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

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1 The imminent publication of guidelines on employing counsellors in primary care prepared by a working party of the British Association for Counselling will greatly help those family health services authorities and general practitioners who have yet to develop such guidelines or do not understand how to assess the qualifications and competence of counsellors they wish to employ and work with .
2 Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences .
3 Many of his fellow British actors — throughout the years — only affected to despise the movies : they themselves were not asked to do them or , if asked , played minor roles or did not get the hang of it at all .
4 Where the action is for unliquidated damages and the defendant delivers an admission of liability for the claim but disputes or does not admit the amount of the plaintiff 's dam ages , then : ( 1 ) if the defendant offers to pay in satisfaction of the claim a specific sum which the plaintiff accepts , the provisions of this rule shall apply as if the defendant had admitted part of the plaintiff 's claim ; and ( 2 ) in any other case , the plaintiff may apply to the court for such judgment as he may be entitled to upon the admission , and the court may give such judgment , including interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed and costs , or make such other order on the application as it thinks just .
5 On Jan. 28 Uri Lubrani , Israel 's co-ordinator of government activities in Lebanon , said in an interview with Middle East Television that Israel did not object to the Lebanese government deploying its army in southern Lebanon on condition that it took action against terrorist organizations and did not support them .
6 The King closed his eyes and did not speak again .
7 The men milked with their hats low over their eyes and did not see her .
8 These are called inquilines and do not harm the gall insect larva .
9 Whole brown and green lentils are quicker to cook than other pulses and do not need soaking beforehand .
10 Although unprepared for the success of his party Brazauskas called for a " government of national agreement " , adding ; " We will talk to other parties and do not want to usurp power . "
11 These Heads of Agreement represent the intentions of the parties and do not constitute a legally binding contact .
12 The lead , believed to come from industrialised countries in the southern hemisphere , is at very low concentrations and does not pose a threat to living organisms .
13 Ensuring that all children studied a broad range of subjects and did not drop at too early a stage in their school careers subjects which might be useful to them later .
14 In France ‘ unions were kept at a distance by the system of industry-wide bargaining which dealt with limited subjects and did not endanger the day-to-day power of management to make operating decisions ’ ( Meyers , 1981 , p. 191 ) , although a union presence in the plant was later forced upon management by legislation as one of the consequences of the 1968 strikes .
15 Shop option account Flexible credit facility very similar to credit card , but restricted to one shop or chain of shops and does not permit cash loans .
16 He has no time for interfering adults , but I was not to be daunted ; I stuck to him until I saw for myself that he had no methods and did not teach , or rather , did not impose .
17 Meanwhile in a speech to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Sir Adrian Cadbury said the view among some critics that his committee 's proposals on non-executive directors were divisive for boards stemmed from a misunderstanding of its terms of reference which were limited to financial aspects and did not touch on the wider responsibility of all directors for general governance .
18 The result was a whiplash neck that required him to wear a brace between performances and did not heal completely for three years .
19 The difference between the 13 C of atmospheric CO 2 and leaf carbon of maize ( and certain other C4 species ) is conservative across environments and did not vary significantly with [ CO 2 ] ( B.D.M. et al. , manuscript in preparation ) , enabling us to use the 13 C of C4 leaves as a proxy for the 13 C of chamber air .
20 The factors are keen to keep open their own channels to their clients and do not wish to become too dependent on their parent banks for referrals .
21 ( The subscripts here are labels and do not denote tensor character . )
22 Underlying cardinal faults were the management who failed to consider safety on the vessels and did not listen to masters ' complaints .
23 She put back her ears but did not move .
24 The inclusion of wild white clover , which is generally present in permanent pastures but does not thrive in a phosphate-deficient soil , is particularly important , and there is an old saying : ‘ There must be clover seed in those slag bags . ’
25 Minor students have a free choice of final-year units but do not write a dissertation in History .
26 Mr Keys was minister during the building of the 1954 church and Mr Aiken saw the planning and the beginning of the new church halls but did not live to see their completion .
27 It supports communal groups of various sorts but does not fund individuals .
28 For both left and right visual fields it takes longer to reject as " illegal " , in a lexical decision task , pseudo-homophones ( letter strings that do not constitute words but sound like real words , e.g. " bloo " , " rayne " ) than letter strings that look like real words but do not sound like real words .
29 Elisabeth heard the words but did not take them in consciously .
30 She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think .
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