Example sentences of "[Wh det] do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women had relationships with relatives which were close in terms of the frequency of contact , but which did not form the basis of a confiding relationship ; similarly , they had relationships in which there was quite a high degree of practical inter-dependence which did not function as very close in the confiding sense . |
| 2 | In White and Collins v. Minister of Health ( C.A. , 1939 ) the Local Authority had certain powers of compulsory purchase in relation to land which did not form part of private parkland . |
| 3 | It is sitting as chairman or lay member of a tribunal which gives tribunals expertise , just as the senior barrister appointed to the Bench will soon acquire expertise in those areas of law which did not form part of his or her practice before appointment . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , it 's you , ’ she said flatly , a tone which did not reflect her inner turmoil . |
| 5 | They stated that the government would spend half the revenues raised to pay debts and would cut expenditure in 1993 , including axing projects which did not generate jobs . |
| 6 | The offence was a one-off which did not affect convictions before or since , he added . |
| 7 | It was left to subsequent decisions to extend the application of the rules still further to those decisions which did not affect a person 's legal rights but regulated the grant of a privilege , etc . |
| 8 | The court held that trespass to air space was not committed where the flight took place at a height which did not affect the use of the land . |
| 9 | In the latter case a trespass is committed even if the structure ( a crane ) was at a height which did not affect the plaintiff 's use of the land ( Anchor Brewhouse Developments Ltd v Berkley House ( Docklands Developments ) Ltd ( 1987 ) 38 BLR 82 ) . |
| 10 | The problem , which did not affect domestic subscribers , would be considerably reduced by the end of this year . |
| 11 | The Magnet Stores are on the right with the giant magnet which did not pull the pennies from my pocket . |
| 12 | Although such heresies were far more common in America and in England than they were in Ulster , Ulster Protestants knew of these postures and could see that their own denominations were in formal organizational contact with other churches which did not move to sack ministers and theologians who had obviously given up the traditional beliefs affirmed at their ordinations . |
| 13 | The book is filled with the outlines of toads , bats and squirrels which did not move quickly enough out of the way of oncoming traffic . |
| 14 | In the centre of the room was a stone chair on a raised dais , and it contained a slumped figure which did not move but said , in a brittle old voice , ‘ Come in , young man . ’ |
| 15 | This not only entitled the State which manufactured and certified the aircraft type to participate formally in an investigation by means of an officially accredited representative , and so make their very considerable resources and knowledge available to the investigators , but it also ensured that when an accident occurred in one of those States which did not possess a well developed aviation industry , all the necessary expertise would be forthcoming and available to the investigation . |
| 16 | The substance upon which Longivex was based was scarce — located so far on only two worlds of the surveyed systems — and it had proved impossible to manufacture a synthetic substitute which did not possess deadly side effects . |
| 17 | Methven was later to create an embarrassing scandal among the godly , when he was publicly deposed for adultery in 1562 — a sin which did not prevent him finding a niche among the ministry of the Church of England — but in 1558 he was a major asset to the Protestants , preaching not only in Dundee but , during the summer months , in other parts of Angus and in Fife . |
| 18 | Which did not prevent me from obtaining very good marks despite not handing in my theory works and the lack of studying before exams . |
| 19 | But like so many of his contemporaries , he had a selective vision of who " the people " were which did not prevent him from referring on occasion , like Burke , to the " swinish multitude " . |
| 20 | His loyalty had stood him in good stead after the restoration , and he was now a commissioner of police for religious conformity — a post which did not prevent him from working in any other area which Horemheb , through the king , saw fit to appoint him to . |
| 21 | Of the places which did not petition in 1814 , although they had done so in 1792 , some 40 per cent were in Scotland . |
| 22 | And during the famous siege of Masada , which did not end until A.D. 73 , the garrison of the citadel was commanded by a man named Eleazar , who was also descended from Judas of Galilee . |
| 23 | Secondly , it must be remembered what would happen in any banking institution should depositors start withdrawing funds which did not end up being re-deposited within the system . |
| 24 | He upheld the concept of a multilateral treaty creating direct rights for a group of individuals which did not depend upon the effective management of the mandate . |
| 25 | This meant that in each case a secondary modern school which would have been too small to survive was absorbed quietly and without fuss into the grammar school , which did not bother to change its name . |
| 26 | In the face of their insistence and that of Arab League negotiators , he warned them not to settle for any deal which did not involve the withdrawal of 30,000 to 40,000 Syrian troops based in west Beirut and the hinterland . |
| 27 | The opposition parties , however , were unwilling to accept any programme of economies which did not involve a cut in the standard rate of benefit . |
| 28 | Research can be carried out at all sorts of levels ; we could restrict ourselves simply to reading everything we can find and produce a piece of work which was wholly based on documentary sources and which did not involve us in attending any baptisms or asking anyone involved any questions . |
| 29 | Unlike Strachey , he discovered a way of doing this which did not involve the subordination of British socialism to the ideological hegemony of either of the emerging superpowers . |
| 30 | It was expected that input data would be transcribed to the magnetic wire by a process which did not involve the computer , and similarly for output . |