Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] do not go " in BNC.
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| 1 | One study showed that about half of teenage mothers did not go to the antenatal clinic until the third or fourth month , almost one in five had waited until the fifth month of pregnancy , and a few did not go at all . |
| 2 | Public enterprises , because they are subject to political control , are at most only partially affected by the discipline of the market ; as manifested , for example , in the often quoted platitude that public enterprises do not go bankrupt ( e.g. NEDO 1976 : 42 ) . |
| 3 | When we hear of a sustained flow of funds ‘ into ’ investment trusts , we must recognise that extra funds do not go into the trust at all ( except in one case we shall come to in a moment ) . |
| 4 | If tax-relief-induced donations did not go to pay for mainline social service functions and elected representatives still felt it necessary to continue to provide them , they would have a lower tax base on which to raise the revenue . |
| 5 | America 's first hostile bids did not go over the heads of the managers , but that did not make them friendly . |
| 6 | These pieces did not go unchallenged . |
| 7 | These negotiations did not go well , however , and by 1985 the PUK were again in rebellion . |
| 8 | Steps were taken to reduce capacity : shifts were cut and shod time introduced but these measures did not go far enough to balance supply and demand . |
| 9 | Not long ago European companies could issue paper on the strength of their names alone ; domestic investors would buy , believing that famous companies do not go bust . |
| 10 | Here in the west , many workers do not go — they have too much to lose ! |
| 11 | In the neighbouring province of Otago , Crawford 's record-breaking efforts did not go unnoticed . |
| 12 | Many males do not go far and remain in the lower reaches . |
| 13 | It concluded that : ‘ Existing procedures do not go far enough . |
| 14 | This would , necessarily , ignore the fact that many criminals do not go to prison , and that , perhaps , people in prison are not always criminal . |
| 15 | They were soon repudiated by ten of the Member States , including Britain , but for different reasons , some tactical , some in principle and some ( especially German ) because the Dutch proposals did not go far enough . |
| 16 | In the more remote localities Bolshevik officials , desperate for transport facilities , ‘ ignored NEP and all its works , and commandeered right and left as if military Communism [ War Communism ] was still pure and undefiled ’ , yet another indication that military methods did not go completely out of fashion with the advent of NEP . |
| 17 | Astute politicians do not go off half cocked : they test the water , collect their facts , identify the support systems , undermine the opposition 's case , find the coalitions , understand the ‘ influencers ’ or the roles that carry weight . |
| 18 | A random sample of new words did not go down well with passersby . |
| 19 | Drinking coffee from bowls was universally thought to be charming , but other eccentricities did not go down so well . |
| 20 | The exertions of the opposing armies , air forces and other formations did not go unmatched by those of their supporting information media . |
| 21 | The indecent assaults did not go as far as the rapes but were ‘ equally repulsive ’ . |
| 22 | The two observations did not go well with each other . |
| 23 | While other respondents do not go this far , some are concerned about Cadbury 's application to small listed companies . |
| 24 | Parents should ensure that young children do not go rockpooling unaccompanied , because there are dangers even on innocuous shores . |
| 25 | The exotic land-prepared dishes did not go down well . |
| 26 | Other worthwhile initiatives do not go to the root of the problem . |
| 27 | Most snakes do not go this far . |
| 28 | Asian ships did not go round the Cape of Good Hope to trade with Europe , and East Indiamen , as the Company 's ships were called , were so heavily armed and were so much safer from the risk of piracy that merchants found them useful carriers even though they did not sail as fast as local ships until the Company had its ships built of teak some decades later . |
| 29 | He was not a very intelligent man ; intelligent men do not go to prison with such sad regularity . |
| 30 | Auxilliary nurses do not go on any courses so there were none for him to take . |