Example sentences of "[noun] we do not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 In all of that time on the continent we did not encounter one set of road works , one traffic jam or one police car .
2 Indeed , on the Lazarsfeldian conception we do not need to know what class really is .
3 Unlike plants and animals we do not have to go to bed with the sun or to get up at each high tide ; our man-made environment is based on a 24-hour solar day of course , but it need not be timed to coincide with sunrise or sunset .
4 But they were kept going in it , rather perhaps at the discretion of those running the schemes rather than to throw them out , and as a result we did not have a scrap of vandalism in the area during the whole of the summer holidays .
5 In our list of authors we did not include Enid Blyton or Captain W. E. Johns , author of the Biggles stories .
6 proper returns adequate for our audit have been received from all branches we did not visit ;
7 On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know .
8 Also , for this effect we do not require a single delay time .
9 As we explained in chapter 1 , for most variables we do not have such direct observations and can not therefore carry out the tests .
10 As we have said , in practice we do not need to write down M1 etc .
11 There were other voices we did not recognize .
12 ‘ … to be on the Riviera without a motor car is a condition we do not care to imagine ’ , reported Vogue in the 1920s .
13 In Scotland we do not have the same problem .
14 ‘ I 'm sorry — ’ Oh no you weren't' — hut we do not accept personal calls until after four p.m . ’
15 When we say that Beaver is giving away an iceberg we do not mean a lettuce .
16 He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’
17 Since in connection with this American libel we did not employ Mr Quintin Hogg , I wrote him a short letter and received a courteous reply : The third occasion when we instituted proceedings was several years later , in 1971 , when Harold Wilson was back in opposition , and related to the activities of the BBC , which produced a thoroughly incompetent piece of television called Yesterday 's Men .
18 At Carnival Cruise Lines we do not have any minimum age limits as we judge each person on his or her ability and personality .
19 Birds and beasts have senses we do not have .
20 Erm in response to er Miss Whittaker 's question we did not hear of anything special in this county that justifies the policy in excess of that exceeds should I say erm national guidance .
21 But in embryonic wounds we do not see lamellipodia .
22 For some purposes we do not need to know which modes of vibration are responsible for which IR or Raman bands , but sometimes we must go further , and assign the bands in the spectrum to particular modes .
23 I 'd add that at the moment we do not see any upturn in any of our major markets .
24 Exactly how many rival organisations were established during this period we do not know .
25 At this juncture we do not wish to pursue in detail the issues raised by changing the budget date to November .
26 In truth we do not need the stories of Achan and Ai to show us the mind of the God of this part of the Genesis — Kings narrative .
27 A complicated thing is one whose existence we do not feel inclined to take for granted , because it is too " improbable " .
28 In A Taste of Honey we do not see the young White girl , Jo 's ( Rita Tushingham ) baby .
29 In a great number of cases we do not know how specialized particular occupations were , how many different jobs a single man might hold .
30 In this second category we do not include other student nurses , YTS trainees and apprentices because all those people are entitled to social security benefits .
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