Example sentences of "[adv] do they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the mutations in colorectal cancer are of a dominant-negative type — that is , not only do they result in loss of tumour suppressor activity , they also confer the ability to transform NIH/3T3 cells . |
| 2 | Not only do they move into sheds in cold weather and eat your fruits , vegetables and bulbs in store , but they eat seedlings , especially hellebores , in the frame . |
| 3 | But not only do they have to be tough motorists … they also have to be skillful photographers and writers too . |
| 4 | Not only do they write of their personal experiences , speculations and fears , they also begin to imagine what people they know are thinking , saying , and most of all , what they are typing into their word-processors . |
| 5 | Not only do they agonize over which of their colleagues deserve which piece of ribbon , they are unafraid to set themselves in judgement upon those whose candidacy for an honour is based upon genuine distinction , perhaps in the arts or by voluntary work . |
| 6 | Not only do they operate under a variety of influences which limit their room for manoeuvre , but public examinations , based on subjects , are a major constraint , recently reinforced by the subject-based GCSE examinations . |
| 7 | Not only do they provide for lefties , they also keep the price the same as the right-handed models . |
| 8 | Not on , not only do they wee on the carpet but they also have a tendency to try and avoid , cover it up |
| 9 | Oh right , how long do they last for , they last for about a w |
| 10 | Given the apparent novelty nature of this venture , how long do they intend to be Kickin' Afrolistics ? |
| 11 | Am I right in believing these are of terrestrial origin , and if so , how long do they survive in an aquatic environment ? |
| 12 | — How long do they spend on it ? |
| 13 | No longer do they panic at the sound of a boat engine , and slap their drowsy pups awake to be hustled into the comparative safety of the sea . |
| 14 | ‘ No longer do they ride in procession through the streets of London . ’ |
| 15 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 16 | How exactly do they relate to grammar and vocabulary ? |
| 17 | ( a ) What exactly do they mean to you ? |
| 18 | What d' ya think of them like do they get on your nerves at all ? |
| 19 | How carefully do they decide between right and wrong ? |
| 20 | Only rarely do they arise with braided line , or in the sophisticated Kevlar or Spectra twist . |
| 21 | Major groups do not simply obliterate other major groups by competition ; rather do they radiate into the adaptive zones after the previous dominant group has become extinct . |
| 22 | And only sometimes do they focus on legislation . ’ |
| 23 | Not only then do they come from a professional sub-culture which permits and often encourages a range of physical contact ( quite apart from the obvious sporting activity , PE departments in schools often administer their own disciplinary code ) but they also have the physical self-confidence to undertake the risks that are present in these encounters . |
| 24 | Beethoven 's Fifth Symphony — neither do they appear to be in any way neurotic . |
| 25 | These rules can not be placed in the category of formal law ; but neither do they fit into my previous description of informal justice . |
| 26 | Neither do they take into account the additional disadvantages associated with increasing remoteness , such as transport costs . |
| 27 | Neither do they need to be bleached . |
| 28 | Who else do they care about ? |
| 29 | Only occasionally do they jar on the nerves , as when your queen on heat starts her pitiful calling ( ’ I want attention ’ — of a special kind ) and attracts a chorus of savagely competitive , caterwauling toms to the space beneath your bedroom window . |
| 30 | okay do they live in a house , bungalow , does it |