Example sentences of "[conj] they do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 They can be translated into English either by using a similar ‘ dummy ’ subject , They speak English , where they does not refer to a specific agent , or by using the passive voice , English is spoken .
2 It is going to involve a substantial input of accounting ( and , of course , data processing ) resources particularly where they do not exist now : in directly managed hospitals , in NHS Hospital Trusts , in the Family Practitioner Committees , and in the GP Practices .
3 Where they do not exist it can be presumed that either the genuine silver-gilt coronet was used at the funeral and then put back into the strongroom after the funeral , or they have disintegrated .
4 Proposals to increase the range of shopping facilities available in these centres will be encouraged , provided their impact on other centres is acceptable and in Edinburgh city centre , where they do not affect the centre 's environment .
5 Where they do not coincide the coastal orientation usually lies between the two directions , being nearer to the one which is dominant .
6 Unfortunately the director of the RSC production , Phyllida Lloyd , has tried to ginger things up ( where they do not need gingering ) with a number of anachronistic touches — a Victorian costume here , a modern uniform there , saxophones , neon lights , and so on .
7 If the parties , when they wish something to be made of the essence , say so in terms , then obviously it is of the essence if they do say so , and the probability is , that where they do not say so , it is not intended to be of the essence ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd ( 1980 ) 254 EG 123 ) .
8 The evidence for the use of trust clauses is impressive , and their purpose plain : where they do not add any other element , their sole purpose is to cover the eventuality that certain dispositions in the will fail .
9 5 Quality measurement is essential : " Quality measurements for each area of activity must be established where they do n't exist and reviewed where they do " ( Crosby 1979 : 132 ) .
10 " Having to live where they do n't want to live , " John Russell said .
11 Erm w I mean where they do n't work when somebody offers code and they do n't work , there 's not a lot you can do other than sort of make some informed guesses as to what might be going wrong .
12 T. B. By yourself normally on the beat but on Saturday night till midnight , you had to go in pairs , like in Gerrard Street , where they did n't like a bobby .
13 where they did n't like the Christmas , not the modern parents where they , they would n't let them have a Christmas tree , the erm the critics is was erm oh what was that about ?
14 You do seem to enjoy watching nude bathers , so do n't you think it would be much better for everyone involved if you went somewhere where they did n't mind being watched ? ’
15 At the same time scientific method could protect the individual from the effects of social norms , thereby providing a context where they did not determine the content of thought .
16 Or they did n't think there was .
17 And I think he quote those , or they did n't quote them in much , as much detail as I did in the lectures .
18 Or they did n't care .
19 Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it .
20 Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it .
21 Most of the students investigated in this study were non-traditional in that they either possessed qualifications which met the general entrance requirements of the institution but had been gained them in non-traditional ways ( i.e. by other than full time attendance at secondary school ) , or they did not meet the requirement but had other qualifications or evidence of attainment acceptable to the institution in question .
22 We can not therefore , admitting that we or they did not know before , insist that we do know now , since that would be to make different claims in circumstances that show no relevant difference .
23 Er they do n't move us on or they do n't move me on in my thinking , and they do n't lay down the charge , cos they 're predictable and and they 're using .
24 Then when it " just happens " , spontaneously and romantically , they and their girlfriends hope they do n't get pregnant , or they do n't think about it at all .
25 Either no one lives here , or they do n't want visitors .
26 This ( comment ) just goes to show that either the Chinese leadership is totally insensitive to the feelings here or they do n't care what happens anymore . ’
27 The fact that they ca n't communicate , or they do n't speak , or whatever , is something to do with .
28 If there are a lot of people sitting in a room they 'll just sit there and they wo n't communicate , whereas two or three or four or five residents will communicate quite freely — they do n't feel inhibited or they do n't feel they 're interrupting somebody else 's television programme or radio or something like that . ’
29 However , they can also deliver large amounts of what psychologists refer to as ‘ aversive ’ ( psychologically painful ) stimuli if routines are changed or they do n't get their own way .
30 We get our , we 're very lucky because as I travel ov in the country , there 's lot 's of Co-ops as the Guilds do n't get the grant or they do n't get room rent .
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