
| 10 | Which of these words do not describe the character of the music ? |
| 11 | Which of these words do not describe the character of the music . |
| 12 | The first and perhaps most important point is that these words do not attribute property directly either to the trustee ( B ) or to the beneficiary ( C ) . |
| 13 | There are countless books and pamphlets on chairmanship but the words do not amount to much until you actually take charge . |
| 14 | The fateful words do not establish a trust in favour of him , but instead a trust at his expense in favour of another person . |
| 15 | These words do not have an absolute meaning , since it varies according to context . |
| 16 | There are two reasons for this : ( a ) the correct words do not have a proven semantic relationship ( unlike the semantic pairs ) , and ( b ) the control words are not artificially selected but instead are random orthographic derivations of the correct words and therefore not necessarily unrelated . |
| 17 | Bible words do not have magical powers in themselves , but because all words express ideas , and ideas lie behind action , the word of God is a mighty weapon to influence men 's convictions and conduct . |
| 18 | The grapheme is the dominant unit ( since , although most — ead words do not have ‘ ee ’ pronunciation , a large majority of the subjects gave this pronunciation ) but not the only one . |
| 19 | A well-designed communication structure can do much to minimize this by recognizing the fact that words do not have specific meanings until they are defined for a particular purpose . |
| 20 | Briefly the requirements for short story are for fictional narrative based er narrative based scripts of two thousand one hundred to two thousand three hundred words do not use a factual accounts or anything longer or shorter on this , nor can we consider 60 Writers Monthly |
| 21 | When we have a hunch that somebody is telling lies , for instance , ‘ what we really mean is that their body language and their spoken words do not agree . ’ |
| 22 | The language that most of the home computers are used with is BASIC , and although there are a few words in that language which look like English words , like ‘ If ’ and ‘ Let ’ and ‘ Go to ’ and perhaps some others depending on the dialect of BASIC that you have , these words do not work in the way that ordinary English speakers are used to . |
| 23 | you might think Ah there was a good point now put it down in your own words do n't copy |
| 24 | But I 'm a prop , so words do n't hurt me . |
| 25 | But there 's only one piece of advice that matters really : think of the general public , in other words do n't produce something that leaves 99 per cent of the public behind . ’ |
| 26 | Sentences running to 70 or so words do n't help . |
| 27 | But er in other words do n't worry if you do n't understand everything today when you do do it because we 'll go over it next erm next week in the lecture and we 'll be going over it in classes as well . |
| 28 | Since her words did n't appear to be an invitation to food , he returned his intense concentration to the man . |
| 29 | The voice always seemed to come from the shadows or from somewhere just aside from where he was looking ; and usually the words did n't make any sense , and they passed through his mind so quickly that they 'd gone before he could reach for them . |
| 30 | She had a hand pressed against the wall for support , and her hard tone and blunt words did n't fool Belinda into thinking she did n't care . |